Opening of "No-Food" pubs pushed out again

MrStuffins wrote: »

Not financially viable to the tune of 30k out of work? Is this what you're saying?

Seems to be plenty viable for everyone else. Seems to be viable for the pubs around here and the others i've been to.

You're just plucking things from the sky. "Too small". Laughable! These tiny pubs must be employing 100 people each considering you're attributing 30k out of work to pubs being too small!

"Can't team up with a food reseller". Codswallop!

Once again, the pubs are open. Want a pint? Go have one! They're delicious.

Rural pubs are miles away from takeaways so they can’t team up with them and many others can’t afford to set up an on-site kitchen, or they don’t have the space to do so.

If most of the pubs were open there wouldn’t be any need for this thread.
If even 1 pub can’t open because they can’t meet all the governments lengthy regulations and opening criteria then that’s a cause for concern.
And there’s currently a lot more than 1 pub still closed.

MrStuffins wrote: »

Thought so


Rural pubs are miles away from take aways? All of them? Are you sure?

There are always ways and means. Surely these publicans can come up with some ideas. What about.... buying the food in one fell swoop for the evening? Or hiring a driver to fly back and forth? There's more than one way to skin a cat!


That's the thing though, why all the hysteria in the thread? 30 thousand people out of work because, according to a poster above, some pubs are too small to have 2 metres of space between groups?

Nah!

Yes, a lot of them are too far away to make it feasible. There was one such pub owner on the news the other day who said the nearest takeaway was 7km away, meaning the food would be cold by the time it reached the pub, if they even had the money to hire a driver.

They might have had the money to invest in hiring a third party vendor, or to restructure their businesses to accommodate the 2m rule, but having been closed for nearly 5 months, most owners just don’t have the spare cash.

The fact that you are insisting that all these businesses aren’t opening cause they can’t be arsed shows a complete lack of understanding or compassion for the horrific financial circumstances most industries are feeling right now.
They simply do not have the money to throw at a venture that the government may decide is no longer a necessary measure next month.
The ones that have the means to do it are being creative and changing their business models to reflect the regulations, but not every owner is in that position. Especially the more rural ones.

One person being out of work is one too many, and one business not being able to open is one too many.

SusieBlue wrote: »

Yes, a lot of them are too far away to make it feasible. There was one such pub owner on the news the other day who said the nearest takeaway was 7km away, meaning the food would be cold by the time it reached the pub, if they even had the money to hire a driver.

7km? Is that all? I live 7km from my "local" Dominos and whenever they deliver it's always hot and delicious!

giveitholly wrote: »

What a coincidence that you live 7km from your Dominos!!!

It's actually slightly more but tomato tomato!

So are we expecting an announcement of sorts this week?

three more weeks, three more weeks........

Dickie10 wrote: »

three more weeks, three more weeks........

christ really ?

PTH2009 wrote: »

christ really ?

Everyone knows it will be. They arent going to open schools and pubs at the same time

PTH2009 wrote: »

suppose, the next month is going to be quite interesting and scary as we could see rise in cases

The Government have to try and let us live with the virus for both mental and economic reasons. No point in hiding in a cave til a magic vaccine or treatment arrives

the government are letting us live with the virus, that is what our approach has been about and is about.
living with the virus was never going to mean simply throwing open the doors and what will be will be, there were always going to be restrictions of some sort so that we can both live with the virus but go about our business in a safe manner.

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Let's say they allow non food pubs to open in a few weeks time, I presume it will be sit down only and table service only as is the same when getting the E9 meal +drink?

I know that might go to hell in a handcart in a non food pub later at night etc., but is that the theory?

Just assumptions

There is not a chance of non food pubs opening this year. In fact, the Gastropubs will be lucky to stay open as we get into autumn/winter.