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Pan Pan Pan said:
What is the consensus view on going into a take away / fish and chip shop at the moment?.
My local chippie does some really, really nice food, but would going there be a no no, as far as keeping oneself out of harms way with regard to coronavirus?
Good question. The food would be fine. The packaging...well, depends on the person wrapping it!My local chippie does some really, really nice food, but would going there be a no no, as far as keeping oneself out of harms way with regard to coronavirus?
Unwrap, plate up then wash hands thoroughly before eating....but I’m no virologist....
I’d still try ours....only if there wasn’t a queue.
Stopped off at my usual on the way back from golf, a massive Green King pub complete with Wacky Warehouse, with a grand total of 6 people in it, including staff (this was at 10pm admittedly).
Washed hands on way in and way out, used contactless and sat 30 yards away from the nearest person whilst enjoying a cold one and reading a couple of golf forums. Was a nice little break from all the crazy tbh.
Washed hands on way in and way out, used contactless and sat 30 yards away from the nearest person whilst enjoying a cold one and reading a couple of golf forums. Was a nice little break from all the crazy tbh.
We’d planned to attend our locals quiz night tonight, and followed through with four out of six of the group.
Seemed to have most of the regulars there, a bit quieter perhaps.
Not a food pub, old style boozer. At this stage, pleased to have helped to support them.
May not be so pleased in the morning.
Seemed to have most of the regulars there, a bit quieter perhaps.
Not a food pub, old style boozer. At this stage, pleased to have helped to support them.
May not be so pleased in the morning.
I too am worried about my local pubs. We have a small pub/micro brewery/beer shop in town and they've closed the pub part but are looking into local deliveries!
One thing to take heart from, the pubs in town have been pubs through thick and thin for hundreds of years. It might be tough on the current owners right now, but they will reopen as the demand is there.
One thing to take heart from, the pubs in town have been pubs through thick and thin for hundreds of years. It might be tough on the current owners right now, but they will reopen as the demand is there.
I have two meals booked at a very nice hotel, this weekend and next weekend, both for occasions.
They have put a statement out saying they are moving tables to 2mts apart and reduced covers, but tbh honest I’m still thinking of cancelling them.
Apart from from that I’ll not be doing any other mingling with the masses other than necessary trips to the shops.
They have put a statement out saying they are moving tables to 2mts apart and reduced covers, but tbh honest I’m still thinking of cancelling them.
Apart from from that I’ll not be doing any other mingling with the masses other than necessary trips to the shops.
There was a landlord on GMB this morning saying that if locals purchased just one pub meal per week, it could be enough to keep them going. He was also talking about selling vouchers which could be redeemed at a later date.
Pubs, chippys and takeaways around our way seem to be doing similar and have started to offer free delivery to local addresses.
I'm all for it and hope enough of us do our bit to support our community assets,
Pubs, chippys and takeaways around our way seem to be doing similar and have started to offer free delivery to local addresses.
I'm all for it and hope enough of us do our bit to support our community assets,
What concerns me greatly is that we are almost throwing the baby out with the bathwater right now.
The things many of us hold dear - pubs, restaurants, cafes, music venues, theatres, cinemas, hotels - that form the backbone of what makes our world tolerable and connects us to our friends and the wider community are in peril. Thus far, there's scarce real commitment from the government to saving them.
The entertainment sector was tricky enough and we all know these are high-risk ventures. I sat on a jury a year or so back involving a fraud and, in the process, got to look closely into the accounts of two small, ordinary local type pubs. I'm sure the brewery were doing okay, but the landlord and landlady were barely scratching and existence.
If we let these places collapse now, there is no saying the old saw of destructive creation will hold. The playing field has changed - at no previous time have these places been ordered to close their doors. Moving forward, that greatly changes the risk. Even assuming banks will, in future, want to lend to the sector, what appetite for that sort of ramped-up risk will there be?
The things many of us hold dear - pubs, restaurants, cafes, music venues, theatres, cinemas, hotels - that form the backbone of what makes our world tolerable and connects us to our friends and the wider community are in peril. Thus far, there's scarce real commitment from the government to saving them.
The entertainment sector was tricky enough and we all know these are high-risk ventures. I sat on a jury a year or so back involving a fraud and, in the process, got to look closely into the accounts of two small, ordinary local type pubs. I'm sure the brewery were doing okay, but the landlord and landlady were barely scratching and existence.
If we let these places collapse now, there is no saying the old saw of destructive creation will hold. The playing field has changed - at no previous time have these places been ordered to close their doors. Moving forward, that greatly changes the risk. Even assuming banks will, in future, want to lend to the sector, what appetite for that sort of ramped-up risk will there be?
A microbrewery/ pub near us is planning to do ticketed openings, where you have to book in advance, and certify that you are symptom free/tested negative. If, after attending, you develop symptoms or discover you have been in contact with a sufferer, then you have to let the pub know, and they will contact everyone who was at the same event as you.
We'll be going, because we want this business to survive, and if this helps their cashflow in the short term, then it's a good thing in the longer term.
We'll be going, because we want this business to survive, and if this helps their cashflow in the short term, then it's a good thing in the longer term.
SS2. said:
There was a landlord on GMB this morning saying that if locals purchased just one pub meal per week, it could be enough to keep them going. He was also talking about selling vouchers which could be redeemed at a later date.
Pubs, chippys and takeaways around our way seem to be doing similar and have started to offer free delivery to local addresses.
I'm all for it and hope enough of us do our bit to support our community assets,
Yes, I had a feeling even this level of support would make a difference. Pubs, chippys and takeaways around our way seem to be doing similar and have started to offer free delivery to local addresses.
I'm all for it and hope enough of us do our bit to support our community assets,
I went to my wet-sales only local last night. It was quiet, but those there were determined to keep going there as long as they were well and the pub was allowed to remain open. We suggested a take-away service, served from a window, card only and people could bring their own glass and sit/stand in the garden/yard, or take it home. May be a way for him to keep ticking over during the worst of it.
My mrs is assistant manager in an always busy cornish seaside bat/restaurant, she said so far there has hardly been any difference in trade.
The brewery hasn’t announced any contingency plans yet, apparently they’re waiting on more info from the government.
I think they’ll just carry on as usual until they’re told to shut
The brewery hasn’t announced any contingency plans yet, apparently they’re waiting on more info from the government.
I think they’ll just carry on as usual until they’re told to shut
Pan Pan Pan said:
It might be possible for everyone to get through the Covid 19 caused situation we face now, if it is possible for everyone to give everyone else the bit of slack they need to get by, and put as much as possible on hold.
Probably wont happen because there will probably be some organizations, or people who will still expect to be paid in full and on the nail, even when they themselves are being given a bit of slack by the people `they' owe cash to. they just wont extend that bit of relief to the people who owe them.
I have thought exactly this.Probably wont happen because there will probably be some organizations, or people who will still expect to be paid in full and on the nail, even when they themselves are being given a bit of slack by the people `they' owe cash to. they just wont extend that bit of relief to the people who owe them.
If we all took a bit of pain, it could be shared out and we'll all recover a lot quicker from it.
I'm not holding my breath though. I don't expect unions to accept any pain for their members. I don't expect landlords (commercial and residential) accepting any rent voids.
I talk to the manager of a 3 big pubs down our way. He told me if lockdown starts he cant pay wages so will let every staff member go except the longest serving one in each bar. They can all have a job after but he would go bankrupt paying that amount of wages with nothing coming in. I'm sure it's the same all over the country.
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