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Limerick Businesses Opening

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    #7172
    shanmo
    Registered Users Posts: 370 ✭✭shanmo


    New cafe - Basil, where freshii used to be. They do sambos, wraps, salads, soups, breakfast stuff and baked stuff.


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    #7173
    shanmo
    Registered Users Posts: 370 ✭✭shanmo


    New cafe - Basil, where freshii used to be. They do sambos, wraps, salads, soups, breakfast stuff and baked stuff.


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    #7174
    snowcat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,218 ✭✭✭snowcat


    shanmo wrote: »
    New cafe - Basil, where freshii used to be. They do sambos, wraps, salads, soups, breakfast stuff and baked stuff.

    Nothing different to the myriad of other places. Doomed to fail. A new place needs an USP. Organic? something like that. Otherwise you are just another sandwich shop
    That Sodalicious place. Not sure what they are at? A soda bread bakery? Basing a food business on soda bread. Some mad economics going on there. Went in there for a coffee. Huge waste of space. About 20 tables spread around a massive island and massive kitchen. I have had successful food business and that is the worst use of space i have ever seen


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    #7175
    jjoconoor
    Registered Users Posts: 84 ✭✭jjoconoor


    snowcat wrote: »
    Nothing different to the myriad of other places. Doomed to fail. A new place needs an USP. Organic? something like that. Otherwise you are just another sandwich shop

    Exactly 👌ðŸ»


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    #7176
    FutureGuy
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 15,237 Mod ✭✭✭✭FutureGuy


    snowcat wrote: »
    Nothing different to the myriad of other places. Doomed to fail. A new place needs an USP. Organic? something like that. Otherwise you are just another sandwich shop

    Same crowd as Bean an Ti so the quality will be excellent.


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    #7177
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    good quality, friendly staff.....those two qualities should make it a success


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    #7178
    snowcat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,218 ✭✭✭snowcat


    fryup wrote: »
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    good quality, friendly staff.....those two qualities should make it a success

    These should be a given. They are not USP


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    #7179
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    sorry but what is USP ?


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    #7180
    snowcat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,218 ✭✭✭snowcat


    fryup wrote: »
    sorry but what is USP ?

    Unique Selling Point. Something to distinguish you from the rest of the coffee shops


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    #7181
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    well not all cafes contain friendly staff...so that should help in some small way


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    #7182
    snowcat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,218 ✭✭✭snowcat


    fryup wrote: »
    well not all cafes contain friendly staff...so that should help in some small way

    You are not going to stay open long if your only USP is your friendly staff. I could list all the cafes in Limerick with friendly staff that have closed in the last yer


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    #7183
    keane2097
    Registered Users Posts: 17,773 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    Nice to be getting the remedial guide to business start ups here but I'm a small bit skeptical that every successful cafe in the country has a USP beyond good food and service. Perhaps people are letting their MBAs go slightly to their heads.


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    #7184
    Mc Love
    Registered Users Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    snowcat wrote: »
    Unique Selling Point. Something to distinguish you from the rest of the coffee shops

    Isnt that what Sodalicious is?


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    #7185
    tototoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 828 ✭✭✭tototoe


    Is there any cafe really around with a distinct USP?


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    #7186
    jjoconoor
    Registered Users Posts: 84 ✭✭jjoconoor


    tototoe wrote: »
    Is there any cafe really around with a distinct USP?


    A USP doesn’t have to be a massive stand out feature. The buttery : Upbeat mood, H&L sell everything, Canteen : fresh local etc, it’s the small things businesses pride themselves on that act as a USP. Otherwise a cafe is only following trends(like current doughnut tend) which leads to closure ones the trend dies


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    #7187
    John_Mc
    Registered Users Posts: 2,791 ✭✭✭John_Mc


    jjoconoor wrote: »
    A USP doesn’t have to be a massive stand out feature. The buttery : Upbeat mood, H&L sell everything, Canteen : fresh local etc, it’s the small things businesses pride themselves on that act as a USP. Otherwise a cafe is only following trends(like current doughnut tend) which leads to closure ones the trend dies

    I've not gone to any of those restaurants for the above reasons.

