Roaming Roosters
-
- Posts: 191
- Joined: Thu Aug 17, 2017 12:16 pm
- Been Liked: 50 times
- Has Liked: 17 times
Roaming Roosters
What's go on here? Always seemed to be well thought of and reasonably busy...
"Roaming Roosters in Higham, a farm shop which sold free-range meat and had a bistro and coffee shop for the last six years, will no longer trade after falling into liquidation.
The business had closed five weeks ago, with no explanation from owners over the decision except a notice posted on the company’s Twitter page reading: “closed until further notice.”
Bosses at Companies House, which is the UK’s registrar of companies that incorporate and dissolve limited companies, have now revealed that the six-year-old business has fallen into liquidation and ceased trading. The details surrounding the reasons behind the liquidation have yet to be released.
The decision, which was made last Thursday, came following a virtual meeting held between the business’ creditors at the end of July.
Roaming Roosters, which first opened in 2012, was set up by family butchers Simon and Nick Mellin, both from Nelson.
In just 12 months the family business’ annual turnover shot up from £50,000 in 2012 to £1.2m in 2013, as reported in the national press.
The business’ initial success caught the eye of Nelson businessman Matthew Riley, chief executive of Daisy Group Plc.
Mr Riley, who has appeared as a judge on the BBC One business reality show The Apprentice with Lord Sugar, became a shareholder of Roaming Roosters back in March 2016.
But the entrepreneur resigned from the board of directors in October last year, just four months after £1million expansion plans were submitted to Pendle Council.
The plans set out an extension to the existing barn on the site as well as the creation of a children’s indoor play area and 20 new jobs. However these plans never came to fruition.
Mr Riley still owns the land but has confirmed he is not the operator and said no plans have been made for the future use of the site.
A spokesman for Matthew Riley said: “He is the landlord not the operator. The business has closed the site and we will have to consider what to do next.”
Records on Company House show that Andrew Jones is the last remaining director of the business and has been approached for comment. "
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/ne ... quidation/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"Roaming Roosters in Higham, a farm shop which sold free-range meat and had a bistro and coffee shop for the last six years, will no longer trade after falling into liquidation.
The business had closed five weeks ago, with no explanation from owners over the decision except a notice posted on the company’s Twitter page reading: “closed until further notice.”
Bosses at Companies House, which is the UK’s registrar of companies that incorporate and dissolve limited companies, have now revealed that the six-year-old business has fallen into liquidation and ceased trading. The details surrounding the reasons behind the liquidation have yet to be released.
The decision, which was made last Thursday, came following a virtual meeting held between the business’ creditors at the end of July.
Roaming Roosters, which first opened in 2012, was set up by family butchers Simon and Nick Mellin, both from Nelson.
In just 12 months the family business’ annual turnover shot up from £50,000 in 2012 to £1.2m in 2013, as reported in the national press.
The business’ initial success caught the eye of Nelson businessman Matthew Riley, chief executive of Daisy Group Plc.
Mr Riley, who has appeared as a judge on the BBC One business reality show The Apprentice with Lord Sugar, became a shareholder of Roaming Roosters back in March 2016.
But the entrepreneur resigned from the board of directors in October last year, just four months after £1million expansion plans were submitted to Pendle Council.
The plans set out an extension to the existing barn on the site as well as the creation of a children’s indoor play area and 20 new jobs. However these plans never came to fruition.
Mr Riley still owns the land but has confirmed he is not the operator and said no plans have been made for the future use of the site.
A spokesman for Matthew Riley said: “He is the landlord not the operator. The business has closed the site and we will have to consider what to do next.”
Records on Company House show that Andrew Jones is the last remaining director of the business and has been approached for comment. "
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/ne ... quidation/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
-
- Posts: 7070
- Joined: Tue Mar 01, 2016 12:50 pm
- Been Liked: 2176 times
- Has Liked: 3110 times
- Location: Praha
- Contact:
Re: Roaming Roosters
#Brexit related increased supplier costs?
This user liked this post: OssyClaret
-
- Posts: 5001
- Joined: Thu Jan 21, 2016 4:00 pm
- Been Liked: 3435 times
- Has Liked: 2881 times
Re: Roaming Roosters
I’ve heard that it is to become a Mosque.
These 3 users liked this post: OssyClaret ZizkovClaret Funkydrummer
-
- Posts: 191
- Joined: Thu Aug 17, 2017 12:16 pm
- Been Liked: 50 times
- Has Liked: 17 times
-
- Posts: 7473
- Joined: Sat May 06, 2017 7:39 pm
- Been Liked: 2262 times
- Has Liked: 2174 times
Re: Roaming Roosters
Not sure what happened, but I was a fairly regular customer and was extremely impressed with the establishment up until around 2016, where it appeared to take a severe decline in quality.
Well, in my opinion of course.
Well, in my opinion of course.
-
- Posts: 191
- Joined: Thu Aug 17, 2017 12:16 pm
- Been Liked: 50 times
- Has Liked: 17 times
Re: Roaming Roosters
Yes thought it was decent enough when I went a while ago, can't remember whether it was the bacon or beans that were a bit too smokey though.CoolClaret wrote:Not sure what happened, but I was a fairly regular customer and was extremely impressed with the establishment up until around 2016, where it appeared to take a severe decline in quality.
