Trade Talks: Are Your Staff Wearing PPE?
In this anonymous survey we are looking to see what your thoughts are on Level 2 and Level 1 PPE requirements and continued use…
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Little Guidance on Level Mixing
Jacinda Ardern was pleased to announce the shift down in Alert Levels on Monday, she credited Kiwis doing the right thing for the shift…
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Has Your Delivery Driver Been Helping Himself?
A bemused eatery owner reached out recently on Facebook’s Café Owner’s Forum to start a discussion about a situation that occurred with Uber Eats….
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Local Councils Need to Step Up and Support Local Businesses
Auckland City Council has (finally) acknowledged the challenges facing Auckland’s hospitality sector in 2020 and have announced some measures to support them while the…
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Unmasking The Face Mask Conundrum
Since COVID-19 has spread across the globe, the guidance around face mask use has evolved. In July the CDC in the United States reviewed its latest…
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How Pubs and Restaurants Can Reinvent Outdoor Spaces: Three Lessons Learned from Ireland
The pub and restaurant industry in Ireland has been hugely impacted by COVID-19 with many operators having to spend time and money reinventing how they…
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A Call for Clarity
Minister of Finance, Grant Robertson has announced details of a 2-week COVID-19 Resurgence Wage Subsidy payment. There is still some confusion among Kiwi businesses, however, regarding…
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Should Kiwi Hospo Adopt a COVID Surcharge?
A pub in Ireland has said it hopes people understand after it introduced a €1 per person COVID-19 surcharge. Mulligans of Sandymount, in Dublin, split opinion on social…
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You Don’t Mess With the Hospo Family
I was recently perusing a local hospitality Facebook group, The Café Owner’s Forum, when I came across an entertaining saga that truly reflected the…
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Turning Chaos Into Opportunity
COVID-19 has impacted all aspects of life for every person on the planet. Who would have thought six months ago that many people would have…
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Smarter Not Harder
Has the government talked to hospitality owners since the COVID-19 pandemic hit our shores? It doesn’t seem as though they have, for surely if…
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ARE KIWIS KEEPING TRACK?
While the World Health Organisation has advised that contact tracing will be crucial in the event of a second wave of COVID-19, how many…
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