Beloved ice cream parlour will close down in DAYS as owner says ‘I have no choice’ amid spiralling costs
A BELOVED ice cream parlour will close down in DAYS as the owner says she has “no choice” amid spiralling costs.
Jenny Wright, owner of Molly Moos in Hexham, Northumberland, has been forced to end her lease on the building early.
The parlour and cafe will permanently close at the end of September despite Jenny wanting to find a way to keep it open.
“I haven’t really had much choice to close the doors as my health isn’t the best and I’m struggling to work full-time,” she told the Hexham Courant.
Jenny’s son was helping her keep Molly Moos afloat, but he is starting a graduate job later this year.
She described how her own savings have run out and she felt the business would run into difficulty in the winter.
Jenny continued: “I needed to be working full-time to put money away for winter to survive as last winter was absolutely awful with the footfall in Hexham in colder weather being almost non-existent and then being seasonal on top.
“Our profit margins have always been low and with low-value sales, we have relied on being busy to keep going but unfortunately with such small margins, there is little scope for maneuver, and as the cost of living has bitten harder, and harder.”
Jenny attempted to sell the ice cream parlour a few months ago, however to no avail.
She claimed the building works in Hexham, especially next door, was the “nail in the coffin”.
It comes after a Cornish ice cream parlour is also set to close its door after the landlord decided to sell the property.
Moomaid of Zennor Ice Cream Parlour has been operating for four years outside of Falmouth.