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07/05/2020
Greetings, we operate an ice cream truck in the sunny Hawkes Bay. Aiming to open in Alert level 2, we have a major concern over contact tracing. As our customers are predominantly children, how do we ensure they are providing us contact details safely? If we take orders online or by phone contract tracing is not an issue, however the bulk of the payments we receive from children is by cash. We have already worked out how to use cash safely, that is the easy part.We plan to leave hand sanitiser on a table for customers to use prior to collecting their order and a visitor book for contact details. How do we ensure customers are sanitising their hands without hovering over them? How do we ensure customers are completing the visitor book with their correct details without physically checking each time? If we use a visitor book, how do we protect children’s privacy? If there is an adult with a child, are just the parents details all we require? We are concerned about the potential dangers of: Customers handling pens and the visitor book with out sanitising.Not collecting the correct details of each customer.The privacy of each customer (particularly children where there may be a custody issue or restraining order in place), The extra time spent on each customer and whether we need to increase our prices to cover this?Any advise would be fantastic thank you.
Mr Candys 1 year ago
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We’re really keen to chat with F&B businesses to assist them with on-demand, last-mile delivery! We want you to stand out with a same-day delivery service without having to pay outrageous fees!We’re a white label, on-demand delivery service, that allows restaurants to offer fast delivery of their food, direct from their website.Anyone that would be willing to share the struggles or insight with us would be great, we need your help in getting this started! llew@squaredelivery.com
@anonymous 1 year ago
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HELP !!! – Hi there, my brother owns a small cafe on the North Shore, and due to this COVID-19 lockdown, he has been closed since the the lockdown began. Even though he is trying to reopen tomorrow and conduct his business in a way with minimal contact as per government guidelines, he is still going to struggle, as he main income, comes from the local businesses around him, in other words his regulars. Can someone help me find a way for him to try and get his business back up and running. I know there are uber eats and other delivery companies, I don’t know how much the charge or what is involved, however in my mind, this may be his only way to prevent foreclosing. He hasn’t been able to pay his rent for April 2020, and I sincerely doubt he has the funds at this stage to pay for May 2020. We desperately need help as our whole family lives from this business. Closing for a month has depleted our savings and we don’t know what we can do to get this business up and running again properly.
jcyshin 1 year ago
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Hello, I have made the decision to close my hospitality business – restaurant. All forward bookings have been cancelled. It was for sale for the 4 months prior to the covid19 crisis however then it had “worth”. Regular monthly function bookings and also advance bookings and a healthy turnover. It relies heavily on the tourist trade, both summer and winter as we are close to Tekapo and en-route to Queenstown. It is in a small older population community, so therefore don’t really have a local base to draw on. I am now wanting to get out, as I have another career that I can return to that offers a secure income. My main aim at the moment is to rescue what I can of the initial capital investment that I put in. I will put it up for sale on trade me for “offers” which will mean that the plant, fixtures and fittings will go to the new owner, but if it doesn’t sell (which I am not hopeful about) how do I get rid of all the plant, fixtures and fittings. Are there companies that can come in and buy all of this and remove it for them to resell/auction and are they going to want to buy it when they too have no certainty of resale in the current climate. We currently do not have any debts that we need to cover, as we are all up to date as of 20/4. The current lease expires 1 July and of course I will not be renewing it, although there is a right of renewal available 3 + 3. As I have said, all I really want to do is recoup some of my investment so that I do not lose the lot. Re-opening will result in the need for me to go into debt which I do not want to do. What is the best way for me to proceed?
