2020 Retailers in trouble thread
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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jul/17/a...
The owner of Ask Italian and Zizzi pizza chains is to permanently close 75 restaurants with the loss of up to 1,200 jobs in the latest blow to the high street.
The owner of Ask Italian and Zizzi pizza chains is to permanently close 75 restaurants with the loss of up to 1,200 jobs in the latest blow to the high street.
rover 623gsi said:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jul/17/a...
The owner of Ask Italian and Zizzi pizza chains is to permanently close 75 restaurants with the loss of up to 1,200 jobs in the latest blow to the high street.
Does this mean more pizza talk?The owner of Ask Italian and Zizzi pizza chains is to permanently close 75 restaurants with the loss of up to 1,200 jobs in the latest blow to the high street.
Argleton said:
rover 623gsi said:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jul/17/a...
The owner of Ask Italian and Zizzi pizza chains is to permanently close 75 restaurants with the loss of up to 1,200 jobs in the latest blow to the high street.
Does this mean more pizza talk?The owner of Ask Italian and Zizzi pizza chains is to permanently close 75 restaurants with the loss of up to 1,200 jobs in the latest blow to the high street.
worsy said:
BBC article said:
City centres around the world are eerily quiet at the moment, as office workers try to work from home as much as possible. But there is a growing realisation that this is having a huge knock-on effect on small retailers, who rely on footfall.
Who'd have thunk that ? Well, clearly not the Government for one.snuffy said:
worsy said:
BBC article said:
City centres around the world are eerily quiet at the moment, as office workers try to work from home as much as possible. But there is a growing realisation that this is having a huge knock-on effect on small retailers, who rely on footfall.
Who'd have thunk that ? Well, clearly not the Government for one.worsy said:
Bizarre isn't it. Mind you saying that, I had a friend post on social media their realisation that Deaths with Covid didn't mean Deaths from Covid following the recent hallelujah moment from our esteemed secretary of state for health.
And now it seems you can have CV, recover, and then sometimes in the future die, and it's recorded as CV. So "man eaten by shark dies of Coronavirus" is actually true.worsy said:
I've never understood how card shops survive with the costs involved in city centre stores.snuffy said:
And now it seems you can have CV, recover, and then sometimes in the future die, and it's recorded as CV. So "man eaten by shark dies of Coronavirus" is actually true.
Lots of us have been saying we wont know the real figures worldwide until the excess death stats are available.Robertj21a said:
Sorry if you've got all upset over a £13 pizza ..
Clearly, you have absolutely zero understanding of what many customers actually want [......hint, think of good value.....], preferring to keep highlighting what a wonderful value propsition it is !!
I have no interest in how you can try to justify the price of any pizza, pasta or anything else. My point has always been the same, and that's without adding in all the added profits made through the drinks and extras. Make the total price more appropriate and many more customers will arrive, as if by magic. It isn't rocket science.
More appropriate? Clearly, you have absolutely zero understanding of what many customers actually want [......hint, think of good value.....], preferring to keep highlighting what a wonderful value propsition it is !!
I have no interest in how you can try to justify the price of any pizza, pasta or anything else. My point has always been the same, and that's without adding in all the added profits made through the drinks and extras. Make the total price more appropriate and many more customers will arrive, as if by magic. It isn't rocket science.
2 pizzas and a bottle of wine for £40. How much more appropriate do you want it to be?
The fact is rents, rates, wages, energy etc. etc. are not free.
Of course if you are a bit of fat f
k with loads of kids Pizza Hut with its buffet bar and your Alan Partridge plate might be far better value, fill up on salad and order one Pizza for the whole family and one glass of coke that you can refill and share. The fact is you will always get people who appreciate paying for a service and those that don't. These days we seem to have more and more who don't, they just want everything as cheap as possible so we will see more and more places where you pay for service disappear.
gizlaroc said:
The fact is you will always get people who appreciate paying for a service and those that
don't. These days we seem to have more and more who don't, they just want everything as cheap as possible so we will see more and more places where you pay for service disappear.
Stagnant wage growth for 20 years for the average family has that effect. It's really tough for a lot of families to make ends meet.don't. These days we seem to have more and more who don't, they just want everything as cheap as possible so we will see more and more places where you pay for service disappear.
Hopefully one of the effects of the last few months is people have learned how to cook at home and have seen how that can save money and produce a healthier diet.
jsf said:
worsy said:
I've never understood how card shops survive with the costs involved in city centre stores.What used to get me was how they will sell a pack of 20 invite cards for £1. But if you want a single invite reply card, that's £1 as well. I wonder why that might be ?
However, I can't recall the last time I went into a card shop.
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