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24.07.2023 - 18:45 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A group of customers failed to show up for an afternoon tea at a small independent cafe - and then CANCELLED their credit card so the business owner had no way of clawing back the £100 cost of the wasted food. Cocoa Cabana is an award-winning chocolate shop with cafes in West Didsbury and Ancoats.
When anyone books an afternoon tea at the venue, rather than take a deposit, the owners take credit card details to secure the booking. This is only charged if a party fails to honour their booking or cancel within reasonable time.
But the party of four failed to show up to a chocolate afternoon tea booking at the Burton Road cafe in West Didsbury on July 14. They then ignored the phone calls from the cafe staff who were awaiting their arrival with the spread of cakes and sandwiches.
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The food ultimately ended up in the bin that night. But when the owner sought to claim the money back from the credit card left with the booking - she discovered the cheeky individual had cancelled it.
The venue's chocolate afternoon teas, priced from £25, have to be booked in advance as they are made especially to order. They include layers of home-made chocolate cakes, pastries and scones as well as a range of savouries too.
Sharing the incident on social media, Cocoa Cabana boss Sarah Gallacher wrote: "We had a table of 4 booked for today, we only have 3 tables. We made their afternoon teas which we then had to throw away.
"They didn't show up, they didn't call, they didn't answer our call and they cancelled their card."
Explaining further details on what happened, Sarah told the MEN: "We used to take deposits, but we found that put people off
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