Places that won't reopen

[jimmym]

Speaking of costs, saw an acquaintance I know in Aldi the other day. Basket full of green teas, flavoured teas, brown breads and scones. Chatting away to them, Oh, just down from "work", getting a few bits and pieces. Work is a well know city and county chain. Seen the same in a popular Turners Cross bar with the Aldi tea bags. And the top trump I witnessed, one early morning, just as a St Lukes Cafe had opened their doors, the server was busy cutting 2 carrot cakes and a coffee cake into 1/8s. Aldi Specially Selected boxes on the counter behind her.

This has been going on for years, About two years ago i had lunch in a sit down/ takeaway in mccurtain st, After eating my grub
i went up to pay, I was charged 3 eu for a can of coke, When i questioned it your man said restaurant prices,

 

[rebel bike]

Is there anything to say that they can't buy it in Aldi/Lidl and sell it on?

Or are they supposed to buy from a wholesaler?

If they are going down the Aldi/Lidl route, are there tax/vat implications?

Just curious.

I don't think people should assume the food they eat in cafes etc is anything special or of better quality than what can be bought at a discount retailer. This is the case for a long time.

in terms of tax/vat implications there would be nothing here that wouldn't be accounted for via straight forward bookkeeping.

 

[MerchantOfEnnis]

The hospitality sector is in crisis

Meanwhile...

Here are 10 new cafes in Cork

I wonder is it a case of existing businesses not being able to, or being reluctant to take a hit on their margins, while new operators come into the sector knowing full well what they're up against and subsequently factoring things like a higher VAT rate into their business plans?

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

10 exciting new café openings in Cork

It’s not all doom and gloom on the hospitality scene, despite challenges. There’s been a number of openings or re-inventions of cafes in Cork. KATE ...

www.echolive.ie

 

[Jim Comic]

Development may be in the frame at up-for-sale Marcus Framing, a prime Cork City centre site

The century-old business, run by well-known members of the once flourishing Cork Jewish community, supplied Roches Stores with picture frames

www.irishexaminer.com

 

[Jim Comic]

saw the other day that ronnie moore's have closed their shop on marlboro st



they're still operating from vicars road though, think it's in togher

 

[MrFrisp]

saw the other day that ronnie moore's have closed their shop on marlboro st



they're still operating from vicars road though, think it's in togher

Yes they are. The small industrial estate in behind the ex circle k garage.

 

[Heraldo]

Development may be in the frame at up-for-sale Marcus Framing, a prime Cork City centre site

The century-old business, run by well-known members of the once flourishing Cork Jewish community, supplied Roches Stores with picture frames

www.irishexaminer.com

That’s sad news, a real part of cork history right there.

 

[DeepThroat]

That’s sad news, a real part of cork history right there

A land not theirs

Set in Cork during the troubled year of 1920, A Land No…

www.goodreads.com

 

[Heraldo]

Thanks, might check that out DT

 

[El Guapo]

there is another one Called nine folds make a paper swan about the Jewish diaspora in Cork

i've been meaning to get to it for ages but not managed it so far

Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan by Ruth Gilligan review – tales of the Irish-Jewish experience

This complex historical novel follows in the footsteps of Joyce, ranging from the arrival of Lithuanian Jewish immigrants to the London diaspora

www.theguardian.com