A family run cafe has closed its door after trading in the town centre for four and a half years.
Cook & Baker opened at 12 Alderley Road in July 2013, in the premises which was previously occupied by estate agents Spencer Knight.
The patisserie and coffee shop was the first retail operation for the Holt family whose wholesale business Cream Patisserie has supplied a number of hotels and restaurants as well as Manchester United Football Club.
12 Alderley Road is available to rent from Orbit-Developments for £2,500 pcm.
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Sadly David is quite right - the rents charged by some landlords in Wilmslow make it impossible for most independent shops to make it in Wilmslow
If the people of Wilmslow want small independent shops and cafes
- they have to SUPPORT them by shopping in them
- but we see the multinational chains full of people every day
SO WILMSLOW MAKE THE EFFORT AND SHOP LOCAL
and you will get the town you want
The answer is a simple as that
I would not eat at Cook and Baker because the food was at the till with no spit guard. Yuk!
Landlords have nothing to do with it. The number of empty shops is about right. If they are all full rents will go up not down. Supply and demand.
A quick Google shows things haven't improved much... In the last two years his Preston shop scored 0/5 and his Stockport shop 1/5.
Yes there is the Konak but a family of 4 wont get any change from £40.00 for breakfast on a Saturday morning.
Just because its Wilmslow doesn't mean we are all mugs that are happy to pay ridiculous prices for things we can buy elsewhere for a lot less !!!
You say that "National chains do well because they know what they are doing"
What's your source please information ?
Secondly you say "....I will shop with (not support) independent retailers" ?
Are we missing something here ? Isn't shopping with and supporting one and the same. Surely....
You are correct there is one in the parade but its only very small and has no outside space to speak of. Konak have got it right and there is outside space too. You have to queue to get in sometimes as the food is great . But as I said its the best part of £40.00 for breakfast for a family of 4 so somewhere with more reasonable prices with the outside space should thrive in my opinion.
Tip to the snowflakes - forget going out for breakfast/brunch and cook your own, avoid coffee shops etc. and watch your savings grow!!
We are consumers not supporters. Consumers will try new venues for novelty and because we want variety, but if service and value is not right we don’t come back.
If shops price right and offer what people want, when they want it, they will succeed regardless of size.
I actually really want a diverse high street but am not sentimental about the real drivers of retail.
Sorry to be a pedant but really how do you "shop with (not support) independent retailers " ?
Surely they are one and the same....
We have shown your comments to a number of others.
But nobody can quite understand the distinctions you are drawing.
Anyway here's to better things to focus on. There's a turkey to pick at for a start.
Keep on shopping and / or supporting in 2018 (in whichever order)