87. The days when businesses were about making a good living, not about making a fortune
There
is a shop in Hereford, UK, called Fodder. It markets itself, if at all, as a
sustainable, eco-friendly food shop. Refillable cleaning products, locally
sourced organic veg, fruit and eggs, an amazing range of grains and pulses in
refillable bags, locally made bread as well as a great choice of high quality comfort
foods. You get the idea. It’s tiny but incredibly well stocked. I can do my
whole shopping in it but for fish and meat. They even had toilet paper every
day of the lockdown. Because they don’t much advertise themselves and most
people don’t know they are there. They have a great concept and no apparent
interest to grow it or franchise it to achieve massive wealth. They remind me
of my childhood, when shops and restaurants were individual, family run, had
their character and were not about becoming rich, but about making a decent
living as part of a community. Do I miss that because age begets melancholy, or
because it is so much better than the Tescos and B&Qs of today?
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