This week marked the opening of Safeway's newest Fuel Station Express in Kona, Hawaii, located at 75-961 Henry Street. Perfectly timed for the holiday weekend, the station allows locals and visitors to refuel and explore the Kona Safeway. The inauguration included a traditional blessing by Kumu Keala Ching. The station also boasts a convenience store filled with an assortment of quick snacks and self-service drink choices. Read more about the station's amenities: https://lnkd.in/gDbE-T5t
What can we do to support our local community cafes and restaurants? Support the
Dine Out campaigns running this month and next in many communities around our province of British Columbia. These businesses play a key role in supporting agriculture, transportation and especially, tourism in BC. Also key is our support for owners, workers and their families. Please, read this quick release to learn what else can be done. #foodandbeverage#tourismmatters#supportlocalbusinesses
LOGISTICS
An important part of any nation is the logistical sector, because it is an sector which connects every other and through which every other is connected. The government should create:
Logistics Park (Level 1): This park should be of 150 acres and should be created in cities declared as Tier 1. In this park, facilities should be given for rental parking(per hour rents) as well as for food(snacks, restaurants, tea shops etc.).
Logistics Park(Level 2): This park should be of 100 acres and should be created declared as Tier 2. In this park, facilities should be given for rental parking as well as for food(snacks, restaurants, tea shops etc.).
This will give an boost to logistics sector in the country from an economical point of view.
The accommodation and food-services sector is the second-hardest-hit industry after construction in Australia, according to government data. The liquidations are being driven largely by small to medium operators with lower cash reserves.
The pressures are not restricted to Australia, nor exclusive to high-end restaurants. The US fast-casual chain Red Lobster filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May, citing a failed unlimited shrimp deal, along with inflationary pressures and higher labor costs, among the reasons.
But some restaurateurs are taking advantage of the current climate by picking up distressed properties at a discount.
The operator hopes he can ride the current downturn for an additional 12 to 18 months, working long hours and trying to keep costs down to remain profitable. “In the worst-case scenario, we will just have to start trimming the fat,” Stavrou says.
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With all the good news stories about Scotch, there naturally are those who are surprised by this. Whisky stuff CLOSING.
Here's news: MOST Distilleries in Scotland are CLOSED to visitors. We're in a Scotch Whisky environment where the Mega producers like Diageo can 'ride out a storm' like Brexit and rely on their large global network, to supply Staff (and Capital) for their Distilleries. However, even THEY have a portfolio that mostly isn't open to the public. Most Distilleries in Scotland AREN'T. Most Scots are totally shocked, when they find this out. They assume Distilleries are well visited. They're not. When it comes to 'visitors', we're easily outperformed by Kentucky in the USA and Irish Whiskey. Scotch needs to be much better. The 'powers that be' tend to keep this VERY quiet.
Scotch has always been Boom/Bust and historically, has not been great at 'planning'. It's probably why you STILL can't visit the World's Biggest Scotch Bottling Plant at Leven, Scotland's Biggest Malt Whisky Distillery at Roseisle, or ANY of the several 'Grain' ones, all over Scotland.
It's definitely why we need a Scotch Whisky Tourism, Marketing Strategy, totally separate from any Brand. For EVERY Distillery. Especially the smaller more remote ones, where 'staffing' is a real issue (wonder why?).
We need to give the smaller Distilleries voice, we need to promote Scotch Whisky, the Brand.
Unquestionably. We also need to do it quickly.
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The news that Ardnahoe distillery has closed their cafe and reduced its staffing is a blow to those who have lost their jobs. The closure illustrates the difficulties that face many new rural businesses as they find their feet in uncertain times.
In hospitality each post-lockdown season is different from the last, it’s impossible to plan for the whipsaw of demand. Then there’s the patchy Calmac ferry service, putting off tourists, as it does to so many Scottish islands, another deterrent to visitors who might pop over if transport were guaranteed.
The rationalisation at Ardnahoe Distillery has caught the news because the business is a new entrant into the Scotch whisky market, which is fast evolving and closely observed. Never more so than a new distillery on Islay, the spiritual home for whisky disciples.
Scotch whisky businesses are seen as rich and self-sustaining by local authorities, by business and grant support bodies. This may be the case for brands which are generations old, but for new entrants the opposite is true - they are under enormous financial pressure. In the early days of a new business multi million pound investments in equipment and buildings must be funded, the ongoing cost of distilling is eye watering. All the while the finished product cannot be sold for many years.
Ardnahoe wouldn’t be the first new distillery to adjust down their staff count as they find out what works for them, concentrating their funding on the mission critical production of spirit. As the distillery ages, and hopefully the external challenges reduce, it will find the balance between building the brand through the visitor centre and providing employment for the community.
It is the Islay brand which has attracted the new distilleries to start on the island. Now the island is full and perhaps it is over-supplied with distillery visitor centres and coffee shops. Another reason for new distillers to set up elsewhere. Weren’t we just talking about the revival of Campbeltown, just a little further down the coast?
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Exciting news for Kona, Hawaii!