02/04/2026
I took this pic at lunchtime, in the middle of a tourist town, in the middle of the school holidays.
I came in for a coffee to get away from my desk. At lunchtime I packed up my things and went elsewhere to buy some food.
How places like this survive I’ll never know. A prominent location, a captive audience, loads of space for families.. yet.. it often feels like a ghost town.
When footfall is low, it’s easy to blame marketing.. the algorithms have changed, people aren’t reading the papers anymore, the council took away our sandwich board.. Or consumer spending.. it’s the recession isn’t it? Or your competitors.. oh everyone’s going to that new place in town, you know, the chain.
But in many cases the real culprit is CX.
I can think of 20 things this place could do to improve CX, improve their reputation, get people to spend more and return again and again. At least 10 of them are free to implement!
I don’t do cold calls because they’ve never worked for me but if you recognise this space, a referral wouldn’t go amiss :)