Potager

[Moneykelly]

Anyone else find this place totally unreliable? For the last five weeks I've been trying to get bread and it's either been closed or out of stock. Went in today to be told they will start stocking it again 'in September' even though everyone's been asking about it for weeks. Won't be back.

[dbboy]

Smoothie style drinks are probably the core business. They could actually clean up on basic provisions, including fresh daily bread as there is no where locally that sells really good, Not sour dough, bread. Their loss.

[alice]

I'm in there now. For a while. a long queue so think they're doing ok

[Jacqui5254]

Important to support our local shops so hopefully they are getting on top if it.

Must admit I go past it frequently and they often look empty..can't be easy if selling fresh food.

Maybe needs a bit more advertising as it's a good shop?

Another post about it recently.....http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?30,1855792,1855812#msg-1855812

[jimbo1964]

Sadly I think it's closed. There's a note in the window to say the landlord has taken back the lease.

[KidKruger]

Waste of a good retail premises. Was a good hardware store before - with consistent and predictable opening hours.

[alice]

Well I shall miss it. Bit sad really.

[fleur]

alice Wrote:

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> Well I shall miss it. Bit sad really.

Yes it's sad to see a local independent business close, it was such a strange place though. I was using it a little but it never had the energy to really work.

[Sue]

Didn't they previously have a differently named shop somewhere round here, or am I dreaming?

[lucky]

Did the landlord put up the rent?

[jimbo1964]

Don't know the circumstances.. I bought some bits and bobs from there, mainly trendy bread and apples on the weekend. It's a shame it's closed as it was a nice business.

[Phlox]

Sue Wrote:

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> Didn't they previously have a differently named

> shop somewhere round here, or am I dreaming?

Think it was the East Dulwich Deli.

[ruffers]

KidKruger Wrote:

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> Waste of a good retail premises. Was a good

> hardware store before - with consistent and

> predictable opening hours.

This, I spent money in there. I'm probably not Potager's target (out working all day) but I never really knew what it was for. Soup?

[JoeLeg]

Phlox Wrote:

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> Sue Wrote:

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> > Didn't they previously have a differently named

> > shop somewhere round here, or am I dreaming?

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> Think it was the East Dulwich Deli.

Yes, that was them.

Have to say it never looked very busy, but at least they tried something. Here's hoping another independent (of any type) makes a success of it.

[dbboy]

Finally called themselves greengrocers but to be honest it was never really clear what they actually wanted to do, soup, smoothies, fruit, veg, bread, pies, other. If you are unclear about what you are those potential customers will be unclear about what you do, offer, want to offer and ultimately you get to the stage were it costs you more to run the business than you actually take, making it no longer viable to trade, sadly that's the point you pull down the shutters before the business burns even bigger holes in your bank balance.

So another business fades away into obscurity because of a lack of clarity about what it did. Had the owners been smarter and they had concentrated on providing good quality basic provisions it could have been a really successful little business at that end of the parade. As some may recall many, many moons ago there was a fruit and veg stall outside what was Galleon wine, now the hairdressers that thrived for many years till some cretin burned it down I recall?? so it can be done.

While the Coop is pretty hit and miss and judging by peoples opinions not that popular, although in its defence it does have a steady stream of custom a bit of competition may have helped improve standards, but then that's wishful thinking.

[fleur]

I agree very obscure with brand ID! They still have a shop on the Honor Oak side so perhaps they never really felt the SE22 was worth investing into? Soup would have been very popular & some lighting for inside.

[AP Garden Services]

I walked past so many times, and the smell of rotting apples always put me off.

Oh well not to worry