Well, the Sainsbury's café have just lost themselves a regular customer

[TheLovelinessOfDemons]

Apparently, they're reopening as a coffee bar, no proper meals. I'll go somewhere else.

I'm not sure how they've lost a customer. If they arent serving what you want they arent asking you to be a customer.

Maybe they’ll attract different customers.

Hopefully the small independent cafes will benefit from your custom.
They probably need it more than Sainsbury’s

Well, you'll have to go elsewhere if you want a meal..... Because they won't be doing them there.

This isn't true of all Sainsbury's Café's - I think ours is opening as a Carluccio's partnership.

But then our Sainsbury's has a Starbucks, so it'd be a bit bizarre for them to reopen as a coffee shop...

I love Sainsburys cafe meals. They used to reserve me a meal so I could have it before my commute.
Hopefully that not happening everywhere.

I used to love the brunch. Basically a full English with chips. Then they decided to not cook the mushrooms on the hot plate but to half microwave them so they weren’t cooked. I moved to Australia in disgust.

is that a sainsburies thing or just your branch?

I’m sat In Morrissons now and the menu has been slimmed right down. No small breakfasts or anything.

I can feel the CEO quaking in his boots as he reads this.

@TheLovelinessOfDemons

Apparently, they're reopening as a coffee bar, no proper meals. I'll go somewhere else.

Well yes, because they dont offer what you want. So its entirely reasonable.

Ours reopened like this in September, basically sandwiches and coffees. Then shut in November I think and is now due to reopen on June 21st - hopefully that will be a full menu. I am lucky, I live in a very busy city with lots of options to eat out but some people don't and also some small businesses are horrible! I don't know where the op lives or anything about her but some small cafes etc have very limited menus and/or poor disabled access.

Um ok well if they don’t sell what you wish that would be the logical conclusion

[confusion]

Why are people being such twats to the OP?
Consumer power is how businesses succeed or don't.
Sure, one person on MN saying they won't be going back isn't much; but it's quite possible that many other customers might feel the same.

@LadyVymes

I used to love the brunch. Basically a full English with chips. Then they decided to not cook the mushrooms on the hot plate but to half microwave them so they weren’t cooked. I moved to Australia in disgust.

😂 comment of the day right there

One person has been a twat as far as I can see. The OP hasnt given any context in the post. Just seems a bit angry that something she/he wants isnt offered anymore, which is fair but its also fair to then go elsewhere. I dont think there will be a load subsequant posters in outrage.

If the OPs social circle revolved around going to the sainsburys cafe and there is no alternative I think it'd be a bit different .

@EachandEveryone

I’m sat In Morrissons now and the menu has been slimmed right down. No small breakfasts or anything.

Have they got rid of the Flying Start?

Well as long as its a proper coffee bar and not a surly server with packaged sandwiches, stale cakes and buttons labeled 'latte', 'cappuccino' and 'mocha'

I've assume they've done it because the cafe isn't that profitable or popular - even if its busy, they'd likely want to attract people to go on top of their weekly shop.

Its a shame though, its nice to have a cheap and cheerful option for a proper meal.

There are multiple posters basically saying 'So what?'/'Who cares?'/'The CEO is quaking in his boots'. Just being sarky and dismissive. Maybe the OP wanted a bit of a chat about it? I was under the impression that's what generally happens on MN threads.

@IntermittentParps

Why are people being such twats to the OP? Consumer power is how businesses succeed or don't. Sure, one person on MN saying they won't be going back isn't much; but it's quite possible that many other customers might feel the same.

It’s more likely that Sainsbury’s have put a lot of analysis in to the spending habits of their customers and deduced that turning this particular cafe in to a coffee shop would be good commercial decision

Our local Sainsbury's was full of people like me having a breakfast/brunch or people with kids eating a plate of chips.

Tesco tried the coffee bar thing. It didn't work and it closed.

The one I frequented before last year turned into an Argos.

Sainsburys cafe here is diabolical. I had a lasagne, it was the cheapest microwave slop you could imagine. I would be delighted if they changed.