    I'd go if the food & service was good and it was a nice place to spend some time in terms of ambience and decor.


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    #7188
    tototoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 828 ✭✭✭tototoe


    jjoconoor wrote: »
    tototoe wrote: »
    Is there any cafe really around with a distinct USP?


    A USP doesn’t have to be a massive stand out feature. The buttery : Upbeat mood, H&L sell everything, Canteen : fresh local etc, it’s the small things businesses pride themselves on that act as a USP. Otherwise a cafe is only following trends(like current doughnut tend) which leads to closure ones the trend dies

    Ok, I have no idea how the buttery has an upbeat mood or hook and ladder sell everything.not sure what either of those mean, to me they are a place to get a decent bite to eat, at a decent price, served well. if they're not I won't go again. They're all just cafes to me.


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    #7189
    FutureGuy
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 15,237 Mod ✭✭✭✭FutureGuy


    I went to the buttery earlier in the year and the charged me 2 euro for getting scrambled eggs instead of poached in a breakfast. Same number of eggs.

    Last time I went there.


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    #7190
    FutureGuy
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 15,237 Mod ✭✭✭✭FutureGuy


    I went to the buttery earlier in the year and the charged me 2 euro for getting scrambled eggs instead of poached in a breakfast. Same number of eggs.

    Last time I went there.


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    #7191
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    i think any cafe that makes you wait to be seated is pretentious, i tend to avoid those places


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    #7192
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    The love/hate relationship with Limerick cafes is weird. McDonalds do better coffee than most of these places.


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    #7193
    bigpink
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭bigpink


    Tattoo shop opening up in upper Henry street


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    #7194
    Mc Love
    Registered Users Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    fryup wrote: »
    i think any cafe that makes you wait to be seated is pretentious, i tend to avoid those places

    Dont go to Canteen so - utterly pretentious


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    #7195
    keane2097
    Registered Users Posts: 17,773 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    Snotaul Goodman wrote: »
    The love/hate relationship with Limerick cafes is weird. McDonalds do better coffee than most of these places.

    But isn't a very nice place to sit and drink a coffee, it's not rocket science.


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    #7196
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    keane2097 wrote: »
    But isn't a very nice place to sit and drink a coffee, it's not rocket science.

    Free WiFi?


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    #7197
    keane2097
    Registered Users Posts: 17,773 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    Snotaul Goodman wrote: »
    Free WiFi?

    You'll only waste it if I give it to you


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    #7198
    James Bond Junior
    Registered Users Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭James Bond Junior


    Mc Love wrote: »
    Dont go to Canteen so - utterly pretentious

    And as for Rift, don't get me started! €3.50 for a coffee in a mug with no FUNKING handle.


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    #7199
    Reputable Rog
    Registered Users Posts: 2,088 ✭✭✭Reputable Rog


    Talk about a thread going off in a complete tangent. Set up a cafe thread and leave this one free for fictional M&S/Nando's/Five Guys openings.


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    #7200
    jjoconoor
    Registered Users Posts: 84 ✭✭jjoconoor


    fryup wrote: »
    i think any cafe that makes you wait to be seated is pretentious, i tend to avoid those places

    Utter ****e, it’s to ensure that systems work, you will be seated in a section, and a waiter will be told you have been seated in their section. Any cafe that allows customers freely come and go is been run inefficiently, nothing to do with being ‘pretentious’


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    #7201
    kilburn
    Registered Users Posts: 3,912 ✭✭✭kilburn


    jjoconoor wrote:
    Utter ****e, it’s to ensure that systems work, you will be seated in a section, and a waiter will be told you have been seated in their section. Any cafe that allows customers freely come and go is been run inefficiently, nothing to do with being ‘pretentious’


    So you have your own place then?


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