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Three nearby cocktail, live music, and games venues turn ticketed experiences into £150K–£250K monthly revenue.
~12% profit
Sell a bookable experience before the guest arrives; the bar spend then rides on top of a visit you already planned.
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Cherry Jam Bars Group is Neil Garner’s hospitality business, with three nearby venues: a cocktail bar, a live music bar, and a games bar with activities such as curling, archery, shuffleboard, and events. Garner says he has worked in hospitality for about 30 years and started Cherry Jam by delivering cocktails during lockdown. The business made money, bought a bar, and fitted it out cheaply with work done by the team. In the interview, he describes monthly revenue between £150,000 and £250,000; the title frames the figure as £200,000 a month. He says the business makes about 12% profit. Average transactions are £18 at the games and live music venues and £21 at the cocktail bar. The group markets discounted tickets for a 90-minute bottomless experience, operates mainly Thursday through Sunday, and trains staff in-house. Garner says staff costs, VAT and other taxes, property, and liquor consume much of turnover. The figures are creator-reported and founder-confirmed conversationally, not audited.
Cherry Jam Bars Group’s first customers arrived with the venues opening and people walking through the doors, rather than through a single software-style launch. Neil Garner says the group operates three nearby concepts: a cocktail bar, a live music bar, and a games venue.
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Data credibility: The podcast host introduces Neil Garner and reports the monthly revenue range; Garner confirms the business, describes operations and average ticket values, and estimates profit around 12%. These conversational figures are unaudited. The £200K title is a midpoint framing of the spoken £150K–£250K range.
The first dollar came through selling cocktails, first as deliveries during lockdown and later through a physical bar. Garner says Cherry Jam began delivering cocktails during lockdown, made money, bought a bar, and fitted it out cheaply with work done by the team.
Cherry Jam’s flywheel depends on distinct experiences, a cluster of venues, and customers coming back for occasions and events. Garner describes the venues as close together and says the town has become involved; the group offers live music, games, and cocktail occasions rather than relying on an ordinary bar visit.
Bars can look busy while the owner is anxious about the next payroll, tax bill, or quiet weekday. Garner says it took until year six for him to stop watching card-reader transactions every Saturday night, and he describes the current group as having a foundation, capital behind it, a good team, and returning customers.
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