08/10/2026
๐ค ๐ข๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐โฆ ๐ค
Well, that's itโฆ after four and a half years of Devour, it's officially time for me to hand over the reins. ๐ฅน๐ค
The contracts are signed๐ Before I sign out of these pages for the last time, I just wanted to say a proper ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐.
To everyone who has supported Devour over the years, whether you were in every day for your coffee or just popped in now and again, thank you. Every visit, kind word and bit of encouragement has meant more than you know.
To my ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐, thank you for the hard work, loyalty, laughs and for putting up with all the madness along the way. I couldn't have done it without you. โค๏ธ
And a very special thank you to Paddy ๐ฎ๐ The Hatter Coffee Co. , who's been with me since day one. You've been so much more than a coffee supplier, Paddy, and I'll always appreciate everything you've done for me and Devour. I'm especially delighted that ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ'๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐. โ๐ค
To the ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, thank you for seeing something worth continuing in this wee cafรฉ. It means so much knowing that something I've put so much into is getting another chapter. I genuinely wish you all the very best, and I hope everyone gets behind you the way they've always got behind me.
It's a strange feeling saying goodbye to something that's been such a big part of my life, but I'm leaving knowing it's in good hands.
And I have to say, ๐'๐บ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ โ sitting with my coffee, watching it all unfold and cheering you on from the other side of the counter! ๐โ๐ค
๐ฆ๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ.
๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ. ๐๐'๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐! ๐ฅนโค๏ธ
Maria x