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We then struggle to get deliveries and stock, as their workers are also in isolation. Since we reopened in mid-October, it [had been] buzzing – lots of excitement, lots of people enjoying being outdoors. Brittany Garbutt: It’s one big domino – we struggle with staff shortages, as they are all in isolation. It goes on and on.
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