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Further service reductions for the shop will be published later today. My sister is on the phone with the bank about loan options. We're covered under the exemptions for being able to continue operating, but with the new state order we're expecting sales to fall off a cliff and also want to take additional steps to ensure everybody's safety while not going bankrupt. I'll also be working on figuring out how to flip on free shipping for online orders later tonight, but that's not live yet.
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The new order lasts a month starting tomorrow unless another order makes it shorter (unlikely and unwise) or longer (possible). The assistance programs that I've looked at so far appear to be mostly useless for us here and the stuff that's upcoming, we can't know what that is until it's actually passed, it's not coming fast enough, and a lot of what's being teased also looks equally worthless.
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I do want to give a shout out to the WI Dept of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection. I already have an email from them with specific and actionable guidance relevant to my business regarding the new order. The city used to contract them to do our health inspections and that's an agency that's been a tremendously useful resource for my company over the past couple decades as we try to do things in ways that won't get people sick.
