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Practical | Practical | ||
- | 1. HTTP is located in the back of beyond (an industrial estate in the residential London | + | 1. HTTP is located in the back of beyond (an industrial estate in the residential London |
2. A service for local residents and studio occupants. The neighbourhood is changing - incoming small business and studios - the cafe would be an interface to that. A means of connecting with the local community that's more fluid and open, a softer and more everyday interface than the gallery. | 2. A service for local residents and studio occupants. The neighbourhood is changing - incoming small business and studios - the cafe would be an interface to that. A means of connecting with the local community that's more fluid and open, a softer and more everyday interface than the gallery. | ||
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Profit is not a necessary motive - which opens up the operating territory considerably. | Profit is not a necessary motive - which opens up the operating territory considerably. | ||
- | Although stock should still pay for itself plus provide surplus for office consumption. | + | Although stock should still pay for itself plus provide |
- | Seed funding will be required for start-up equipment and utensils: HTTP or external. | + | |
feral trade:Feral Trade runs at a fabulous loss, in business terms. | feral trade:Feral Trade runs at a fabulous loss, in business terms. | ||
- | It operates in an absence of the principle of least effort, excluding | + | It operates in an absence of the principle of least effort |
- | | + | basic market measures of success. The investment is in the network. |
* hours of operation, visitor patterns, winter plan | * hours of operation, visitor patterns, winter plan | ||
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There is no cafe between the tube and HTTP although it is possible to take a | There is no cafe between the tube and HTTP although it is possible to take a | ||
detour to Costa Coffee, a commercial chain in the business mall on Green Lanes. | detour to Costa Coffee, a commercial chain in the business mall on Green Lanes. | ||
- | Portuguese cafe in the other direction has cheap and good espresso and a mainly Portuguese clientele. | + | Portuguese cafe in the other direction has good cheap espresso and a mainly Portuguese clientele. |
The cafe would not necessarily be linked to shows. | The cafe would not necessarily be linked to shows. | ||
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- | Food goods will be informationalised (onboard | + | Stock selection |
- | Selection will involve a biodiversity of criteria, none of which should be primary or exclusionary. Stock considerations include: | + | - compliance with or skirting the [[uk_premises_regulations|regulatory perimeters]] |
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- | - compliance with or skirting the regulatory perimeters | + | |
- shelf life: to avoid sales incentive or waste | - shelf life: to avoid sales incentive or waste | ||
- | - the facility of the food item to host information, including | + | - the facility of the food item to [[common_products|reveal |
- information on source, relations with land, embodied by the transport of its produce | - information on source, relations with land, embodied by the transport of its produce | ||
- information on carriage, network and delivery relations embodied by courier/s. | - information on carriage, network and delivery relations embodied by courier/s. | ||
- seasonality, | - seasonality, | ||
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- | [[common_products]] | + | All cafe goods will be informationalised (onboard or on menu). |
- | Ingredients and products with questionable ethics can be included, along with their | + | Customer receipts can be A4 laser prints with a torrent of product information, |
- | source | + | |
- | larger | + | Ingredients and products with questionable ethics can be included |
+ | to instead | ||
[[tea_from_bangladesh]] for example. | [[tea_from_bangladesh]] for example. | ||
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+ | * Other Information | ||
- | Fair Trade which limits its communiques | + | [[breakdown_of_expenses]]: |
- | and one that reverses earlier breaks with tradition in visualising agriculture | + | |
- | labour | + | |
- | Gleaning: François Millet 1857 http:// | + | |
- | Feral Trade takes food-labeling as an opportunity for diverse communications as opposed to righteous boasting and the promotion of purity fetishes, such as the truth claims elevated origins and destinies (gourmet, organic, fairdom, health) propagated by the likes of fresh and wild. | + | * Reciprocity |
- | http:// | + | |
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- | [[breakdown_of_expenses]]: | + | |
Read-write menu. Open to intervention from random vendors eg. customers can contribute | Read-write menu. Open to intervention from random vendors eg. customers can contribute | ||
menu items via peddling stock (sale, trade or gift). | menu items via peddling stock (sale, trade or gift). | ||
- | Economy of miniaturisation / smallscale. Enables hosting small batches/ | + | * Seasonality |
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+ | Economy of miniaturisation / smallscale. Enables hosting small batches/ | ||
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+ | * Localness | ||
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+ | or nation state, to more closely replicate the world HTTP works in: a shared set | ||
+ | of connections and navigable routes like the scale-free hubs of the internet. | ||
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+ | * Suppliers | ||
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+ | Source producers or recipes from HTTP social networks, commission or collect artists' | ||
+ | (cake, jams, herbs, sprouts etc). | ||
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+ | * Delivery | ||
Courier process. Use moving social networks including known and funded travel to HTTP | Courier process. Use moving social networks including known and funded travel to HTTP | ||
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of origin or source, to the broader ecology of supply. Promote inter-organisational trade with artistic peers, local and foreign. | of origin or source, to the broader ecology of supply. Promote inter-organisational trade with artistic peers, local and foreign. | ||
- | Source producers or recipes from HTTP social networks, commission or collect artists' | + | * Regulations |
- | (cake, jams, herbs, sprouts etc). | + | |
Regulatory limits: Define and stock emergency food products; define emergency; outer limits of biscuit; cream teas. | Regulatory limits: Define and stock emergency food products; define emergency; outer limits of biscuit; cream teas. | ||
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+ | * Basics | ||
Feral Trade staples start menu. | Feral Trade staples start menu. | ||
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- Cola from Bristol. | - Cola from Bristol. | ||
- Salt from Gujarat | - Salt from Gujarat | ||
+ | - Zaytoun olive oil and other products | ||
+ | http:// | ||
+ | http:// | ||
Other organisational contenders | Other organisational contenders |