29/09/2023
We’ve had an absolute blast but I’m sorry to say we’ll be having our final smooch in a couple of weeks. 😢
We opened almost 2 years ago - we will actually make our 2nd birthday - but the sad news is that we’ll be closing for good shortly after. 😭 🎉 🎊
We don’t have a sob story about the energy crisis or a drop in business. We can’t moan about supplier costs because we worked hard to lower our prices in these tough times through negotiating harder with our suppliers. We have been healthy and profitable since day one and we’re really proud of that fact but the reality is that we are approaching the end of the shop lease and, whilst we thought long and hard about renewing it, the last 2 years have taught us a few invaluable lessons. 👩🏫
Running a business in this industry involves blood, sweat and tears, and above that it often involves sacrificing family time, putting our kids, our parents, and our own health secondary to the business. That’s something we’ve decided to not continue doing. 😎
We hope you’ll come to have your own final smooch
at some point over the next week as we’d love to see you one last time. 😊
From day one our customers have shown us nothing but love and we are very appreciative of that. We’ve got to know many of you like friends and we like to think we’ve been a customer-friendly place to visit for you or your kids. So ‘thank you’ from the bottom of our hearts for all the support you’ve shown us. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
We’ve had the best staff working for us and most of them felt more like family to us. We’ve loved working alongside you all and Karon and I thank you for being loyal, hard-working and a credit to yourselves and your families. 🙏
If we can ask one thing of you we’d be extremely grateful. The next few years could be very difficult for the high street so please consider where you spend your pennies. I could list a bunch of companies that work far harder for your spend than any of the big chains. People who greet you with a smile and kindness on every visit and have worked their backsides off to keep going through difficult times so please, please, shop local in amazing Alty with the hard working indies. 😇
