by r1admin | Mar 21, 2020 | News
25/06/2020 An extremely welcome announcement from the government on Tuesday, confirming the opportunity for re-opening the café, it will be lovely to have them back with us. We are still waiting for the details around the extra safety measures we will need to take within the café but it seems that we will be allowed some inside seating and will be able to offer a more complete menu rather than the takeaway option we had been considering, full English breakfast – happy days! It is unlikely that we will be ready to re-open on the 4th July and we will still be aiming for a mid July date, we will confirm the exact date once we have received the full guidelines and established how we will implement them. Please bear with us in this final push towards Root One being back to its welcoming best and watch this space for a further update. 20/06/2020 Well what a month its been since we re-opened on the 13th May. We had the rush to get ready for opening, with minimum notice from the government but lots of guidelines to adhere to. This meant widening the aisles to allow people to pass where possible, introducing a one-way system, the screens at the tills and then ensuring sufficient sanitising products were available. Closing part of the centre to enable us focus on the core parts of the business and of course the continued closure of the café. We then had issues with stock availability on key lines because the nurseries and suppliers were still furloughed. Then we opened the doors, not knowing...
