Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Shake it all over!...

Someone has nicked yet another one of my business ideas. TonbridgeBlog has noticed that there's a new cafe/shop just about to open called Sweets and Shakes. I've always thought, since the closure of that tiny sweet shop on Botany, that there was room for a traditional-style sweet shop in Tonbridge and, more recently, I said to a friend that Tonbridge is crying out for a smoothy and shake bar, which would appeal to thousands of under 18s. I'd even come up with the name for it and everything! Now they're about to do both in one hit. Good luck to them cos Tonbridge needs all the entrepreneurs it can get. It's the right end of town for all the school and college students, although not sure about being right next to McDonalds with their price advantage, they might end up blowing Sweets and Shakes out of the water. Personally I'd have looked for a shop on Quarry Parade, which is where just about all the West Kent College students and most of the children from South Tonbridge's many schools walk past twice every day....

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Tonbridge blogger that wouldnt have been a good idea putting a sweet shop on quarry hill becuase there is all ready one near the kebab shop! you have no retail knowledge do u!!!!

Anonymous said...

Now what do I do????? Decisions decisions. Buy my favourite occasional treat of a MacFlurrie or buy a crunchie milkshake next door.
The positioning is perfect. For shoppers, school kids, passing trade, near a crossing and backing on to the park. Puuuurrrrrrfekt!!!!

Sunny_Tonny said...

I hope it does lure the kids away from the evil empire that is MacDonalds, good luck to them!

Tonbridge blogger said...

Thanks for that anon with trade the wa it is at the moment I'm beginning to wonder myself! What's your real name though? Its not Philip Green is it?

Tonbridge blogger said...

Sunny Tonny: do you really think they are an evil empire? Or are they just an extreme form of global capitalism? Maybe that's one and the same to some....

Sunny_Tonny said...

Definitely an evil empire - I hate the way they target children with their happy meals, luring them back to collect the free toys s they can stuff them full of salt and sugar and get them hooked on the stuff. And then they claim to be offering healthy food when their salads are even worse for you than their big macs! And they encourage over-eating with the way a bigger meal only costs a bit more than a small one (I assume that's still true, I haven't set foot in there for about 10 years!)