Baked goods behemoth Greggs increased half year sales by 27% to £695m but pre-tax profit was flat at £56m reflecting ‘re-introduction of business rates, increase in VAT and higher levels of cost inflation.’
Basically an additional £150m in sales generated about £300k in profit. Now imagine how tough it is for small food service businesses to turn a profit in this economy.
We’d like to take this opportunity to thank our team & our customers for their continued support, you guys & girls ROCK 💪
Also we’d like to thank all of the NHS staff for the amazing job their doing & offer our support for the tough times ahead.
Hi folks
Like many others within the hospitality industry we’ve been forced to make a decision that no business owner ever wants to make.
As a direct result of COVID-19 we have no choice but to hit the pause button in each Pizza Boutique store until further notice.
The hosting season is creeping up on us all
At #BelfastCookerySchool we have released our Class timetable for the rest of 2019
Choose your favourite region or cuisine, learn from our friendly team and wow you friends this winter
View our full 2019 schedule
https://t.co/cEFmHCdbtO
Exactly this time last year Primark was burning & @MaddensBarBelfa supplied the pint.
One year on, new location & we’ve almost pulled through, big thanks to all the support from customers, staff, friends, family & others in business 🙏
Belfast you rock 💪🍕
Exactly this time last year Primark was burning & @MaddensBarBelfa supplied the pint.
One year on, new location & we’ve almost pulled through, big thanks to all the support from customers, staff, friends, family & others in business 🙏
Belfast you rock 💪🍕
#Summer2019 is a washout back to school but with a twist....
We have very limited spacing for this #Sundays Family cookery class for young people aged 12 and up partnered with their favourite adult.
Read our fun menu and book today https://t.co/vIwovHZ9Sg
@netmumsni@whatsonNI
There are still a couple of spaces remaining on our Family cookery session this week. A great way to entertain the kids during the summer holidays.
#belfastcookeryschool
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Great Taste 3-star "Extraordinarily tasty foods – less than 3% of products are awarded a 3-star each year – don’t
leave the shop without buying it!"
Great Taste 1-star "A food that delivers fantastic flavour"
@guildoffinefood @FoodHeartlandNI@Food_NI#supportlocal#loveflour
This Friday night at Bank Square (beside Kelly's Cellars) join the truly excellent @NoOilPaintings for a FREE gig in our brand spanking new marquee. Read more here - https://t.co/UKhJHgEUin
A tale of three buildings (and their neighbours)
In 2016 these buildings, Nos 95-107 North St Belfast, were demolished ahead of a council meeting at which their listing was to be discussed.
They were owned by: ES North Street Limited
Great thanks to @johnnyutah66 for his in depth review of our latest #MidnightMunchies class.
We loved hosting you and reading your honest and well constructed blog post. We'd love to see you again really soon.
Read Stevies blog here: https://t.co/uPN4BSVkxB
@mourneseafood
And still we wait, supermarkets allowed to sell cheep alcohol to drive footfall while pubs are taxed to death, even our rates are circa 2 1/2 times higher than supermarket off-sales!