By Mac Reith-Snare
After seeing a huge increase in turnover since the federal government’s crackdown on self-isolation and social distancing, local cafe Food in a Flash has been getting more people through the door than ever before.
And despite being on the precipice of a second wave of infection, owner Stewart Snare doesn’t think Sydney’s recent Coronavirus scare will change anything.
“Because we operate from a more residential area of town rather than down the main street, in the past we’ve really been disadvantaged by not having that foot traffic right outside the front door,” Snare said.
“But once we went into lockdown, everyone was working from home. And that meant that our cafe was in a more convenient location for a lot of people.”
As Gladys Berejiklian and the New South Wales Government continue their response to the recent outbreak in south-western Sydney, bookings at pubs have been reduced from 20 to 10 while larger venues can only seat 300 people at any given time.
Although restrictions in regional New South Wales remain the same, Food in a Flash’s Stewart Snare doesn’t see any further tightened regulations impacting his trade.
“When we were forced to do takeaway only, that worked really well for us. And even now that we can have people eat in, we’re just wrapping everything up in takeaway containers,” said Snare.
“We saw enormous success when the restrictions were at their worst. We’d anticipate the same thing to happen again.”
Food in a Flash will continue their takeaway container only policy to do their part in maintaining good hygiene during the pandemic.