02/11/2026
Sofie over at Mablethorpe Ice Cream Company has been one of the girl bosses that has inspired me this year...without even knowing it. Absolutely grafting every minute God sends and having built up an incredible community, team and reputation. Now into the finding balance and peace phase which is exactly where I have found myself these past few months 🧘🏼♀️
We can't get where we are without going flat out at 100mph snatching up every opportunity & learning many lessons along the way. But for sustainability of our own sanity and the future of our businesses we have to eventually find the balance, otherwise we run the risk of losing our passion, our push and ourselves.
💪🏼Here's to all the business owners out there absolutely grafting their fingers to bone for the love of what they do, powered by the fire in their bellies...and plenty of caffeine. But remember we are also human too, we deserve to live our lives and actually reap the rewards of what we have worked so hard to build 🩷
🫶🏼I will always be tremendously grateful for all of my loyal and supportive Nik n Mix community that continue to understand & help to keep the dream alive. Because believe me without them I'd definitely have given it all up this past year to go and live in a field with no phone signal 🤣
Life is short...eat the treats 😉 and act with kindness and empathy always. None of us have this life figured out...but that is half the fun 😉
A little bit of honesty from me 🫶🏻🥹
This was very nearly not just an end of season, but a forever goodbye from me, because I was so close to selling the business this year. I was very nearly gone and someone else would have been in my shoes.
Which wouldn’t have mattered to you guys as the shop isn’t going anywhere, but Its just not my time to go.
Ive decided to stay. But, that means there will be some changes for 2027. When I first took over the business I desperately wanted to hit the high figures, I wanted queues down the road, I wanted to be scrubbing the floors at 6am and finishing office jobs at 11pm. I even slept in the office, I thrived off the chaos! I wanted to reach a huge following on Facebook, I wanted to expand and invest. Grafting really hard felt like stress and stress felt like success even if I was struggling to keep up with the bar I had set.
A few years down the line, success to me, now looks different. I still want to be busy of course I still want to do well!! I still want all of you lovely customers and I don’t want to loose the little community that has formed around the business.
I really want peace and time. Time is precious and I need a better work life balance, I want more peace in my life, I want to give some of my energy to other things and projects that are important to me and the future. So there will be a few changes this year, mainly for my own sanity 🥲. I am a huge lover of life, and that’s what I want more LIFE. Not more work.
I want the focus to be on a better product, a better service, a higher quality but everything a little more condensed. Our team will be smaller but stronger, our opening hours will be shorter but more productive. Our menu and counters will be condensed.
Lots of change and preparation will be happening over the winter period and we will be refreshed for the 2027 season.
All details will be announced in appropriate timing, but I’m not and the shops aren’t, going anywhere! However, our business model will be changing so watch this space.
Thankyou all so much, to all the people who show not just me, but the team and business so much kindness, loyalty and support, I appreciate it all more than I can say 🫶🏻
Sofie ###
