kilmaccumsey
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I noticed quite a few men playing games in the Shrew one Sunday .mmm I will rephrase that looks like they were gamers .you get my drift
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Is that what's called being stuck between a rock and a hard place?Well that was the attraction of Wetherspoons last winter, a refillable coffee all day rather than putting the heating on at home.
That will be the weekly boardgame bash - also a fab groupI noticed quite a few men playing games in the Shrew one Sunday .mmm I will rephrase that looks like they were gamers .you get my drift
I remember one of these in the Railway when Lee Middle kept it nearly fifty years agoI noticed quite a few men playing games in the Shrew one Sunday .mmm I will rephrase that looks like they were gamers .you get my drift
I think it's known as a distress purchase.Is that what's called being stuck between a rock and a hard place?
Glad you enjoyed it and hope you saved a few pennies in the processWell that was the attraction of Wetherspoons last winter, a refillable coffee all day rather than putting the heating on at home.
No, not me, but I know someone who did.Glad you enjoyed it and hope you saved a few pennies in the process
Not quite a proper Devil amongst the Tailors boardI remember one of these in the Railway
That’d be me then. At least until the ripoff bastards put the price of the coffee up to £1-10.No, not me, but I know someone who did.
Indeed, but an approximation I found easily.Not quite a proper Devil amongst the Tailors board
Ah damn, that sucks.According to Facebook, Geek Retreat has closed permanently, which is a real shame. Daughter and I loved our visits there.
Hiring more staff, or hiring more staff to replace ones that had left???Yep, been down there today… Geek Retreat is indeed closed
That really does suck, the owners and staff were passionate about that business and it always sucks to see that get stamped out. I don’t think they could have been doing too terribly if they were about to hire more staff either?
Either way it’s a very sudden closure if they were doing thatHiring more staff, or hiring more staff to replace ones that had left???
So, if numbers were OK, a chance for them to come back independently?Through the grapevine…
Sounds like head office weren’t happy with the numbers, I suspect they’ve just done a cull of a few shops too given how many have gone quiet.
Of course what they deem to be good profits is different to what is able to sustain a business, as it sounds like they take 8% of revenue. Entirely possible they had the same targets for a Stafford franchise as a Stoke or Birmingham franchise which is totally unrealistic, but we will likely never know.
Daft really, it’s not like it costs central much to have a franchise running.
Assuming they were, yeah.So, if numbers were OK, a chance for them to come back independently?
Are you competing if they closed down the only place you could be competing with, which was you?Assuming they were, yeah.
The lease will be with the franchisee company, so they’re on the hook for that anyway - might as well at least try, right? Not having to pay 8% of revenue and buy stock at higher than you can buy it elsewhere (yep, GR profit on selling their franchises stock and take a revenue cut) would help too.
That being said it depends on whether there’s any non-compete clauses in the license agreement, they’re completely unenforceable for employer/employee relationships but B2B is a different matter. And the owners really got put through the wringer with the flooding, the break in (IIRC?), various issues with the utilities, etc so I wouldn’t blame them for cutting their losses even though they’re clearly really passionate about this.