@anonymous 1 year ago
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Hi there, we own a small takeaways in a small town. Do you know if a business can take eftpos payments if they’re doing it in a safe manner ie contactless shield between customer and business and sanitizing between every customer. Obviously they’re not allowed inside the shop but the customer could phone through the order then walk up to the shop front to pick up with a number system so they know when its ready.So many businesses couldn’t implement a system for taking payments online and I’m assuming the likes of McDonalds etc will be taking eft through drive through. Also so many people in our town wouldn’t be savvy with online payments or apps.Thanks in advance😁
Anonymous 1 year ago
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We have a cafe at the mall and we wont be even allowed to open in level3 alert, so basically close for about 5 weeks at least. The mall is asking us to pay the rent as usual, which I think its really unfair. What can we do and what factor plays part in getting a ‘fair’ amount of rent which is affordable for us to pay. The rent is more than 11k per month. Even half it will be really hard to pay. plus even when the level gone down to 2, we don’t know whether people are still going to be still cautious and may not go to cafe etc. Most our customers are 70+ age group as well. We have used all our saving (since our business not really making any money lately) and now living on my wife salary. There is no fix rental rules about this. Thank you
Anonymous 1 year ago
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Hi. Firstly, thank you for being here for me to ask questions.I am a tiny rural dairy (no alcohol), just over one year into my first business, which is registered with a Full Food Control Plan – I can make and sell ‘ready to eat meals and snacks’. This is the same licence as a restaurant, cafe or take away and not the norm dairy that ‘heat pies and make sandwiches’. My previous back ground is as a Chef and Chef Tutor so have a very robust hygiene control system in place.As a dairy I was deemed essential, but reduced the 12 hours operation per day down to 6 hours (as I stood down my one staff) and need to line up at the supermarket with everyone else to stock my grocery shelves. I have a cold display, pie warmer and a very strict ‘one in one out’ policy. Prior to L4 I was reheating artisan pies made locally, making sandwiches, salads and hot foods like Spag Bolognaise, Fish and chips etc. Not very exciting but popular with my locals. 1) If we go into L3 what can I make myself? 2) can my registered pie maker make my pies and deliver?
Anonymous 1 year ago
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Ciao a tutti :) g’day Kia Ora,We are Dante’s Pizzeria Napoletana. 4 years in a raw winner of best pizza in Auckland by Metro magazine and on the 5th year best in NZ by 5 Stagioni Italia. Coincidentally we operate in 5 locations in Auckland 1Ponsonby Central2Takapuna3Browns Bay4Queen’s Rise5Eastridgedantes.co.nzour question/request Once we go to level 3 we’d like to offer Italian lunches and dinners to executives who work from home because of our spread out more than any other Italian Eatery in Auckland we can cover a larger area of orders. Say for example ASB or PWC, BNZ or Deloitte people who work from home can order their lunch and/or dinner from Dante’s in one of sour locations. To cut to the chase we would like someone who can spread the word in these type of corporate businesses so their working from home force can know to order from Dante’s. My name is Enis Bacovamy email: enis@dantes.co.nzmy mobile: 0210740551please get in touch thank You enis bacova
Anonymous 1 year ago
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Hi everyone! We own a cafe business and have applied for working capital, government finance scheme and have been denied both.Our debt is low (under 20k) but to keep trading we would need to settle this debt as 60% is owed to our suppliers.Do we keep looking for finance? We have three wage subsidy but that’s for our employees!
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Can anyone advise me of an app/ programme to use for online ordering and payment?I have a cafe and would like to be able to sell takeaway coffee and baking.
Rachael Roberts 1 year ago
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13/04/2020
Hi do you know if there is any assistance for lease rates etc whilst on lockdown
Nourishpod 1 year ago
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Who knows anything about shooting cooking videos with tik tok. I just started last night but I want to connect with food and beverage guys to sponsor me sample products to make stuff with or primary industries to tautoko my vision of short inspirational cooking shows to post up on linked or where ever to create something to for the chinese market to share through the social media of libertypost in china If they see me endorse a product in my home kitchen then we could could change advertising for ever.think foodnetwork? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_Network
Pere Pomana 1 year ago
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Good morningi work in Wellington for the NZ Red Cross for a small team called Pathways to Employment, supporting former refugees to get into employment.I’m writing on behalf of a client of mine (with his permission), who began a small food business on the Terrace in August 2019. He has remained on a partial benefit, as he was only covering his costs, but hoped to become fully independent this year. He was able to employ a part-time staff member, and applied for, and received the wage subsidy for her. His issue, as with many others, is continuing to pay his rent. He has contacted his landlord, who has offered him a 50% reduction during the lock down period, and managed to scrape together enough to pay his rent for this month, but won’t be able to continue .He has sent me a copy of his lease but it doesn’t have the clause (27.5) about his inability to access his property that I’ve seen discussed in the media. His lease is with the Radnor group,and includes the contact details of his landlord. I have suggested he contact his lawyer, but he is worried about the costs he might incur, and as English is not his first language, the finer points of legal advice are difficult for him to comprehend.He has worked incredibly hard to bring his dream to fruition, so any suggestions you have to help him would be gratefully received.Thank youMarian Petrie
Marian Petrie 1 year ago
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So many questions! First one is staff pay
Sahni 1 year ago
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I have a staff member stuck in Brazil with only a work permit so NZ won’t let her back. We are a cafe so closed anyway for now. Can we apply for and pay her the employee subsidy?
Aaron Barreto 1 year ago
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