Credit Crunch

A feast of festive fare

The past few months seem to have been a never-ending tale of economic doom and gloom and analysts are forecasting that the worst is yet to come. As I have mentioned before in my comment column, I have been feeling the pinch, just like everyone else, and I am worried about what the future holds. But…

Big night in

As the credit crunch deepens, the trend of recent years for people to eat out more often is definitely in high-speed reverse as consumers tighten their purse strings and switch to the more affordable option of staying in and entertaining [...]

Bakery rises to the challenges

You might reasonably be forgiven for assuming that a company whose sole raison d’etre is the production of a wonderfully indulgent range of cakes and buns would be beginning to feel the pinch around now, given the current downturn in our economic fortunes. Yet for Graham’s Bakery in Dromore…