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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

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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?

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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.

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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.

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