thank you for the link. Missed it last night and saw it mentioned on the 10pm repeat. Hopefully have time to watch tonight.
Coronavirus Coronavirus: In-Iowa General Discussion (Not Limited)
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thank you for the link. Missed it last night and saw it mentioned on the 10pm repeat. Hopefully have time to watch tonight.
should we kick you out of this thread?????? Social distance!
(but seriously, hope you are feeling ok and it's a very mild case).
The essential business listing includes hardware stores and I would guess they fall into that.
Should clarify, the person who was tested was the source and they told me right after they found out. I was not the one tested but appreciate your kind words.
Loffredo produce in DM had a food giveaway today let you take one of what you wanted. They are a food wholesaler who had extra produce because of the food service cut backs. Good on them for doing that instead of letting it spoil. Saw it on KCCI don't know more about it than that.
I've been thinking about all the changes existing food-related businesses are doing or might be doing just to stay afloat. And also about the immediate and ongoing economic effects on small businesses. And that led me to thinking about the types of small businesses that many food places depend on - those who supply the eggs, bread, meat and other locally grown fruits and vegetables. Those folks now don't have the markets they worked so hard to get in restaurants. Could restaurants sell their extra product, similar to take-out only menu items? Or would that run against existing food safety laws?
Today from our WFH offices, DH and I got a take-out lunch from a brand new (and know it was scheduled for yesterday and today only) cooperative effort between two downtown Ames businesses. Neither my waistline nor my bank account can handle take-out every noon and night, but I likely would buy commodity-type items to make my own food if it were available at a take-out place.
Brand new world. Not sure about "brave" yet.
Any one that can support these small businesses, it will certainly be appreciated, lots of small business people are going to be pressed hard to survive if this goes on too long. Not involved in it but anyone I've talked to said the restaurant business is brutal.
I've been doing a little bit of carry out/pick up since this is started and I'm only doing it from local joints. I realize people from chains are also laid off but more than likely those businesses are better positioned to last longer at least that is what I tell myself.
I saw on social media a community somewhere had gotten their restaurants together to offer "cravings bonds" issued to entice people to use their establishments in the future, while getting them money to get by now. People get $25 gift cards to use in the future for $20 now.
I work closely with Loffredo with my job (Produce Buyer for a good distributor). They were essentially trying to give us stuff to get to people but we also were long on stuff. We ended up donating 1,000+ lbs of salad mix, shredded lettuce, and coleslaw mix. We service bars and restaurants and shutting them down midweek screwed us.
It would have been better had they waited until this weekend or announced it last weekend. We bring in all of our stock on Monday for the week, Loffredo brings all of their stock in on Tuesday mornings. So the mid day Tuesday announcement messed up a lot of things for everyone in the food business.
There is something like 620 tests available in the state right now. And you want to test everybody that says they have contact with a positive case? Good luck with that. You’ve burnt through your test kits in a matter of days and now you aren’t testing anybody.
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We had take out last night. Local owned. Prime rib we both ordered 8 OZ and I weighed the cooked meat one was 13 oz and the other 15 oz. They were so pleased to see us!!
Since this is a positive case. How long did it take for them to get results? Been a wide range mentioned out there.
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