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Cherie · 27-09-2015, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by DemolitionRed

I popped in but received a frosty reception!

there greatttt

GiRTh · 27-09-2015, 06:28 PM

The reason why it cost £3.20 for a bowl of ceral is cuz many of their cereals are imported. They are a business so they need to make money so £3.20 is a price by which they are making money. I think far too many people focuis on the price like its the biggest issue. Go to any store that stocks rare or imported items and you will find youself paying muich more than usual.

I also dont see why this shop is a target. Are all small business in this area treated like this?

user104658 · 27-09-2015, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by GiRTh

The reason why it cost £3.20 for a bowl of ceral is cuz many of their cereals are imported. They are a business so they need to make money so £3.20 is a price by which they are making money. I think far too many people focuis on the price like its the biggest issue. Go to any store that stocks rare or imported items and you will find youself paying muich more than usual.

I also dont see why this shop is a target. Are all small business in this area treated like this?

Exactly, stores with imported snacks from the US have some crazy prices - cans of soft drinks that you can't get in the UK for £2.50 - £3 a can, etc... it's pretty standard.

When I was in Portugal last year, the convenience store had cans of Irn Bru for 3 euros each. And they were in the Alcohol section

GiRTh · 27-09-2015, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Exactly, stores with imported snacks from the US have some crazy prices - cans of soft drinks that you can't get in the UK for £2.50 - £3 a can, etc... it's pretty standard.

When I was in Portugal last year, the convenience store had cans of Irn Bru for 3 euros each. And they were in the Alcohol section

I once paid nine pounds for a English Breakfast at a Hotel next to Glasgow airport. I think it was a Holiday Inn, not sure but it was definitely a franchise Hotels.. Thats much more of a rip off than his shop yet I doubt anyone will be attacking that Hotel.

Shaun · 27-09-2015, 07:11 PM

If you go to a cafe to have a bowl of cereal you probably need help crossing the road.

user104658 · 27-09-2015, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Shaun

If you go to a cafe to have a bowl of cereal you probably need help crossing the road.

I'm assuming they also sell coffee and stuff? If so I'd probably go! It's a bit of a novelty I guess. Sometimes I don't fancy much for breakfast but I always (...always...) need more coffee, and a bowl of Lucky Charms might go down a treat.

MTVN · 27-09-2015, 07:20 PM

Agree that its a very strange target. Two blokes running their own small cafe is not exactly the epitome of capitalist oppression

user104658 · 27-09-2015, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by MTVN

Agree that its a very strange target. Two blokes running their own small cafe is not exactly the epitome of capitalist oppression

Perhaps it was just an excuse, and they were in fact the victim of a hate crime committed by pognophobes.

Liam- · 27-09-2015, 07:50 PM

They're mad at the idea of gentrification so they target a couple of hipsters selling cereal?

T* · 27-09-2015, 07:55 PM

what silly *****

arista · 27-09-2015, 07:56 PM

Ithinkiloveyoutoo · 27-09-2015, 07:58 PM

"anti-gentrification protesters" nah thugs.

Edit: Privileged thugs.

Kizzy · 27-09-2015, 08:00 PM

Nobody targeting the large coffee chains for charging £4 for coffee it would cost pennies to make at home. Ridic.

user104658 · 27-09-2015, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Kizzy

Nobody targeting the large coffee chains for charging £4 for coffee it would cost pennies to make at home. Ridic.

True, if you have your own grinder and coffee machine you can actually buy Starbucks beans, at Starbucks, that will make 50+ large coffees and the bag costs the same as two coffees from Starbucks... Makes it seem a bit crazy. (Also my coffee is loads better than their extra special "baristas" make. Naturally.) But I suppose you're paying for convenience, that's sorry of the point, and again, isn't that the crux of capitalism? If people weren't willing to pay £3 for a bowl of cereal then they wouldn't be in business... But they are

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Crimson Dynamo · 28-09-2015, 11:26 AM

Hundreds of protesters attacked a cereal cafe in east London on Saturday night, daubing the word “scum” on the shop window and setting fire to an effigy of a police officer.

Riot police were called in to defend the Cereal Killer Cafe in Shoreditch after it was targeted by a large crowd of anti-gentrification activists carrying pigs’ heads and torches.

The owners of the cafe, which has been seen by some as a symbol of inequality in east London, said on Sunday that the attack left customers including children “terrified for their lives”.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...ion-protesters

A fair or an easy target?

Niamh. · 28-09-2015, 11:30 AM

I don't get why they were targeted?

Ammi · 28-09-2015, 11:35 AM

..no I don't get why specifically them either, maybe because they're fairly new in opening and they got national media coverage as it's a gimmicky/different type eating place...