A much-loved plant-based cafe that specialises in vegetarian and vegan food in the heart of Cardiff has announced its closure after four years, due to financial pressures.
Wild Thing originally opened in Grangetown in 2018 before moving to Cathays Community Centre in 2020 and, run by Lauren Saunders, is a cafe whose aim was tackling food insecurity by hosting community dinners as well as implementing a 'pay what you can' system - among other things.
While it is shutting up shop due to "operating as a community cafe whilst remaining our core business values isn’t currently financially sustainable", it's not all bad news for the business.
