New Sweet Shop on Lordship Lane

[Passiflora]

There was a discussion here about the new sweet shop but seems to have disappeared?

Walked by a few weeks ago and was ready to open?

[VelvetBlueberry]

It's officially open now. Very impressive assortment of confectionery.

[cella]

I suggested to Admin that for a range of reasons it was better to delete it. Don't think it was doing much for the shops marketing either.

[peckham_ryu]

cella Wrote:

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> I suggested to Admin that for a range of reasons

> it was better to delete it.

Spoilsport ;) That was my favourite thread this year!

[Loutwo]

Went in today. Lovely little addition to the high street. Lots of sweets from my childhood, helpful friendly staff. A lot better than the branch in Greenwich. I wish them well.

Louisa.

[herne hilly]

I wish them all the best , its a lovely shop with everything you could possibly imagine.

[snoopy17]

what are the prices like?

[Angelina]

Very expensive.

[alice]

Blank

[alice]

I got a bag of flying saucers for ?1.

[Angelina]

my kids went in for pick and mix and said it was too expensive - around ?1.50/100g

they were quite disappointed as 100g is not actually very many

[Milan05]

ED Local do a pick and mix and they let little kids have say 20/50p's worth - pocket money pre cinema, not sure if the new stripy brown shop does that or fixed price ?

[I hammer]

Is the sweet shop working in partnership with the local dentists?.....and also against the govt"s anti obesity plan?

[DulwichFox]

Angelina Wrote:

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> Very expensive.

Sugar Tax

[natty01295]

Nougat ?1.99 Can get it in pound stretcher ?1

[tomskip]

Of course the sweets are going to be expensive. They have to shift an awful lot of confectionery to cover a Lordship Lane rent.

[Passiflora]

Probably have to pay a bit extra for the experience of an old fashioned sweet shop. They also probably have to pay extortionate business rates and rent for the area.

Went to Butterfly Walk in Camberwell a couple of weeks ago and a shop that has been there for many years (Just For You) had suddenly closed. Found out they had re-located to the Aylesham Centre in Peckham because of high rents in Butterfly Walk.

[VelvetBlueberry]

Are the prices really any different to that of the Hope & Greenwood we had on NCR?

I spend most of my time around Regent St & Covent Garden partly for the enjoyment of shops like this - like Passiflora said, you're paying a little extra for the experience. We don't have any other victorian style candy shops within close proximity.

Some may not wish to spend the extra money for that experience however it is a very convenient place to pick up edible gifts for a special occasion... unless of course you want to hop next door into M&S & pick up those hideously inedible looking things they call "chocolate" in a gift box.

There is a lot of overpriced tat on LL but for me... Mr Simms isn't one of them.

[Sue]

I haven't been in yet, because I've been put off by the shopfront. Brown background, olde worlde spelling, squiggly fonts and gold coloured lamps don't do it for me :(

I guess they had no choice in this, as it's a franchise so presumably the shopfront can't be altered to fit in with the location.

Sorry to hear the sweets are very expensive. Hope and Greenwood were expensive, but their sweets always seemed like a treat, and the packaging for their chocolate boxes was beautiful, with red ribbons which they hand tied for you. They were great for gifts, and you could choose chocolates to suit the recipient's taste.

Anyway, this seems like a different offering altogether to Hope and Greenwood. I expect they will do well and I'm sure they will manage without my custom :))

ETA: I think M&S's chocolates are mostly nicely packaged, and good value, especially at the lower price ranges. I have actually bought some specifically to reuse the box.

Velvetblueberry, do you have some connection with the new sweetshop?

ETA: Also, what is the "overpriced tat" you mention on Lordship Lane?

[nxjen]

Agree totally about the shopfront, it?s so fake and ugly. Puts me off going through the door.

[Spartacus]

nxjen Wrote:

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> Agree totally about the shopfront, it?s so fake

> and ugly. Puts me off going through the door.

Never judge a book by its cover !

[Sue]

Spartacus Wrote:

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> nxjen Wrote:

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> > Agree totally about the shopfront, it?s so fake

> > and ugly. Puts me off going through the door.

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> Never judge a book by its cover !

But it's a good idea to design a cover which will make prospective readers want to buy the book .....

[Spartacus]

A classic example of trolling there Sue

Congratulations on putting someone's business down

I applaud you for stopping this modern day blight of new businesses opening up and stopping shops being empty. Keep up the good work. 😂

[EPB]

Expressing an opinion isn?t necessarily trolling, surely?

I (and suspect that quite a few other people) agree with Sue about the style of the shop-front, especially the superfluous ?e?s. A real old fashioned sweet shop would have called itself simply ?Sweet Shop?.

Which doesn?t mean that I have any criticism of the goods on sale inside.

[Sue]

Spartacus Wrote:

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> A classic example of trolling there Sue

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> Congratulations on putting someone's business down

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> I applaud you for stopping this modern day blight

> of new businesses opening up and stopping shops

> being empty. Keep up the good work. 😂

What???

I said I didn't like the shop front but I expected they would do well.

How is that trolling, exactly?