We can’t wait to spend the weekend with you ☀️ ...

Okay small business friends AND customers… can we talk about card fees for a minute? 🥲💳 Because we’re genuinely a little worried about this one. Because the ban doesn’t mean the fee disappears.

Card surcharges are changing, and while 1.5% here and there doesn’t sound like much when you’re standing at the till buying a coffee and a croissant… across thousands and thousands of transactions, it adds up to a pretty scary number.

And small businesses are already playing a never-ending game of “which cost has gone up this week?” 😂 Wages. Rent. Electricity. Ingredients. Packaging. Insurance. Coffee. Chocolate. Fuel levies (how are we still paying them?). Butter — well, not butter for us 🌱 — but you get the idea 🥵

So when another cost has to be absorbed, the money unfortunately doesn’t magically appear. It has to come from somewhere.

And this is where we’re genuinely so curious about what everyone thinks.

If you’re a SMALL BUSINESS OWNER — what are you planning to do? Are you just going to absorb the card fees? Can you actually afford to? Are you thinking you’ll have to put prices up slightly across the board instead? Or are we all about to start digging out the cash drawers again? 😂💵

And CUSTOMERS — we really want to hear from you too.
Would you rather pay a small surcharge when you choose to use your card?
Or would you prefer businesses to build those fees into their pricing, meaning everyone pays a little more regardless of whether they use cash or card?
And the big question… would you actually start carrying cash again if it meant saving a little bit each time? 👀 Cash discounts here we come?

We know nobody loves surcharges. We don’t particularly love charging them either.
But we also think there’s sometimes a misconception that businesses simply “absorb” costs and they somehow disappear. For a lot of little businesses, margins are already incredibly tight, and enough small extra costs eventually become one very big cost.

We don’t have the perfect answer. We’re actually trying to figure out what WE should do too.
So tell us below. ...

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OUR HEARTS ARE FULL 🩷 Grateful for your support this weekend, thanks for drinking delicious iced coffees for a good cause 🦘and bringing all the good vibes 🕺We are so lucky to work with beautiful people like @blackmarket.coffee who sponsored the fundraiser today and provided endless coffee, their whole team for a good time & to play games with you and the coolest coffee cart Dulwich Hill has ever seen. We are still waiting for final numbers from Tony next door, but looks like we raised enough money for formula and food until Inala is old enough to be released 🍼 ...

🦘☕️💛 TOMORROW, DULWICH HILL!!! 💛☕️🦘

Come kick off the Dulwich Hill Street Festival with us between 9–11AM for a very special fundraiser for our tiny rescue joey, Inala! 🥹🦘

We’ll be out on the street in front of the shop, soaking up the sunshine, with the legends from Black Market Coffee and their coffee cart serving:

🤎 ICED SALTED CARAMEL OAT LATTES — ON TAP!
🍪 ICED CHOC CHIP COOKIE MOCHAS — ON TAP!

And the best part? ALL PROCEEDS are going towards supporting the wildlife carer looking after Inala and other rescued wildlife. 💛

There’ll be games, prizes, fun, surprises and plenty of caffeine — so bring the family, bring your friends, bring the dogs and make a whole day of it! 🎉🐶☀️

AND our wonderful neighbour Tony at Used Furniture is joining in too, donating $1 from every sale tomorrow to the fundraiser — so you can literally GO THRIFTING FOR A GOOD CAUSE. 🛋️🪑😂

Then wander straight into the Dulwich Hill Street Festival for music, stalls, food and all the festivities. 🎶✨

We’re so incredibly grateful to amazing local brands like Black Market Coffee, who are always ready to jump in and support their community. This is what local community is all about. 🥹❤️

📍 Miss Sina, Dulwich Hill
⏰ TOMORROW | 9–11AM
🦘 FOR INALA & RESCUED WILDLIFE
COME THIRSTY. COME HUNGRY. COME READY TO HAVE SOME FUN.

See you in the sunshine tomorrow!!! ☀️☕️🦘💛 ...