Amid an economic crisis that has been tough on small businesses, the team behind Absolute Roasters has told the Glasgow Times exclusively that they have started work on a new shop.Glasgow couple Sean Williams and Megan McFarlane started their first coffee business just before lockdown and were able to secure a shop shortly after.“But we just thought, you know, the opportunity is there so we might as well grab the bull by the horns and just do it.
Sean said: “We thought we could definitely give something pretty unique to the city centre, and especially that west side, in the financial district.” Sean said: “I think the most important, fundamental part of it is to stay true to what you’ve always wanted to do and try not to lose quality.“[You can look at the] cost of everything going up, and think well, I’m just going to try and save as much money as I can on every single aspect of the business and ultimately quality could go right down the pan, and then you could just continue to chance it and save money.
“And then if there are other things that you can actually attach on to your business, like new ideas, instead of changing what you’ve already got and sacrificing quality.”“We’ve only had one price increase in the entire time since we’ve opened this business and that was when VAT went back up.”