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On the issue of O'Briens going bust

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    #32
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    jimmmy wrote: »
    The population of the UK is approx 30 times us, they do not seem to have had 30 times the scandals.

    The UK has roughly 13 times our population, nowhere near 30 times.


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    #33
    Fol20
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    Diarmuid wrote: »
    So their business model was to sell overpriced sandwiches. I don't know the breakdown in the costs so I can't say if cutting the employee costs would make their business model sustainable. However it doesn't invalidate his point. (or my reading of his point)

    As far as i know tax on sandwiches etc is less because its made by staff


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    #34
    meathstevie
    Registered Users Posts: 4,772 ✭✭✭meathstevie


    I'd be surprised if O'Briens wouldn't have gone to the wall once people needed to start making sense with their money. For flip's sake, a ham and cheese sambo in O'Briens nearly costs the same as a good carvery lunch in a nice pub.


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