Well, in my opinion of course.
Other than the smokey breakfast ingredients I was impressed and under the impression it would be thriving...
Re: Roaming Roosters
Weren't they bought out by the Seafood Company about a year or two ago?
-
- Posts: 1042
- Joined: Sat Jul 02, 2016 9:14 pm
- Been Liked: 364 times
Re: Roaming Roosters
Seafood took over the running of the bistro only. Its a shame about the closure. Was a really good business for a few years but i think they tried to go too big too fast
-
- Posts: 370
- Joined: Sat Jan 23, 2016 3:46 pm
- Been Liked: 149 times
- Has Liked: 114 times
- Location: Burnley
Re: Roaming Roosters
As said above the bistro was always ‘sub-let’, with the original people being the couple who ran the Bay Horse in Fence years ago; it was very popular. It then went through a few hands before ending up with the Seafood company, when it was nowhere near as good. The problem came from the brothers focusing on their wholesale meat company Grass Roots, they kept investing in plant etc, chasing bigger orders; to do this they sold off the shop and more of the business to raise capital. Eventually those who now had control of the company, decided the only way to get their money back was to close it all down and sell. Crying shame as it was really good at the start. Years of work by the Father creating the family business gone.
-
- Posts: 2653
- Joined: Mon Aug 06, 2018 8:26 pm
- Been Liked: 505 times
- Has Liked: 245 times
Re: Roaming Roosters
Closed due to not being profitable
-
- Posts: 18106
- Joined: Thu Jan 21, 2016 10:35 am
- Been Liked: 3875 times
- Has Liked: 2073 times
Re: Roaming Roosters
I went about 4 months ago and wasn't impressed at all.
I expected lots of meat inspired dishes with it supposedly coming from the farm, but it was basic as hell.
Most people seemed to be eating fish and chips?
I expected lots of meat inspired dishes with it supposedly coming from the farm, but it was basic as hell.
Most people seemed to be eating fish and chips?
-
- Posts: 1367
- Joined: Sat Dec 10, 2016 11:18 pm
- Been Liked: 254 times
- Has Liked: 215 times
Re: Roaming Roosters
same here whilst visiting the area. Went a few years ago and it was really good; went in March this year and it was very poor, couldnt believe the difference.
Re: Roaming Roosters
Used to be a real treat going there and getting some great meat after. As mentioned it went rapidly down hill and it was overpriced for greasy spoonmeals at best.
-
- Posts: 838
- Joined: Thu Jan 21, 2016 9:55 pm
- Been Liked: 246 times
- Has Liked: 118 times
Re: Roaming Roosters
Living close by it was a handy eatary before a home match on a Saturday, in the end there was only the fish and chips I could trust them to cook properly, then last time the fish was burnt. The Seafood company ran it down then left it, I believe then the original owners took it back on, but it didn't improve much. Was told the big problem was that when Booths opened in Barrowford they took a lot of custom from Roosters. The strange thing thing there was that even when there were only a few people in, it was always noisy.
-
- Posts: 5829
- Joined: Thu Jan 21, 2016 12:38 pm
- Been Liked: 2491 times
- Has Liked: 1477 times
- Location: On the high seas chasing Pirates
Re: Roaming Roosters
Free coffee at booths ..lol
-
- Posts: 4980
- Joined: Thu Jan 28, 2016 9:31 pm
- Been Liked: 2341 times
- Has Liked: 1041 times
- Location: Ightenhill,Burnley
Re: Roaming Roosters
The same tale as most on here, it was excellent up til early last year ..... and then steadily got worse. I think I last eat there in March and it really was poor ...... a shame really !
-
- Posts: 9601
- Joined: Thu Jan 21, 2016 9:45 pm
- Been Liked: 3150 times
- Has Liked: 10260 times
- Location: Staffordshire
Re: Roaming Roosters
And there's me thinking this was another ****-take of the lads down the road...
These 2 users liked this post: tim_noone conyoviejo
-
- Posts: 9484
- Joined: Sun Oct 16, 2016 10:47 pm
- Been Liked: 1186 times
- Has Liked: 780 times
Re: Roaming Roosters
In hindsight should have replicated a similar model to keelham albeit on a smaller scale that always seems to be a busy business farm to fork.ICL wrote:As said above the bistro was always ‘sub-let’, with the original people being the couple who ran the Bay Horse in Fence years ago; it was very popular. It then went through a few hands before ending up with the Seafood company, when it was nowhere near as good. The problem came from the brothers focusing on their wholesale meat company Grass Roots, they kept investing in plant etc, chasing bigger orders; to do this they sold off the shop and more of the business to raise capital. Eventually those who now had control of the company, decided the only way to get their money back was to close it all down and sell. Crying shame as it was really good at the start. Years of work by the Father creating the family business gone.
Re: Roaming Roosters
I had a cracking steak there not long before it closed, and was shocked at how cheap it was. We were going to go more often, but that's not going to happen now.
Make do with going to Keelham instead.
Make do with going to Keelham instead.