Friday, 24 December 2021
Making an effort
Went for a stroll round town this morning, weather was too foggy to bother going further. Cafés were busy and the one we like best was full so we popped into Costa for a coffee and mince pie. After that it was a stroll round the park and back home.
The only café which wasn't busy was of course the Co-op supermarket café. It's a good size but there was only one person in there. On display were a few cakes which appeared to be left over from yesterday, a desultory attempt at cooked breakfast and a few shortbread biscuits. The café itself looks like a canteen.
We quite like the Co-op, but how they keep that café going I've no idea. All it needs is some attempt to make it more welcoming, but it doesn't work and on Christmas Eve with loads of people around it was virtually empty.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
4 comments:
Our Co-op has improved no end over a couple of decades. No cafeteria though.
No chance they'll get the message?
dearieme - ours is also far better than Co-ops used to be. Some decades ago my wife went back to one store to complain about mouldy cheese. She spoke to the manager but felt rather sorry for him as he was young, scrawny and had a hole in his trousers.
James - eventually I think they will because the store as a whole seems well run.
The best Co-Ops are to be found in the inner and outer Hebrides, where they are often the only shops; clean, smart, amazingly well-stocked, and often staffed by pretty girls with wonderful island accents.
Post a Comment