The boys.

It started, as most things do, with a few phone calls. Josh works in property. Finn has a supplement company. Harry works in content. None of them had ever made an açaí bowl. None of them had ever worked in hospitality. But Manchester needed a spot like Berry Boys, the trend was moving, and three weeks felt like exactly enough time to find a space, hand-stamp 4,000 cups, and open the doors.

On opening day we were graced with Storm Amy, but that didn't stop us from selling 550 bowls. Service was chaos and it was definitely a shock to us all. We were well and truly thrown into the deep end, but looking back, it helped us to learn fast.

Eight months later: a second store inside CUPRA City Garage on St Ann Street, with a third location on the way in London. Mum's Granola became a USP (Finn's mum genuinely makes every batch). Brand deals landed with Arc'teryx, Represent, Marchon, Club de Padel UK. None of this was in the original plan, because there wasn't really an original plan.

Berry Boys is just a combination of what happens when three friends decide "how hard can it be" and then turn out to be right enough times to keep moving forward.