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New locations: Greenock, Cardiff (+1)
Cambridge, London, Sheffield (+1)
Farnham is fixed, so back at 1 (not sure we can count that as an addition)
Glasgow +2
Swansea -1

+6 for the day
Total location count: 56
Total restaurant count: 351

there's going to be some churn. Perhaps they're under new ownership or have gone out of business etc etc.

As long as the drop-offs are a tiny amount vs sign-ups, then there's no cause for concern (see last year, sinking towards 100 total, for concern!)

75% followed by 75% followed by 75% would indeed be great, but it isn't compound interest we're talking about here.
For that kind of growth to happen, it requires a continual increase in daily sign-ups, and this week we signed up less than last week.

I'm aware people don't like to talk about progress being underwhelming, so expect to be ignored on this issue again, but I would like to know if we've hit peak telesales speed or not.

Jambo Zamsareh & Palace Spice Indian added in London overnight, so +1 is really (+2 -1)

You're right, Swansea lost "Afternoon Tea At Chai Deli And Tea Room" overnight, so it's on 2
344 total

344 is counting Farnham as 0, as it's still a broken location on the website. Farnham is basically Surrey renamed, and Surrey had 'Bears At The Packhouse' in it, so count is most likely 345.

New locations: Malvern, Oxenholme, Reading +1
Liverpool, Rotherham, London, +1
Swansea +2

+8 for the day

Total location count: 54
Total restaurant count: 344

Still time for a few more

sorry, I've been adding up other people's figures form this am. New comparison to yesterday

New locations: Northampton, Surrey +1
Broken new locations: Farnham (assume +1)
London +2
MiltonK, Newcastle, Manchester, sheffield +1

+9

when Farnham is fixed, if it contains just 1, then telesales have equalled their best day : 11 sign-ups.

farnham added (but broken like cambridge)
think we're up to 336

well that's a relief, but we still need to be in a strong position for q3. <10 sign-ups per day isn't going to get us there. We're on track for fewer sign-ups than last week.

it is not nonsense to suggest that the current rate of sign-ups means we won't be in a strong enough position for the q3 fund raise. We need to raise funds for q3. That means we raise fund in q2 (apr-jun) so that we have them in time. If we're <1000 restaurants then the share price will be in trouble in q2 and certainly after the fundraise. We need to be adding 20+ restaurants a day to be safe (24 to be exact). 7 isn't progress. It's another day closer to fundraise where telesales have missed the target and made the rest of the pre-fundraise period more difficult.

Come on telesales & come on Dish, give us an update.

Northampton just added +1

Cambridgshire has changed to Cambridge, but is broken. I'll assume it's still on one.
New locations: Belfast +1
London, Aberdeen, Manchester, Sheffield +1
50 Locations, 332 restaurants

+5 for the day :(

The approach to locations is possibly clever or possibly pointless.

Bushey is really in Greater Watford, but Bushey residents likely hold themselves distinct from Watford. Giving them their own location might be pandering to their snobbery. A bit like Kenilworth vs Coventry, Fleetwood vs Blackpool. Essex on the other hand is so homogeneous throughout, that perhaps none of its towns warrant their own location identity.

If it's the 'clever' approach, then that's a positive feature. If it pointless, then just disregard it and focus on the number of sign-ups.

The truth is probably somewhere in the middle and certainly not worth the relentless commentary.

he's being amusing. They are all 'small' locations within London, an existing locations. Think he's making a point about Bushey (Nr Watford) vs Essex

What is the align report due on Friday?
Is it official market correspondence from BigDish or are Align a broker / commentator?
What do we expect the content to be?
Any concerns if it doesn't arrive by Friday?

target is 24 sign-ups per working day from now until end of June to hit 2500. That'll be 500 fewer than the team achieved on a similar mission, so hopefully doable. But it needs to start soon

The Delorean needs to hit 88mph to achieve time travel. Last year the engine wouldn't start, now it's moving along nicely at 35mph. Problem is, moving slowly means we won't avoid hitting the wall at the end of the car park.
'Some progress' can't be lauded unless it's going to get us to were we need to be by q3 fund raise

We made it to 10 for the day., so we're still in with a chance of equaling last week. However, we should be much further on than hoping to equal last week (IRO 15-20 per day). We could do with an update / explanation. Perhaps only half the team made it through probation, so they're at half strength?? We're not going to get big fast enough for q3 raise at this rate.

New locations: Kenilworth, Dewsbury, Llandovery, Surrey, Warrington, Winsford (+1)
Birmingham, Leicester +1
Southampton +2

328 total in 49 locations