{"id":29473,"date":"2020-09-01T07:33:27","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T14:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/?p=29473"},"modified":"2020-11-02T13:03:53","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T21:03:53","slug":"barista-health-safety-during-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/barista-health-safety-during-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Barista Health & Safety During COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Baristas at Broadcast Coffee.<\/em> Photo by Garrett Hanson<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier in the year, as the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases and deaths soared into the thousands, the service industry quickly found that no amount of caution or planning could have prevented the uncertainty that followed.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

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Around mid-March, most of the U.S. had enforced some kind of shelter-in-place order to help slow transmission of the virus. Temporary or permanent closures of restaurants meant the loss of some 5.9 million<\/a> jobs at the beginning of May. Virtual tip jars<\/a> and crowdsourced funds cropped up across the country to help suddenly jobless baristas before the Paycheck Protection Loan or unemployment benefits kicked in. Even for caf\u00e9s with strong work cultures and exceptional commitments to staff, business losses still meant tragic layoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

California\u2019s Bay Area-based Paper Moon Coffee Co.<\/a> offers employees a 401k plan, healthcare, and paid time off benefits. Last year, CEO Wendy Warren went a step further when she finalized  501(c)(3) nonprofit Coffee Housing<\/a>, an ambitious initiative that would provide affordable housing for baristas in the Silicon Valley. However, COVID-19 put Paper Moon at risk of closing their Santa Clara location, and Warren says \u201cI\u2019ve lost approximately $70,000, and I need to break even in the next 2\u20133 months or I will start to lose money that won\u2019t have any chance of being recovered.\u201d   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Apple supports Coffee Housing! ??\u2063\u2063 \u2063 We recently received our first major donation from a longtime customer, who then had their donation matched by Apple through their employee-matching program! Do you work for Apple, or another company that matches donations? If so, please consider donating to @coffee.housing. Everyone deserves an affordable place to live. ? \u2063\u2063 \u2063\u2063 ?: @tadashiphoto\u2063\u2063 \u2063\u2063 #coffee #coffeetime #cafe #coffeelover #coffeeshop #espresso #coffeeaddict #food #love #coffeelovers #barista #latte #breakfast #kopi #tea #coffeeholic #foodporn #instagood #foodie #instacoffee #latteart #coffeegram #specialtycoffee #chocolate #coffeebreak #instafood #caf #cappuccino #art #bhfyp<\/a><\/p>

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