Oliver's Real Food - posts yet ANOTHER LOSS-MAKING QUARTER, page-131

I agree with some of the points raised but stand by what I wrote before. At this point in time, to have Gunn removed is like back to the future. Its been tried before and failed. I have faith that he has learnt and is wiser and EG are now part of the formula and it will be interesting to see how that pans out. I am also hoping that Olivers survives and thrives into the future as we visit regularly and are grateful to have stores like this to break trips at. I think JG is the heart of the business and to try to take the heart out happened before and was disastrous. I think he has much more commitment to the business than bringing in some high flyer like Madigan who did not have the same soul connection to the business and was happy to jump ship when things became too hot. Come on all, give the business 12 months and get behind it and as i said, barring natural disasters like what we have had, if the business is not much improved, ill be less supportive and be happy to push for change. Until then, we should respect the current management and support them to do their job well. Who wants to come to work and face a barrage of criticism. Quite frankly, I think its counterproductive to be so overly negative and it loses credibility over time. There needs to be some balance. If you want to support the business, balance criticism for 12 mths and give some credit where credit is due, else put yourself out of misery and sell out and if the business is as bad as you think, you can buy back in later.