Franchises

Bail · Sat 18 Jun, 2011 17.18

I've also noticed a large number of "Mr Simms Olde Sweet Shoppe" pop up locally too, are they unique to where I am or a chain/franchise that popped up over Christmas last.

WillPS · Sat 18 Jun, 2011 20.51

Sugacane are similarly sprawling around here.

Critique · Sun 19 Jun, 2011 15.16

Bail wrote:I've also noticed a large number of "Mr Simms Olde Sweet Shoppe" pop up locally too, are they unique to where I am or a chain/franchise that popped up over Christmas last.

One has also popped up here, but it's been here longer than last Christmas - two years, maybe?

bilky asko · Sun 19 Jun, 2011 23.29

Inspector Sands wrote:
marksi wrote:You could always set up a milkshake bar with just some blenders from Argos and ingredients from Tesco. Must be the lowest cost start up possible.
Those milkshake places where they just blend in chocolate bars with milk are springing up all over the place, I wonder how well they do? The other one I see everywhere is pick and mix nuts/chocolate raisins concessions.

A milkshake bar styled as a 50s American Diner opened where I live last year(ish), and then it decided to diversify into being a Fried Chicken takeaway. It's only open Thursday-Sunday, but you can go in and get a milkshake at 10:30pm on a Friday night, which you can't do at Shakeaway.

The choice of sweets ranges to about 30, but you can have a range of "Mr Moo's" ice creams as the base for it, rather than just vanilla.