Kien Tan

@kientan74.bsky.social

477 Followers 378 Following

Retail consultant and analyst by day, gym instructor and beer drinker by night. All about shops, pubs, planes, gyms... and the views are mine, all mine.

FT article saying KKR and it's backers lost €1.1 billion equity and hundreds more millions pumped in afterwards when Accell went bust
Blank platform indicator on a Camden Town tube platform
Chilled langer in Pret with a PoS advertising “Pick your Pair” promotion
Excerpt from FT piece about saving high streets
Top 20 cities for street food 2026
Purple lightning badge for a “7 day streak”
Two pints of Steady Rolling Man and two packets of Taytos on the bar
2 pints of Tegenseer Hells on a pub counter
Display shelf filled with Christmas candles at Sainsbury’s
Yahoo email screen
Linkedin post from a brand owner defending Andy Burnham's expensive clothes bought from them.
Tweet saying there has been no visible LNG traffic through Hormuz for nearly 3 weeks
Prime Minister defended not extending business rates relief to restaurants, cafes and hotels, saying that "Pubs need to know the cavalry is coming. This is to me our heritage. It's working-class culture"
Screen grab of a video with the Prime Minister and Chancellor ranking their top 5 pub snacks
Government press release saying PM to slash business rates on pubs, clubs and music venues
Tweet from Darren Jones saying that the Digital ID program was unfunded, so the cost of cutting VAT from electricity bills needs to be set out in the budget
Welsh hip hop comedy act sings the line "Let's all go to the middle of Lidl, what you gonna get, I don't know"
Pint of Jaipur from the Union
Two Greggs paper bags and a Greggs iced coffee
Tables and high stools at a coffee shop
Graph showing pub numbers declining since 2000, but pub employees growing since 2010
Photo of supermarket on Saturday, showing empty and shuttered fridges
Chart showing CPI vs household cost index for poorest and wealthiest households
Facebook advert for a winter coat
Graph showing that "A large majority - 72% - say that shortening would make route 28 less convenient"
Weather and OneDrive icons on my iPhone home screen
Martin Bell, former TV reporter and MP for Tatton
Quotes from Burnham interview on tax and spend plans
Guardian headline saying Burnham wants to "close loophole preventing deportation of sex offender"
Gail’s branch in Altrincham
Coupons issued at self service tills at Sainsbury's
Excerpt from success substack explaining aircon is effectively banned in parts of the UK like Camden
Guidance from Camden Council saying air conditioning is discouraged
List of Greggs shops closing because of the heatwave
You and Yours programme description
M&S Belgian lager
M&S beer selection 1: Mexican and Kolsch lagers and Czech, German and Spanish lagers brewed in those countries
Telegraph headline: “Try not to get trolleyed: Lidl opens first pub”
Due to Piccadilly Line engineering work, TfL says to use Elizabeth Line
Broken down fridges in M&S
A duck watching over the River Thames with the Shard and a Thames Clipper boat in the background
A sign in M&S saying “Don’t forget National Picky Bits Day - Saturday 27 June”
Email saying there are brand new homes in Islington for under £350k illustrates with a photo of a semi detached house
Thread asking where in London to feel an authentic atmosphere and genuine experience where locals eat. Someone replies “Tesco Meal Deal”
Woman sat in coffee shop with a takeaway coffee, a laptop, a tablet and a phone in front of her. Man behind her sat without a coffee.
FT headline: plan to tighten healthy food rules provokes backlash from UK industry
Telegraph article saying Waitrose to keep brown eggs after Sainsbury’s announces switch to white eggs to help meet net zero target
Post from Threads showing 33 likes, 127 comments and 3 reposts
Summary of policies and beliefs of Blair, Starmer, Burnham and Streeting
Screenshot of tweet showing 3 Moomins above the words "frankness, shyness and tolerance" and saying "the more the world resembles Moomin valley, the better it is to live in"
X post complaining about shrinking size and increasing price of butter
From the Times article, Watt says the craft beer market has changed
Times headline saying “Brewdog founder launches new beer”
HMRC definition of a children's meal
Photo of shopping centre designated as being a heritage asset