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To ban DP from calling a food van this

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KnittedC · 24/05/2013 16:42

DP, a chef, is looking into opening a food business; and thinking about a gourmet food van selling hot and cold sandwiches etc. He has mooted the following as a potential name... 'In Bread'.

I think (hope!) he is joking as it's the worst name I've ever heard, but he thinks it's funny. WIBU to LTB if he ever actually did it?

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AitchTwoOhOneTwo · 24/05/2013 23:08

personally i think if you're going to go for Gourmet you're better to do an Abel & Cole, Green & Blacks type name... make them think you've been around a while. Abercrombie & Fitch also an example of this, which would be fine if the CEO didn't keep alienating The Entire World.

GetOrfMoiLand · 24/05/2013 23:08

Thoroughbread is brilliant.

shockers · 24/05/2013 23:08

DH wanted to call his equipment hire business 'SLAVE', with the tagline, 'Working For You!'

In his defence, it was Sound, Lighting, Audio-Visual, Entertainment (or something of that ilk).

I eventually got him to understand how utterly and completely wrong other people would think it was.

GetOrfMoiLand · 24/05/2013 23:09

The CEO of A and F's face makes me laugh.

QuintessentialOldDear · 24/05/2013 23:10

On that note, how about :

Easy Bread or Bread Air? Or hey, Ryan Bread (Rye n' Bread geddit??) Grin

AitchTwoOhOneTwo · 24/05/2013 23:12

it's amazebo, isn't it? surgery much?

poppycock6 · 24/05/2013 23:13

Thorough-bread sandwich? Not sure I'd want one of those Grin

AitchTwoOhOneTwo · 24/05/2013 23:14

thoroughbread is no good btw, i bet 99% of people would read it as throughbread initially.

GetOrfMoiLand · 24/05/2013 23:14

He looks like a cross between the Bride of Wildenstein and Arnold Schawrzenneggar

AitchTwoOhOneTwo · 24/05/2013 23:14

also... the horse thing... as poppy has just pointed out.

AitchTwoOhOneTwo · 24/05/2013 23:15
QuintessentialOldDear · 24/05/2013 23:15

No, it brings us back to Horseham, does it not?

AitchTwoOhOneTwo · 24/05/2013 23:16

Wildenstein & Schwartzenegger... there you go. there's yer brand name.

AitchTwoOhOneTwo · 24/05/2013 23:17

Wilde is actually a good pretendy surname for food, i think. so long as it's not preceded by anything too porny.

TooManyButtons · 24/05/2013 23:17

RiotsNotDiets we have the bap van too...nothing says lunchtime more than the batman tune playing ice-cream van style Grin

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CaffeineDeficit · 24/05/2013 23:46

How about "Drop Bread Gorgeous"?

QuintessentialOldDear · 24/05/2013 23:55

Nah, thats like bread to feed the ducks with, as you would not otherwise drop (or through) bread.

QuintessentialOldDear · 24/05/2013 23:55

throw bread, not through.

MoelFammau · 25/05/2013 00:00

'In Bread' is good.

Also 'On a Roll'.

For posh, maybe 'Thoroughbread' or 'Well Bread'....?

Might avoid 'Baps'.

QuintessentialOldDear · 25/05/2013 00:01

Breadmill (as in threadmill) ?

borisjohnsonshair · 25/05/2013 00:12

Well it beats "Angie's Big Baps" which is our local van. Although the correct use of the apostrophe is to be commended.

borisjohnsonshair · 25/05/2013 00:13

Ooh yes, Well Bread is much better.

Juniperdewdropofbrandy · 25/05/2013 00:21

My cousin's is called the Silly Burger Grin

In Bread is catchy. I'm not sure any name would scream gourmet, it'll be word of mouth and any advertising that'll do that.

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