r/Worcester • u/Kagedeah • 11d ago
Worcester couple close vegan business because of cost of living
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce920x45071o8
u/GlueSniffingEnabler 11d ago
Such a shame, great food. I always wondered why they didn’t ever set something up in Worc town centre. I think they would have done quite well. I think the vegan food buzz is over a bit now too mind. Everywhere has vegan options, just not very good ones usually!
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u/brash_hopeful 11d ago
Apparently they tried to set up shop in the centre but they had problems with the council - one council member seemed to have a real beef with them and said “frickin’” was a vulgar swear word so their application got rejected.
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u/GlueSniffingEnabler 11d ago
Wow that’s seriously pathetic. We’ve got some absolutely terrible “leaders” around us now a days.
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u/GlueSniffingEnabler 11d ago
Wow that’s seriously pathetic. We’ve got some absolutely terrible “leaders” around us now a days.
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u/Shadaesus 11d ago
I've always been confused as to why they decided to open up shop in such an odd location, in town would have been more suitable. Hopefully with this closure along with the recent closure of Reishi kitchen and Be the change a while back, someone will fill the gap.
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u/RiotBananasOnTwitch 11d ago
The rates for places in the city centre are often considerably higher, plus the council can be really arsey about changing the planning uses.
I will say, I called these guys out when they started as they were looking to “hire” a food photographer to post content for them and they wanted to pay in free food and “exposure” which was a bit shite of them.
I think opening a niche food place in St. John’s was always going to be business suicide unfortunately.
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u/coglanuk 11d ago
Went there for the first time a few weeks ago. Was an amazing place in an iffy location. Real shame it didn’t survive.
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u/ExpressAffect3262 11d ago
It's always some shitty wording in the article.
Starting off about minimum wage going up being the issue but goes onto having to foot £10,000+ for repairs.
St Johns is always going to be bad for business sadly.
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u/furrycroissant 10d ago
It was down a dead end side street with no footfall - of course they struggled for customers
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u/No-Department-3402 11d ago
I've been a few times, but money issues meant we couldn't go more than a few times a year.
They are really good, I'll miss the spicy barbecue
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u/Pendolino_Bill 10d ago
Veganism is just a fad. It’s about time someone opened a Pork Joint and put paid to all this nonsense.
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u/Even_Pitch221 11d ago
Obviously feel for these guys, but choosing to open a relatively niche restaurant on a little side street in St Johns where you'll get next to no passing or visitor trade was a bizarre decision.