Man of Honour
Definitely post this on more Internet forums to make sure you get proper advice.
because there's absolutely no professionals on any forums who know about stuff or who work in that discipline.
We are all still at school.
Definitely post this on more Internet forums to make sure you get proper advice.
(selling £50 vegan sandwiches to hipsters) both options wont work in this area we dont have vegans or hipsters, most of the remaining people are quite tight when it comes to spending locally,Not very capitalist of you ;_;.
To the OP, it's a question of becoming a niche experience (selling £50 vegan sandwiches to hipsters), cutting your loses now or eventual collapse later. (assuming rate discounts are already in use)
Or you know make the 50th kebab shop.
Could always have a dabble at turning it into a cafe,our local cafes do extremely well,always have 3 or 4 staff on to cope with demand.
We do have a school 2 mins down the road so something quick and easy that opens during the day may work, I was thinking a nice takeaway (pizza, healty food) chippy but that may need work, or a cafe and we dont have a chippy or cafe near us.Sounds like you are doing the right think now but making it come to a head - dont leave it as it will only get worse financially.
Turn it into a cafe??
Surely you simply report the other store selling dodgy cigarettes to trading standards?
If you're sure they're selling counterfeit cigarettes and alcohol, then get them reported for it. Even greater health dangers than normal with those products.
Vikings' revenge and Eastern Europe...akin to Cumans' revenge and Western Australia?And getting on the wrong side of the Eastern European Mob that is running these rackets is a good idea because?
Ever heard of the "Vikings Revenge"?
Could always have a dabble at turning it into a cafe,our local cafes do extremely well,always have 3 or 4 staff on to cope with demand.
We do have a school 2 mins down the road so something quick and easy that opens during the day may work, I was thinking a nice takeaway (pizza, healty food) chippy but that may need work, or a cafe and we dont have a chippy or cafe near us.
I dont know as I dont run the business its ran by my parents but i can try and checkBy the sound of that then a cafe probably won't work either, although i suppose takeaways tend to do the best in poorer areas.
I know you say there's a large mortgage at a crap rate. Do you have any equity in the building or could you remortgage?
How much of a shortfall are you talking on a monthly basis?
Instead of *running* the cafe though (or any business), I'd suggest getting a change of use sorted and then offering it out on the open market.
From the sounds of it, you and your family don't want to run a lifestyle business that basically pays minimum wage (or below) but there are plenty of people that do. So you just need to find someone and lease it out to them. Their rent will pay the mortgage and you can move on with your life.
I think that may not work people in the are expect the world and and pay peanuts.Unless you go with a greasy spoon type cafe during the day and maybe some sort of takeaway in the evening ??- that might work in the area you are in?
because there's absolutely no professionals on any forums who know about stuff or who work in that discipline.
We are all still at school.
Let's judge this later based on the responses received
I’m assuming you sell neither legal fags & booze or fake?we dont want to sell fake fags or booze.
its a lot better then I was expecting too, I expected comments likeIt is a lot better than I was expecting!
Give Mike Ashley a ring.
We do sell them but we dont sell the cheap fakes, we still sell some fags but not as much as we use too, also in the past people would come for fags and buy a few other things but now no thats all they will get and come back later if they need anything else.I’m assuming you sell neither legal fags & booze or fake?
Here lies your problem I’d suggest, I smoke and drink and when I’m off to get my supplies I’ll go somewhere I know I can get what I want locally under one roof, I’m not going to go to one shop for some dog food and another for beer & tobacco.
You mention other shops have opened, I’m guessing they sell similar lines to you plus booze & tobacco products.....
(Prior to becoming an hgv driver many moons ago my first career was in retail)
Fair enough, I’d say try diversifying into something else or try to come up with something that you offer that your competition doesn’t.We do sell them but we dont sell the cheap fakes, we still sell some fags but not as much as we use too, also in the past people would come for fags and buy a few other things but now no thats all they will get and come back later if they need anything else.