- June 19, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Well, we’re reopened. Kind of.
It might not feel that way for some business owners who were already facing staffing shortages and now have to sort out masking protocol for those whom they can convince to work.
“We’re still struggling with staff,” Joanne Guzman of Bruno’s Bar & Grill said. “People accept the position and don’t show up.”
Guzman and her husband, Rogelio, took over the Scotts Valley business in 2017. The past few years have been kind to the Guzmans, but like many business owners, the potential 2021 successes are interconnected with the pains of 2020.
Guzman said before the pandemic Bruno’s had a staff of 42. Currently, they’re at 14 — a fraction of what they would like to be operating at. It forces the business to make some hard decisions, including limiting hours of operation.
“If we don’t have enough people to work, we’re closing,” she said.
On top of that, there’s the mask debacle. June 15’s opening allows…
