Just checking in to see how everyone is doing? How have you shifted to get cash flow without catering? For those who are still able to cater, how are things going?
We have not been able to cater here since early March, to date I have lost every catering job I had through mid-July and had a full schedule. We've been operating the food truck some and had pretty good sales. We are on lockdown through June 10th and nonessential businesses are set to begin opening later this week. Starting last week we began seeing a problem with the food supply chain. I tried to order butts, brisket, pork ribs, and chicken through Sysco last week at could get NONE of it. I was able to get 3 cases of butts through US Foods but no more. Tried today for this week and the same with Sysco and US Foods not expecting butts until mid-week. It's so frustrating, we did receive the forgivable loan of the government but it wasn't much help. They gave our business $1000.00, we've lost 50% of our annual sales so far. Meanwhile, my brother in law and his wife who make a combined $1000 per week when working are laid off and the government is giving them an additional $1200 every week on top of regular unemployment. Oh well, I saw the business section had not had a post in over a month and figured I'd check in with everyone to see how it's going. After all, we are the only ones who will understand each others current situations.
We have not been able to cater here since early March, to date I have lost every catering job I had through mid-July and had a full schedule. We've been operating the food truck some and had pretty good sales. We are on lockdown through June 10th and nonessential businesses are set to begin opening later this week. Starting last week we began seeing a problem with the food supply chain. I tried to order butts, brisket, pork ribs, and chicken through Sysco last week at could get NONE of it. I was able to get 3 cases of butts through US Foods but no more. Tried today for this week and the same with Sysco and US Foods not expecting butts until mid-week. It's so frustrating, we did receive the forgivable loan of the government but it wasn't much help. They gave our business $1000.00, we've lost 50% of our annual sales so far. Meanwhile, my brother in law and his wife who make a combined $1000 per week when working are laid off and the government is giving them an additional $1200 every week on top of regular unemployment. Oh well, I saw the business section had not had a post in over a month and figured I'd check in with everyone to see how it's going. After all, we are the only ones who will understand each others current situations.