Cereal Killer Cafe controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2015
Anti-gentrification vandalism
In September, activists threw paint at the Brick Lane café and wrote “scum” on the building. The incident reflected hostility toward businesses viewed by some protesters as symbols of local gentrification.
2014
Pricing and gentrification criticism
The café was criticized after a Channel 4 interview questioned whether a reported £3.20 cereal bowl was affordable for residents of Tower Hamlets, one of London’s poorer boroughs. The dispute became part of a wider debate over gentrification around Brick Lane and Shoreditch.