17/09/2026
⚓ Our First Day at Anchor Point Cafe – The Ups, The Downs & Everything In Between!
Well… our soft opening certainly gave us plenty to learn! 😂☕⚓
Firstly, a massive THANK YOU to everyone who came through the doors today. We’ve received some absolutely lovely feedback, and it’s been brilliant finally seeing people sitting down and enjoying a space we’ve put so much work into creating. 💙
We’ve also received some not-so-good feedback, and we’re not going to shy away from that either. A soft opening is about testing everything in a real working environment, finding the problems and fixing them – and today certainly helped us do that!
Our new till system caused us a few headaches with orders not reaching where they should. That issue has already been identified and resolved. ✅
We also quickly discovered that although our coffee machine makes a great coffee, it simply isn't fast enough for the volume we need. Rather than struggle on with it, we’ve already taken action and ordered a much more suitable machine that will allow us to get drinks out considerably quicker. ☕✅
There were moments today when things went brilliantly and moments when they definitely didn't! But every bit of feedback – good and bad – helps us improve.
We won't get everything perfect on day one. What we can promise is that when something isn't working, we'll listen, learn and fix it.
That’s exactly what the soft opening is for. 💙
Tomorrow we go again – a little wiser, a little quicker and hopefully with considerably fewer conversations about the till! 😂
Thank you for supporting a brand-new independent Fleetwood business while we find our feet.
The Anchor Point Cafe Team ⚓💙