Forum » Topic: 54 years of misery ends as Little Chef falls from motorists menu

Forum » Topic: 54 years of misery ends as Little Chef falls from motorists menu http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=37291 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Wed, 22 May 2013 15:55:43 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php Newsquelch on "54 years of misery ends as Little Chef falls from motorists menu" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=37291#post-105009 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:55:23 +0000 Newsquelch 105009@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Yes, Beau - you're more than welcome. BTW: I have retitled it in an effort to improve it beau-jolly on "54 years of misery ends as Little Chef falls from motorists menu" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=37291#post-104999 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:12:55 +0000 beau-jolly 104999@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Hopeless food, delivered by disillusioned humans by the side of a miserable A-Road![i] Do you mind if I send this to my consultant buddy. You have summed up in one perfect sentence what they paid him £24,000 to tell them. Newsquelch on "54 years of misery ends as Little Chef falls from motorists menu" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=37291#post-104989 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:26:06 +0000 Newsquelch 104989@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Now expanded! Perks on "54 years of misery ends as Little Chef falls from motorists menu" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=37291#post-104964 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:40:40 +0000 Perks 104964@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Please expand. Would make a great sub beau-jolly on "54 years of misery ends as Little Chef falls from motorists menu" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=37291#post-104945 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:56:33 +0000 beau-jolly 104945@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ VCG The one near us is on the A303 where Heston titted about with it. Still not insipered me to visit. Their issue is that they are all on A roads and secondary routes where the passing traffic is mainly local. Their customer base is therefore anyone who cannot use the motorway. This limits them to timid pentioners, mopeds and horse drawn vehicles. waylandsmithy on "54 years of misery ends as Little Chef falls from motorists menu" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=37291#post-104939 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:51:00 +0000 waylandsmithy 104939@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ I once swapped my parent's entire dinner service for 74 lollipops. Vertically Challenged Giant on "54 years of misery ends as Little Chef falls from motorists menu" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=37291#post-104937 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:47:55 +0000 Vertically Challenged Giant 104937@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ The situation that Little Chef is in is proof that you can't run a business based on doing a half-decent but overpriced breakfast, and a load of overpriced frozen meals. Why do people think it's sad when something that is shit fails? Just because it has been around for a long time, since before there were other options. Options that weren't shit. beau-jolly on "54 years of misery ends as Little Chef falls from motorists menu" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=37291#post-104936 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:45:18 +0000 beau-jolly 104936@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ A mate of mine got £600 a day for two months to look at Liitle Chef. They turned down all his ideas, including my 1/2 term kids deal suggestions. They also rejected my idea of topless waitresses. waylandsmithy on "54 years of misery ends as Little Chef falls from motorists menu" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=37291#post-104934 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:39:12 +0000 waylandsmithy 104934@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Definitely worth expanding! Newsquelch on "54 years of misery ends as Little Chef falls from motorists menu" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=37291#post-104919 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:51:13 +0000 Newsquelch 104919@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ VentureThree recently rebranded Little Chef with the eponymous phrase; “Fresh from the Freezer and Disappointingly British it’ll be fun to leave!” The Disappointingly British theme ran through everything, from the flavourless frozen foods to hidden hydrogenated fats - “If you can microwave it and sell it for £11.50 then it’s on the menu” said the stereotypical Alpha-northerner Ex-Little Chef boss Ian Pegler. “It’s what you idiots want. Hopeless food, delivered by disillusioned humans by the side of a miserable A-Road” The magic formula was adopted after a survey revealed that the British Public have very fond attachments to some of the most pedestrian of experiences. He went on to add “If you could round up the perfect day, the underwhelmed family would then head off on their way to begin a 2 week holiday at Butlins, ideally during a patch of seasonally inclement heavy showers and high winds” Famous science-chef Heston Blumenthal failed turn the chain around a few years back but came head to head with Pegler on screen. “They didn’t want my advice but Happy Eater, Woolworths and Safeway were all very happy with it” Blumenthal is currently working on some preposterous culinary creations to help bring punters back to HMV and Thomas Cook. Big Briefcases, The receivers appointed to the Little Chef have blamed the closure on “an unfortunate mix of expanding a hopeless business concept onto an unwilling market during the worst financial crisis in living memory”