26/03/2022
Hi all, what a glorious weekend. If you are ordering food please can I ask you get your orders in for tomorrow morning so I can get everything ordered in we need.
Now for some honesty from us both.
As a business 2022 has seen us slide into no longer making any operational profits and on the last few weeks alone we are not breaking even and we off set that by cooking meals for us instead of buying shopping.
There are non negotiable areas of our business and these are we do not want to charge more than £5 per meal despite increasing food and fuel costs and we are conscious that everyone is facing rising bills at the moment. We also do not want to compromise on ingredients and swap down to cheaper brands. If we are making a tomato sauce for a pasta then it's top quality Italian tomatoes or passata.
However we are at the point where we are considering if the time, utility costs, fuel, ingredients and use of at least a full day is worth us carrying on be that a temporary pause with a plan to review in a few months time or to pause indefinitely
We could expand to more areas and have considered parts of South Manchester, Stockport, Prestwich and Bury as we have had people interested but then it has to be worthwhile. Do we do minimum orders per person or only go once we have a minimum amount of sales.
We really want to make this business a success, to create exciting and interesting meals, to show plant based food is interesting, tasty and exciting and you lose nothing by not using meat, poultry, fish, eggs and dairy.
When we lose 60-75% of our sales compared to last year it is disheartening but we are aware we are all spending less. We go from 12-15 customers a week to 3, this week we have 1 or 2.
What we would like to know is your interest in buying from us, do you enjoy some meals rather than others, would you like to see more choice, specials such as breakfasts or Sunday dinners?
We don't want to rush into a decision over this but we are conscious at what point does the time, effort and expense stop being worthwhile
Thank you
Gemma & Kris
Eco Plant Kitchen
