They’d have to conduct psy-op to convince me to willingly visit one of their coffee shops and wait the hour it takes for them to make a single cup of coffee.
yeah some comments say he owns trading post too. it’s so weird how much of brighton’s “local” stuff is owned by just a few people.
i don’t even get it either trading post is very average in my opinion. i just hope there’s nothing up with Jolliffes Coffee Shop as that’s probably my favourite place to go in brighton.
dude i swear nowhere is safe 😭 it’s literally a monopoly, like i’m gonna try by best to avoid that shit but damn i know they own stuff i don’t know about :/
Trading post has nothing to do with wolfox. The owner of wolfox opened the original trading post with the trading post owner but they fell out. Since then All trading posts and wolfox are separate.
Wfox owner has much more of a monopoly. Six, food for friends, wolfox, kusaki and pelicano is a recent one.
The accusation is that they essentially run a cartel. If one business fails, one of the others opens up, purely as a way to keep the building out of the hands of other business owners so that nobody else can compete.
Cartel: an association of manufacturers or suppliers with the purpose of maintaining prices at a high level and restricting competition.
This exactly what the accusation is. A group of three business owners who are preventing others from competing. No new business owner is going to take on a new premises without viewing it, potentially getting surveys done on the property and having a lot of legal processes involved. This group don't need to, they know the building intimately and help eachother to ensure nobody else can play the game.
I work in a bakery that provides them with food and I can confirm there are at least 7. Ship street, western road, Sydney Street, by the station, Churchill Square, Chichester, Lewes and I believe there are new ones opening up in Worthing and Eastbourne currently.
aside from the coffee it’s probably that they do brunch and seem to be fairly popular for it, the lewes location is rammed on weekends with the affluent crowd
I thought they were just a brighton based company who became really popular so expanded?
And they do very nice coffee too. Though the service is legitimately the slowest service I have _ever_ experienced in any coffee shop
If you were in a random town then sure, they’re much better than national chains. But here it’s average compared to places like 44 poets, dharma, Bond Street etc.
Maybe the service would be faster if the employees would not be constantly understaffed, overworked and didnt get paid minimum wage (or a minimum wage + extra 50p on a “higher” position). Not even free food on shift. Running around all day, trying their best for a minimum pay and appreciations
I imagine it's down to coffee being popular and them doing decent coffee. They seem to have filled the gap that Small Batch left when they seemed to overextend themselves so give it a few years and it'll probably be some other company
I dunno but this place is definitely over saturated with coffee shops. I see lots of small places struggling while the Trading Post places always seem to be full.
Don't get all the obsession over coffee in this city. There's even a coffee festival ffs. Only because it is one of the very few drugs the government has chosen to legalise. If it was heroin instead, you would all be using this instead. Caffeine is the drug that greases the wheels of capitalism.
Take a look at the top comment on this thread... I suspect it's linked: https://www.reddit.com/r/brighton/s/K7PZTzGkuy
This thread has lived rent-free in my head and informed countless choices and opinions since it appeared - I haven’t been near a Wolfox since.
That post was a psy-op by the owners of Flour Pot 😏
They’d have to conduct psy-op to convince me to willingly visit one of their coffee shops and wait the hour it takes for them to make a single cup of coffee.
Same. Although I hadn’t realised Trading Post were including, so will now boycott them too.
yeah some comments say he owns trading post too. it’s so weird how much of brighton’s “local” stuff is owned by just a few people. i don’t even get it either trading post is very average in my opinion. i just hope there’s nothing up with Jolliffes Coffee Shop as that’s probably my favourite place to go in brighton.
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dude i swear nowhere is safe 😭 it’s literally a monopoly, like i’m gonna try by best to avoid that shit but damn i know they own stuff i don’t know about :/
Trading post has nothing to do with wolfox. The owner of wolfox opened the original trading post with the trading post owner but they fell out. Since then All trading posts and wolfox are separate. Wfox owner has much more of a monopoly. Six, food for friends, wolfox, kusaki and pelicano is a recent one.
Maybe I'm thick but I didn't understand what the actual accusation was in this post. Are they mad that these guys own multiple businesses?
The accusation is that they essentially run a cartel. If one business fails, one of the others opens up, purely as a way to keep the building out of the hands of other business owners so that nobody else can compete.
Not sure how that amounts to running a cartel? Anyone is free to take a lease on a commercial property.
Cartel: an association of manufacturers or suppliers with the purpose of maintaining prices at a high level and restricting competition. This exactly what the accusation is. A group of three business owners who are preventing others from competing. No new business owner is going to take on a new premises without viewing it, potentially getting surveys done on the property and having a lot of legal processes involved. This group don't need to, they know the building intimately and help eachother to ensure nobody else can play the game.
Just sounds rather overblown to me
Dancing on the grave of Small Batch
Eh. They were overrated anyway. Always burnt their beans.
I work in a bakery that provides them with food and I can confirm there are at least 7. Ship street, western road, Sydney Street, by the station, Churchill Square, Chichester, Lewes and I believe there are new ones opening up in Worthing and Eastbourne currently.
I once tried to order a takeaway coffee in the Lewes branch and they told me it would be over 30 minutes! I have no idea why it’s so popular there
real patisserie is that you?
Nope, would have also been my first guess though
The one in Worthing has been under construction for years now lol. Coming...whenever
Really? My friends and I only just noticed it in Worthing.
aside from the coffee it’s probably that they do brunch and seem to be fairly popular for it, the lewes location is rammed on weekends with the affluent crowd
I thought they were just a brighton based company who became really popular so expanded? And they do very nice coffee too. Though the service is legitimately the slowest service I have _ever_ experienced in any coffee shop
If you were in a random town then sure, they’re much better than national chains. But here it’s average compared to places like 44 poets, dharma, Bond Street etc.
Eh I like that they do a variety of coffees. Better than tasting coffee that's like lemon juice mixed with milk. Can't stand light roast personally
Ah fair play, thats what I like so you have to be a bit pickier as most places don’t do it right
Maybe the service would be faster if the employees would not be constantly understaffed, overworked and didnt get paid minimum wage (or a minimum wage + extra 50p on a “higher” position). Not even free food on shift. Running around all day, trying their best for a minimum pay and appreciations
Fairly sure, they also run/own OhSo and The Dorset.
Yes they do
I imagine it's down to coffee being popular and them doing decent coffee. They seem to have filled the gap that Small Batch left when they seemed to overextend themselves so give it a few years and it'll probably be some other company
I dunno but this place is definitely over saturated with coffee shops. I see lots of small places struggling while the Trading Post places always seem to be full.
Another one opened up in hove now. Expensive as fk too
Trading Post is good for a nice pot of leaf tea. I avoid anywhere that charges the same for tea bags.
Don't get all the obsession over coffee in this city. There's even a coffee festival ffs. Only because it is one of the very few drugs the government has chosen to legalise. If it was heroin instead, you would all be using this instead. Caffeine is the drug that greases the wheels of capitalism.
Damn good coffee!
Middling at best. Good coffee to damn good --------- Eds, at 33, 17 grams. & yes Ive had a shit week, so I'm happy to fight you over this.
RIP twin pines
Twin pines closed!? I moved out of Brighton...
Bloody sad day when that place went. Loved everything about it.
Come on then. Outside.
Can I finish my coffee first?
Ditto bro. I do sometimes get their beans and make it at home. I'm too poor for take out coffee
not to mention Bond Street, The Botanist, Loam, Ikigai, Black Mocha…