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Nine weeks ago we had 15 locations and 215 restaurants. Now we have 575 in 119 locations. This includes several chains (Wildwood, Marco Pierre White etc). By May/June we'll have 1000 restaurants and rumours of buy-outs will start to surface. The problem I have is that I can't get any more funds into my ISA before 6th April, otherwise I'd certainly be picking up more.
I see 119 on the website (page footer). Try reloading in an incognito window.
Daily counts are an indicator only. For me, a specific daily count doesn't matter. I just want to know what the rate of change is over a week or two and daily count data informs this.
Data compared to my 2:45pm count yesterday...
-1 Birmingham, Nottingham
-2 Manchester, Reading
+2 Bournemouth
+1 Edinburgh, Portsmouth, Worcester, York
New locations (+1): Poole, Wigton
+2 for the day
Total location count: 119
Total restaurant count: 560
In Android I 'force stopped' the BigDish app and cleared the data/cache. When I opened it again it was as though it was the first time - 4 screens explaining the app, then a list of locations. Users need to set an initial location from this list. I compared it with the location list from the website and both are the same (117).
It's possible they've segmented the customer base somehow, perhaps for a trial, so some of us see 122 and some 117. Would be useful if an Android user (that sees 122) could go through the force stop / clear data process and recount. Perhaps old locations are cached within the app.
Sorry, busy morning. My count taken at 14:45. We must've lost one in Sheffield since the earlier counts.
New location: Aldridge, Dudley, Middlesbrough, Purley, Stevenage (+1)
+2 London
+1 Brighton
-1 Sheffield
+7 for the day
Total location count: 117
Total restaurant count: 558