The advent of the coronavirus has compelled significant shifts in the Stabroek Business’ coverage of micro- and small-business enterprises, our editorial attention now focussed to a greater extent on their coping capabilities and on the extent to which they have been able to sustain and even grow their levels of patronage in this challenging period. Unquestionably, if perhaps surprisingly, we have found that modest food service establishments across parts of coastal Guyana would appear to have come out ahead of the pack.
Whereas one might have thought that the emphasis on food hygiene that underpins some of the protocols associated with fending off COVID-19 would reduce consumer demand for ‘eating out,’ other factors appear to have worked to the benefit of small eating houses.
That appears to have been the case with the 73 Land of Canaan establishment, Triple A’s Catering Establishment, whose owner, Aweena Aulder, says that what began as a leap of faith is now more than holding its own.
