I've never heard of it too, from what I have gleaned - they are not too healthy.
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PG
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Good job I was sitting down when I read that! Its coming to something when, were it to be available in a can, the water of life aka Whisky would be cheaper...
Snow1964
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Apparently Cazoo (the online car retailer) has filed notice that it will enter administration if a buyer isn't found within 10 days
Cazoo: Online used car retailer close to collapse
Troubled online used car retailer Cazoo is close to entering administration, putting about 1,000 jobs at risk.
www.bbc.co.uk
TheSmiths82
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In lock down people didn't really have much choice, but now things are back to normal their entire business model is evaporating. I love cars but I find buying cars very stressful so would happily buy a new car online but not used.
Dai Corner
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Apparently Cazoo are not popular amongst car dealers and the chances of advertising being switched from Autotrader to their platform is small.
The administrators will have to sell off their stock which may well depress prices to the benefit of anyone in the market for a used car.
The administrators will have to sell off their stock which may well depress prices to the benefit of anyone in the market for a used car.
The quote above suggests they'd already sold all their stock by March and had switched to just advertising third party vehicles, so any affect on prices if they close now is likely to be minimal at most.
I saw a long convoy of Cazoo lorries heading up the A6 today, at least 20 units with some more being carried on trailers. Possibly heading for storage due to this announcement?Apparently Cazoo (the online car retailer) has filed notice that it will enter administration if a buyer isn't found within 10 days
Cazoo: Online used car retailer close to collapse
Troubled online used car retailer Cazoo is close to entering administration, putting about 1,000 jobs at risk.www.bbc.co.uk
Bought mine from the other large online site.
No complaints at all. Everything as described.
No pushy salesmen to deal with.
Car arrived on time and delivery man showed me every control etc.
I’ve had it 2 years and done just short of 35000 miles with no issues at all.
They were handing it out for free in Manchester Piccadilly today
61653 HTAFC
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What's the saying... "a fool and his money are easily parted".
Something like that was always going to be a short-term bubble (no pun intended)... and I don't think it would have lasted much longer even if South Park hadn't taken the mickey out of it.
Peter Mugridge
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Frankie & Bennies.
On Friday evening, I went to the one in Praed Street just outside the ramp at Paddington; usually very busy and a wait for a table at that time hasn't been unusual in the past.
This time, however, just three tables occupied including ours. I realised why as soon as we received the menu - it's been slashed to about a dozen items, and they've abolished a lot of the most popular items ( including the omelettes ). Hardly surprising that the place is now virtually empty... and that puts it firmly in the territory of this thread...
On Friday evening, I went to the one in Praed Street just outside the ramp at Paddington; usually very busy and a wait for a table at that time hasn't been unusual in the past.
This time, however, just three tables occupied including ours. I realised why as soon as we received the menu - it's been slashed to about a dozen items, and they've abolished a lot of the most popular items ( including the omelettes ). Hardly surprising that the place is now virtually empty... and that puts it firmly in the territory of this thread...
Mcr Warrior
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The Frankie and Benny's brand name's days do perhaps seem to be numbered. Believe they've been loss-making of recent and changed ownership fairly recently. Doesn't help either that TripAdvisor reviews (for what they're actually worth) for Frankie and Benny's have been decidedly mixed. And yes, omelettes, do now seem to be off the menu.
Peter Mugridge
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...so is nearly everything else!!! When I said there were only about a dozen things left on the menu, I wasn't joking... but I was including the sides...
I don't know how much was on the menu before, but there seems be plenty there now: https://www.frankieandbennys.com/menu - certainly way more than a dozen items.
Peter Mugridge
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That's not the current menu... the one they had on the tables on Friday evening was about A5 sized and most of what's on there wasn't on it.
...and the lasagne is now £14.25, so they've had another price rise as well. My wife had the BBQ Chicken and that was £18.25.
jon81uk
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This seems to be a location specific version for Praed Street https://menus.tenkites.com/thebigtg/frankiebennys04 which is linked from https://www.frankieandbennys.com/restaurants/london-paddington-praed-street
I expect they do have London specific pricing. Most of the places round there are just aiming for tourists. Best best now is probably Wahaca.