You might blame the cost-of-living crisis, or the avocado shortage in Peru. But the real culprit is more boring: people are not commuting to office jobs like they used to. Leon’s happy hunting ground was the train station lobby and the central business district.
Now, with half the workforce working from home in pajamas, nobody is buying a £7.50 “Bang Bang Chicken” box at 8:45 AM. They’re eating leftover toast. Leon’s sales dropped faster than a dropped burrito.
The Surprising Fact That Will Ruin Your Lunch
Here is a weird but true fact: Leon started in 2004 by a pair of guys who also started the music festival Glastonbury? No, that’s a lie. Actually, one of the founders, John Vincent, once ran a grocery stall in a market. The real surprise? The chain was serving salads and “clean eating” a full decade before anyone knew what a kale smoothie was.
They were ahead of their time. They had “healthy fast food” on the map before hipsters made it a religion. Now, they’re closing seventeen sites immediately, with another six to follow later. That’s twenty-three “Eat Real, Feel Good” stickers going in the bin.
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