WILMSLOW CHOCOLATIER CLOSES AFTER MAKING JUST £100 WEEKLY PROFIT

A chocolatier announced the closure of his shop via a letter after making just £100-a-week in profit.

Simon Dunn publicised the closure of Simon Dunn’s Chocolatier, Wilmslow, Chesire via a handwritten letter displayed in his shop window.

In the letter, Dunn listed the outgoings of the shop which revealed his £208,000-a-year taking was being lost on £202,200 worth of rent, rates, VAT, taxes, supplies and wages.

          The letter said:
          “I have always been very lucky as everyone who has
          worked for me has always stood by me and done their
          best – without their support maybe this would have
          happened sooner.”

          Speaking to the Daily Mail, Dunn said:
          “Before long all that will be left on the British high street
           is Tesco, Costa and charity shops – it’s just impossible
           for people like me to keep our heads above the water.

          “On a good week we were left with £100 a week profit
           and it was just not worth it. There seems to be no
           incentive to operate as an independent on the high
           street these days.”

           Dunn employed two full-time workers, one part-time and
           six Saturday staff for his Wilmslow outlet. He added that
           the business would still trade from its online shop.

           After opening the Wilmslow shop in 2007, Dunn
           expanded with five more outlets in the North-West and
           one in Dorset.

In the letter, the chocolatier noted that customers could still visit his daughter who runs the Chestergate Macclesfield store, as well as the outlets on Commercial Rd, Hazel Grove in Greater Manchester and Chorlton.

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