Time to jump off....?

Granted... but working in a booming medium sized business i feel more secure in these crazy @$$ times than i would as a small trader or for a small company with minimal cash reserves.... that was just my viewpoint.

Might be worth a take away option, very good place near me has just done this, same food take away only still doing well.

Update.

After receiving many requests on the shop FB page to open for takeaways, following two days closed last week I opened for takeaways. So many regulars came in to support me which was welcome and very touching. However, after two days of takeaways, it didn't sit right with me. People were still coming out specifically for a coffee instead of being encouraged to stay at home. I was customer facing, and handling cash (didn't think of doing contactless at the time). So, that was that, I decided to shut fully until this situation has improved, and we are advised that we can open again.

As an aside, I start a job tomorrow delivering prescriptions for local pharmacies, as some of their drivers are self-isolating being older chaps. Part of me would rather stay at home with the family, but I think it's a worthwhile thing to do.

Stay safe everyone.

Our local Burger and wrap take away is still open but telephone / online orders and delivery only, looks to be doing ok, they have also been delivering food parcels to the elderly in the area.
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Its a shame to loose customers staff etc

I think restaurants, burger places, pizza houses etc are kitted up for an easy transition to delivery. People want that stuff delivered. Lattes, americanos, cappuccinos, teas? Not so much when it's so easy just to make do with what you can do with a kettle in the kitchen. I'd have to bring someone in too, if I was out delivering, and that just doesn't sit right with me either. Two coffees, a fiver? Hardly worth the fuel. I just don't think it would work.

Anyway, I started my job for the time being delivering prescriptions for local pharmacies. They are short of drivers. I feel it's a worthwhile thing to do, although part of me wants to stay home safe. Fifty to sixty deliveries on both days.

Let hope we can all come out of this safe cant wait for normal service but I cant see it anytime soon

According to ‘The Guardian’ (yes I know) there have been 500,000 new applications for universal credit
And it usually takes them 6 weeks to process a new application.....,

Shop update: it's still alive! Mind you, I wouldn't have been without the government grant we got, which I'm hugely grateful for. Of course the government has made mistakes, but hand on heart, I'm not sure what more they could have done to support businesses like mine with the grants, the furlough scheme etc. I have eight staff still on the books through the furlough scheme, and I'm going to start bringing them back slowly (topped up with part furlough payments) from 1st July.

I've been working every day for the last seven weeks, Monday to Friday, with a non-furloughed lady covering me on weekends, open for takeaways only of drinks, traybakes, scones etc, with one person in the shop at a time, that sort of thing. I successfully sold out of 40 afternoon teas (delivery & collections) on the first four Fridays and Saturdays of those seven weeks, but found I couldn't do both those and be behind the counter serving in the shop, so the afternoon teas have been put on ice for now. That's been a good thing to come out of it, knowing we can put together a real top quality product that people loved.

As for the next step, opening up for seated customers, which is allowed from the 4th July, I'm in no rush to change things. We get on really well with the Conservative Club next door, and they have a big garden. They've decided not to open until after they review the situation in late August, which means I have full use of that garden for customer use, which is great. The local council are consulting with myself and other small business owners about what we'd like to see happen. Before I got the go ahead to use the garden next door, I couldn't see any way forward other than to ask they part pedestrianise the street outside, and I think they might agree to that request, but I'm not sure it's now necessary.For now anyway. As for inside, I'll take out a table or two from upstairs, and the same from downstairs, to space people out a bit.

So that's how things stand. A really nervous, stressful time, but we'll see the other side I'm sure.

As an aside, whilst we were closed for six weeks, I kept myself busy by delivering prescriptions full time for five of those weeks, as I knew they were short of drivers. My wife wanted me to just stay home and stay safe, but I'm glad to have helped.

Excellent news!