https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56424554 Cardiff and Edinburgh get a mention as venues for expansion. @oss a good reason to go north
A Filipina loose in Edinburgh (she liked the street food) Largely shopping Have to admit that I have a lot of better reasons to visit Edinburgh than to go to a Jollibee My first contract in Edinburgh was with the Scottish Office supporting the system that managed the Scottish budget bidding process, my second working on a database project for Scottish hospices, I also worked on private banking system for quite a while, I really liked visiting Edinburgh a beautiful cosmopolitan city but too expensive to live there. I need to get back up there to see my pal Stuart who used to be my employer. This was the original thread Liverpool Jollibee | British Filipino (british-filipino.com)
You know some Filipinos are super entrepreneurial, there's adverts on an Ottawa FB page for jollibee deliveries during lockdown, despite the closest jollibee being 450km away, the person gives a date and a price, if they get enough orders they do the 900km round trip
I can't help thinking that another high street chain like Jollibee is destined to fail in these Covid-19 days and that people will prefer to eat better post-pandemic.
The people that these chains appeal to don't even know they have a problem, some people will certainly realise and act on the connection between obesity and vulnerability to the illness Covid-19 which is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus but most won't, you won't see Jollibee or McDonalds wiped out in the Philippines and while I do think that Jollibee have a hard job on their hands to expand globally they will likely have some success. The greater difficulty for all these food businesses is the slow death of the retail high street that will deprive them of the footfall they need to turn a profit.
People in the UK are certainly becoming more choosy in their dietary habits: Number Of Vegans In Britain Skyrocketed By 40% In 2020, Claims Survey: https://plantbasednews.org/culture/ethics/vegans-in-britain-skyrocketed/
That article Mike is one example of reporters using what looks like a big percentage number to make a big impact on people's perceptions and indeed in the article itself it turns out that 1.1 million went up to 1.5 million, an actual increase of around 0.6% of the UK population, you would probably find similar low real numbers in terms of uptake of LCHF diets as well over the same time period.
Are the beef steak prices dropping as they are not selling as many or are they just not killing as many cows these days?
I do hear on the TV/shops and see many more comments online about veganism these days compared to five years ago. Even Tesco yesterday had more freezers full of vegan food and people are looking at the choices now. It is not going away. I haven't bought a piece of meat from the supermarket or butcher in forty years
There are a few benefits from veganism for us omnivores, and an abundance of slightly cheaper meat is one of those. One can get a decent cut of Sirloin, Rump or Rib eye for less than 3 quid, nowadays in the supermarkets.
Some developments https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.th...-warrior-schoolkids-too-much-dairy-racist/amp
Leeds is open next month. With London, Liverpool and Leicester branches open, this confirms my suspicion that Jollibee HQ have only looked at the L index in their UK A-Z. Suspect that Llandaff was the driving factor for their Wales location.
That surprised me too. It will be interesting to see how that one goes. The one in Earl's Court seems very successful, but it is specifically targeting the Filipino community there. If you go there the clientele is almost exclusively Filipino. They clearly feel ready to target a wider community.
I avoid Earls Court nowadays after a remittance office there tried to scam me, I turned up there the next day, they weren't expecting that and handed my cash back when they realised I had the propensity to become quite excitable. Leicester Square, I am wondering if its the old burger King.