PRESS RELEASE
10 April 2020
Success for Local to Ludlow Shop
Local to Ludlow organisers are delighted by the success of their very first pop up shop selling produce from their Ludlow market stallholders. They sold out of several lines early on due to support from a loyal customer base and by the end almost everything had gone. So they now plan to continue opening every Thursday 9am to 1pm
The shop adhered to all the guidelines laid down by the government so that all their customers were safe, including coned queuing and marked floor spaces two metres apart. Payment was by contactless card on length of stick so to social distancing took place during payment. Organiser Tish Dockerty was helped by family members inside the shop to make up orders for customers which passed out the door onto a counter table for collection. Local to Ludlow took the precaution of speaking to local police officers about the arrangement in advance so all were aware of the arrangements.
Tish Dockerty, organiser of the pop up was relieved, ‘It is very reassuring that we are doing the right thing, it would be very easy to not to do anything. It is our producers that make our market what it is. If we leave it until the pandemic is all over, we may not have anything left, it’s about taking necessary but sensible actions now to remedy a future that hopefully will have small businesses still trading in.’
A lot of the customers were hugely grateful for the effort we’d made and said they would certainly continue supporting us. Therefore the shop will continue trading every Thursday from 9am - 1pm.
A list of stallholder that doing deliveries or online sales is on the Local to Ludlow website www.localtoludlow.org.uk
Local to Ludlow is a Community Interest Company that promotes food and drink from within 30 miles of Ludlow with the aim of reducing the environmental cost of food production and to support the local food economy.
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For further information please contact Tish Dockerty 07985 218727