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Come on Big Dish. It's time to start signing up some restaurants. Experience has shown us there is nothing going on behind the scenes so with total transparency let's see the territory managers do some work and earn their salary.

They are joint brokers for Big Dish - or rather they were as they aren't any more.

https://www.investegate.co.uk/bigdish-plc--dish-/rns/appointment-of-svs-securities-as-joint-broker/201812040700203048J/

10 territory managers are in place - 2 existing, 3 joined last week, 3 to join this week, 2 more to join during August and 2 more territories to fill which are Scotland & NI and the Eastern region.

All I can say is can they please start/continue signing up new restaurants. At this stage that is their job. They are being paid so let's hope they will get on with it. No excuses any more.

Personally I don't give a sh*t about Brand Ambassadors or sponsoring industry awards or what's going on in the Philippines - just get them signing up new outlets, please.

Sorry, that should say that 3 more are starting this week rather than today...............

Applesauce or beebop who had his holding stop lossed or whoever you are.

Listen to the link below from last Thursday and in the first minute Sanj says that 3 new managers started last week and that 3 more are starting today and two more during August.

https://youtu.be/PBRbE7Jknz0

martbmth

I totally disagree. The original plan was to get all territories staffed by September. To be honest I felt that was a tall order and judging by the company's performance so far in the year they've been floated almost impossible. However I think that the job agencies have largely done the job for them and lo and behold they are nearly all in place by the beginning of August. This is an incredible result in itself and to me would almost justify a higher share price though the market doesn't seem to agree.

However now they have got the managers mostly installed a month earlier than planned they need to bring everything else forward by a month which is why they need to be letting the market know what is going to happen next.

As for your "behind the scenes" that to me is just a lot of dreaming and wishful thinking. Brighton was going on behind the scenes according to you and a few like posters here but in reality nothing was going on and two months later all we got was 5 restaurants. Southampton, on the other hand, which was up front and added to the website with one or two restaurants only took one month to reach 20. There is nothing going on behind the scene, believe me. We either see or are told what is going on or there is nothing going on.

No. I have a rule that I never contact management. I am asking for someone else to do it please.

This is what is needed here to get the share price moving back upwards.

I have been saying the same thing since last year here - they need to get a move on and get these restaurants signed up to the platform.

I was quite enjoying checking every day on the App back in April and May when new territories and restaurants were being added daily. We know it can be done. Let's start to see all of the big cities and some major restaurants start to come on board. That will improve the mood here a great deal - and the share price.

I would like to see the 2000 independents added first as quickly as possible and then the chains can slot into the towns and cities on the App and it will also put pressure on the chains to get on board a bit sooner.

I think this is just a doddle if the management gets on with it. But first an update would be nice to let us know that the new territory managers are going to do some work for their salaries.

I'm not going to contact them myself. I never do with any company. I am requesting for anyone who has previously been in contact with Aidan or Sanj to please send through this request - full update on the managers and a strategy update for August and September at the very least.

Cheers.

Big Dish Asia was always going to fail. All of the restaurants were already signed up to eatigo in the 3 cities they were operating.

The difference here is that Big Dish have first mover advantage in the UK and can act quickly and get all the best restaurants signed up to their platform and then no-one else can get into the market here. They just need to get on with it.

Oh, and eatigo with just over 5000 restaurants on their Asian platform seat at least a million diners a month - all at an average of $1 a head. There's no reason Big Dish can't hit those numbers here.

And 2000 independent restaurants should be a piece of p*ss for 12 managers - just over 150 each. How easy is that going to be in the big cities!!!!

What we need now is a full strategy update by RNS.

Sanj has given some info on the podcast but most of the information has not been on an RNS as yet. What the shareholders need is a full update to include which territory managers have already joined in which territories, which ones are joining this week and when the rest will be on board.

Also we need to know exactly what the plan is for August and September as these guys are going to be adding a large cost to the payroll and need to be doing some work. It would also be nice to know that the existing two managers are back signing up new restaurants.

Can anyone who is in contact with the management here by email or twitter or whatever please contact them and request this to be put in an RNS as soon as possible. This might finally get the share price moving back upwards.

With some of these new managers already experienced in the industry and all of them experienced salespersons they should be able to get the numbers up here very quickly and then as the numbers increase so will the take-up of diners, especially when the big cities are on board, but first it would be nice to know exactly what the immediate plan is as they can't be left sitting around on their bums doing nothing.

I have not contacted the management here but I know that some of you have so can someone or some of you please put in this request.

Cheers.

200 a month is very doable. With 12 managers that is less than 20 each per month and from now on they will be targetting all of the big, high-density cities like London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, etc rather than all of the rural areas where there are a lot of fields and sheep but not so many restaurants and people.

1000 by Xmas is very doable too.

I f you are around please read my last post and get in touch with the management here. To give info out in a podcast which hasn't been released by RNS is not good enough. Shareholders now need a full strategy update for the nationwide roll-out with full info about which territory managers joined yesterday, which ones are joining next week and when the rest will join (we know which still need to be recruited - Scotland and NI, and the Eastern territory).

Also we need a full plan of action for these managers as they are adding a huge increase to the wage bill and need to be productive. With some already experienced in the industry and all of them experienced salespersons they should be able to get the numbers up here very quickly and then as the numbers increase so will the take-up of diners, especially when the big cities are on board but first it would be nice to know exactly what the immediate plan is as they can't be left sitting around on their bums doing nothing.

Cheers.

What we need now is a full strategy update by RNS. Sanj has given some info on the podcast but what the shareholders need is a full update to include which territory managers have already joined in which territories, which ones are joining next week and when the rest will be on board.

Also we need to know exactly what the plan is for August and September as these guys are going to be adding a large cost to the payroll and need to be doing some work. It would also be nice to know that the existing two managers are back signing up new restaurants.

Maybe monty5662 could suggest this through his private Twitter group or even speak to the management and request this in a RNS as soon as possible. This might finally get the share price moving back upwards.

Sanj says 3 of the new managers will join this week and 3 next week. They will be spending some time planning their territories and then he says there will be more than 200 new restaurants added in September. Looks like they'll be signed and then added in bulk.

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monty

Where are you getting the info re starting dates? I can't see that on the RNS.

This highlights the importance of getting the territories up and running.

Of the 57 Tasty PLC restaurants the only other one that lies within a town/city currently covered by Big Dish is one in Taunton. That doesn't seem to have been signed up yet but none of the others are far away - all in the south and London and the Midlands.

This company is one of the regional restaurant chains that BG have classified as a potential one-third of their potential platform. Imagine the difference here if one day a fifty-plus small chain is added.

ATB

No-one really knows where the share price is going. If we did we'd all be millionaires. That's the game. Personally I don't really care how low this goes. That's of little concern. It's been a lot lower before and recovered. I have now bought my holding back having virtually sold out on the last rise and I'm only interested in how high this is going to go on the next rise. I can wait.