Village shop

[User00047]

Polranny, this is all your fault!
Why did you resuscitate this thread?
I typed a long winded reply to try and help the people running the village shop and it probably closed 12 months ago!
A total waste of my business expertise.

 

[John Gryphon]

Have a look at @roast.mutton on Instagram. A young lad running a butchers' shop in Kendal. Very impressive, but not ott. Just right to appeal to locals. He's really got a knack for pitching a good sale. Might be a few lessons to be learnt there, not just the shop side of things, but the way he promotes his special offers etc on social media.

Whats his bacon like? It reads well.

The traditional method for curing bacon is known as dry curing and that’s how we create ours – doing it properly is a lengthy process. Firstly we hang our pork shoulders for a week, so that they begin to dry out. Then we cure the meat in specially dry cure mix made with carefully selected sea salt combined with a little demerara sugar for a 12 days in our drying rooms. After which the shoulder is boned out, re-salted and allowed to mature for a further two weeks. The it’s hung to dry age for a further week to allow the natural flavours to fully develop, before being sliced ready to serve in the shop.

 

[mikeakc]

What about locally shot venison?

On a different note there is a Village shop close to me (look up Constantine Village Store) and it has become a real destination for whiskey enthusiasts. They stock an amazing range and people travel from far and wide to them. They have also started selling online there might be something that niche which the new owners are interested in and could stock which would make it a bit of a destination.

Edit that, I just found out from the thread above that it has already closed.

 

[mikeakc]

Polranny, this is all your fault!
Why did you resuscitate this thread?
I typed a long winded reply to try and help the people running the village shop and it probably closed 12 months ago!
A total waste of my business expertise.

Read your post two minutes too late mate!

 

[User00047]

Edit that, I just found out from the thread above that it has already closed.

well, I said “probably closed”
I don’t know this for sure, but that would be my expectation of it.

 

[sh1kar]

Actually it’s still going. Villagers have generally rallied and using it more
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[Wapinschaw]

A free to use cash machine might help to bring people in.

 

[Stalker62]

A total waste of my business expertise.

well, I said “probably closed”
I don’t know this for sure, but that would be my expectation of it.

Actually it’s still going.

Business expertise you say...

 

[chriswjx]

A free to use cash machine might help to bring people in.

Don't know if it's still the case, but I seem to remember these add a massive hike onto your building insurance that can be quite unaffordable for a lot of businesses...

 

[NullMac]

If its not there what will people miss?

If nowt then it is doomed.

 

[sh1kar]

A free to use cash machine might help to bring people in.

It’s a post office as well so has this facility
D

 

[User00047]

Actually it’s still going. Villagers have generally rallied and using it more
S

That’s good to hear.
Most village shops are on borrowed time.

 

[old keeper]

Our village shop has been going for some years but it's always been a real struggle. It's run on a shoestring by volunteers with a shop manager but through necessity, some of the prices are eye-watering! We lost the post office that was part of the shop when all the trouble with sub-postmasters kicked off and have been told there will not be a replacement.

I'm afraid that the sheer cost factors involved will mean it's on borrowed time.