The New Moor Market

[Alien52]

We've been twice and parked in Decathlon twice - first hour free with a ticket. I wonder how long this will last before they catch on.

 

The mix of old style honest to goodness rock bottom prices and niche market artisan stuff is, in mo, an evolution of the market - but will it work?

 

I heard the Beer man saying we can't compete with supermarket prices. All his bottles, that I saw, were £2.50p. Sainsbury's across the Moor were selling Tanglefoot and Hobgoblin plus two others at a special price of £1.35p!

 

Perhaps he didn't notice Sainsburys was there when he took on the stall.

 

Just read the posts that make sense.

Have slapped myself soundly.

Edited November 27, 2013 by Alien52
Stupidity and haste.

[No User Name]

I went yesterday and bought two chickens from Crawshaws, one of them had garlic butter on it, got him to weigh one of them and it was 1.4kg

 

Two for a fiver. Had one last night. Cant grumble at that. Will certainly go back for more.

[Dan_Ashcroft]

well, i've been in twice so far for lunch, and left happy twice.

 

I hated castle market. it was utterly unwelcoming as an incomer to Sheffield. it felt foreboding, half dead, and to be frank, intimidating and dirty.

 

It also stands as the only time in my life i have seen crack prostitutes - hanging round by the down ramp. I’ve lived and worked in some insalubrious places, but that stands out for me.

 

Fwiw, i still used CM - but as a last resort for niche craft items, and Caribbean & Asian food.

 

The new place is clean, light, easily navigated and well stocked for most everything you'd expect. I've had some lovely seafood salads, bought some goat shoulder for tea, and eyed up a rug for the living room. I intend to buy some beer from the bottle shop for the weekend too.

 

As one of the many thousands of city centre office / uni workers, it's perfect for me. I will continue to buy my main meat and veg from the butchers & greengrocers in Hillsborough, as i want to support them - but i suspect most of my midweek needs will now be met by the market.

 

Also, for the 'quality' doubters - today there was an artisan baker selling handmade sourdough, rye and alternative filled loaves on one of the barrow pitches - she says she'll be there weds thurs & fridays - and this seems to be the case for a few traders. if they thrive, i'd imagine they'll expand.

 

Also the shop signage was going up for a deli / cheesemonger next to crawshaws - so thats the current gap for my needs filled soon. I'd like a sheffield deli type stand, selling all the awesome local produce in one place - Sheffield Honey, Our Cow Molly, Hendo's - all the stuff i like to introduce my visiting friends and family to - but i guess that's a pretty insular demand!

 

If you'd rather drive to Huddersfield or Barnsley, all the better - it'll leave more space for me to shop!

 

Sounds positive, but they've kind of already missed their key opportunity to snare all the curious people who turned up in the first few days and weren't impressed enough to bother returning.

[spats]

Went in for a look today. It's not for me, & there's nothing there that would tempt me back, but it seemed very busy as did the whole of the Moor. Shame so many of the stalls are still empty. I was hoping for a bit more diversity and more 'crafty' unique stalls.

[BEDROCK]

Sounds positive, but they've kind of already missed their key opportunity to snare all the curious people who turned up in the first few days and weren't impressed enough to bother returning.

 

Perhaps like a lot of stalls, they are in process of coming in, setting up a unit and organising staff takes time.

[V.Rossi]

Why, it's not been a massive secret for many years...if you were going to have a stall on the new market, surely you'd put things like stock, staff etc in place before you opened?

[WallBuilder]

I'm going to try and pop in next week just initially for curiosity but no doubt if I see things I like I may be back. It is odd that some of the stalls are standing empty but can well imagine that the stallholders may be on a pitch elsewhere and either have to fulfill their rental contract or possibly don't want to move just before christmas and disappoint their existing customers.. I may even ask at the info desk why stalls are empty along with asking if the building has been designed to be able to include a mezzanine, bet they wont be able to answer that one. Some-one queried why the main enttrance doesn't open up on to the Moor fully and I suspect that the reasoing was to make a wide level entrance and as the Moor slopes that would of been impossible. The idea about having more specialist stalls is a non starter unless the stallholder can expect a lot of customers, a specialist stall that only gets three customers a day for example is not going to be in a good position to afford the rent and running costs.

[BEDROCK]

I'm going to try and pop in next week just initially for curiosity but no doubt if I see things I like I may be back. It is odd that some of the stalls are standing empty but can well imagine that the stallholders may be on a pitch elsewhere and either have to fulfill their rental contract or possibly don't want to move just before christmas and disappoint their existing customers.. I may even ask at the info desk why stalls are empty along with asking if the building has been designed to be able to include a mezzanine, bet they wont be able to answer that one. Some-one queried why the main enttrance doesn't open up on to the Moor fully and I suspect that the reasoing was to make a wide level entrance and as the Moor slopes that would of been impossible. The idea about having more specialist stalls is a non starter unless the stallholder can expect a lot of customers, a specialist stall that only gets three customers a day for example is not going to be in a good position to afford the rent and running costs.

 

You have a point there, but I can see almost every unit taken on the run up to Xmas.

 

Now let's see what things will be like in the next few months of the new year, that will be challenging.

[Rivelin6]

Re the beer seller.

 

Many of his beers were over £3. He had a full range of Thornbridge which were mostly over £3 but he also had some stuff I'd never heard of, some interesting looking porters and stouts. These were in smaller bottles but still cost £3.50.

 

So while I'm happy to buy London Pride or Hobgoblin over the road in Sainsburys, if I wanted to treat myself to something different I now have that choice.

 

He reminds me of that wine seller that used to be in Orchard Square many moons ago. I didn't used to go there for bog standard stuff but for a special occassion it was lovely.

 

It just depends on whether or not the market for (somewhat) specialist beers in bottles at £3.50 a throw is healthy enough. Especially when you can still get a wide range of very good beers in Sheffield pubs for under £3.

 

Maybe all my mega-rich, gold plated salary colleagues will keep him in business

Edited November 27, 2013 by Rivelin6
To point out that was Taxman, posting. The perils of a shared computer

[BEDROCK]

Re the beer seller.

 

Many of his beers were over £3. He had a full range of Thornbridge which were mostly over £3 but he also had some stuff I'd never heard of, some interesting looking porters and stouts. These were in smaller bottles but still cost £3.50.

 

So while I'm happy to buy London Pride or Hobgoblin over the road in Sainsburys, if I wanted to treat myself to something different I now have that choice.

 

He reminds me of that wine seller that used to be in Orchard Square many moons ago. I didn't used to go there for bog standard stuff but for a special occassion it was lovely.

 

It just depends on whether or not the market for (somewhat) specialist beers in bottles at £3.50 a throw is healthy enough. Especially when you can still get a wide range of very good beers in Sheffield pubs for under £3.

 

Maybe all my mega-rich, gold plated salary colleagues will keep him in business

 

Well send the flash mob down and he will be quids in