Earlier this year, a planning application was submitted to turn the old Coopers pub on Westow Hill into a Gail’s, which has been approved.
The new Gail’s will open on December 11.
However, the news hasn’t been welcomed by everyone, particularly independent cafes, such as Brown & Green café.
In an Instagram post, Brown & Green café said they were “worried about this giant moving in”.
The owners said that their café on the Triangle doesn’t make a profit, and that its busyness on the weekends doesn’t cover its weekday losses.
They urged customers and locals to “think where you buy your coffee” and said that all the small and independent cafes on the Triangle are “trembling”.
The Instagram post, which has received more than 4,000 likes and nearly 300 comments, says: “I think we’d all be lying if we said we weren’t worried about this giant moving in.
“For all us independents day to day trade isn’t a granted.
“We graft. We make changes. We number crunch. We cut hours. We reduce menus. We work. We get up and we do it every day.
“And to be clear, it’s hard.
“For clarity- our cafe on the Triangle doesn’t make a profit.
“Yes, we are busy on the weekends, but this doesn’t cover our weekday losses.
“It’s tough out there and we are all fighting to stay afloat.
“Our friends and neighbours and all the small cafes on the Triangle are trembling.
“Please think where you buy your coffee, your pastries, your bread, your lunch, brunch, breakfast.. us local businesses appreciate you immensely.”