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<div id="magicdomid46" class="ace-line"><tt><span
class="author-a-o6z122zz84zz65z3z74zz70zz67zz82zz66zz70zjz72zm5
b"><b>News from Fareshares food co-op, August 2020</b></span></tt></div>
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<div class="ace-line" spellcheck="false"><tt>Late summer greetings
from Fareshares!</tt><tt><br>
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<div id="magicdomid47" class="ace-line"><tt><span
class="author-a-o6z122zz84zz65z3z74zz70zz67zz82zz66zz70zjz72zm5
b"><b>Contents:</b></span></tt></div>
<div id="magicdomid48" class="ace-line"><tt><span
class="author-a-o6z122zz84zz65z3z74zz70zz67zz82zz66zz70zjz72zm5">-
Reactivating the newsletter</span></tt></div>
<div id="magicdomid49" class="ace-line"><tt><span
class="author-a-o6z122zz84zz65z3z74zz70zz67zz82zz66zz70zjz72zm5">-
What we've been doing during the pandemic</span></tt></div>
<div id="magicdomid50" class="ace-line"><tt><span
class="author-a-o6z122zz84zz65z3z74zz70zz67zz82zz66zz70zjz72zm5">-
Re-opening for service at the door from Saturday 22nd August</span></tt></div>
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class="author-a-o6z122zz84zz65z3z74zz70zz67zz82zz66zz70zjz72zm5">-
Advance ordering system continues</span></tt></div>
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<div id="magicdomid52" class="ace-line"><tt><span
class="author-a-o6z122zz84zz65z3z74zz70zz67zz82zz66zz70zjz72zm5
b"><b>** Reactivating the newsletter </b></span></tt><tt><span
class="author-a-o6z122zz84zz65z3z74zz70zz67zz82zz66zz70zjz72zm5 b"><b><tt><span
class="author-a-o6z122zz84zz65z3z74zz70zz67zz82zz66zz70zjz72zm5 b"><b>**</b></span></tt></b></span></tt></div>
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<div id="magicdomid53" class="ace-line"><tt><span
class="author-a-o6z122zz84zz65z3z74zz70zz67zz82zz66zz70zjz72zm5">You
may be surprised to hear from us, and we don't blame you :-)
It's been more than four years since we last sent an email
newsletter, and that's partly because we lost access to the
system that sends it. Now, thanks to our helpful comrades at
Aktivix, we are now able to send newsletters again so we hope
you will find these occasional updates useful.</span></tt></div>
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<div id="magicdomid68" class="ace-line"><tt><span
class="author-a-o6z122zz84zz65z3z74zz70zz67zz82zz66zz70zjz72zm5">We
are sending this to the existing list of subscribers, plus a
few dozen more people who have been sending in food orders by
email in recent months. If you would like to unsubscribe, you
can do so here: </span></tt><tt><span
class="author-a-o6z122zz84zz65z3z74zz70zz67zz82zz66zz70zjz72zm5
url"><a
href="https://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/fareshares_newsletter"
rel="noreferrer noopener">https://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/fareshares_newsletter</a></span></tt></div>
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<div id="magicdomid55" class="ace-line"><tt><span
class="author-a-o6z122zz84zz65z3z74zz70zz67zz82zz66zz70zjz72zm5
b"><b><tt><span
class="author-a-o6z122zz84zz65z3z74zz70zz67zz82zz66zz70zjz72zm5
b"><b>** </b></span></tt>What we've been doing during
the pandemic </b></span></tt><tt><span
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b"><b><tt><span
class="author-a-o6z122zz84zz65z3z74zz70zz67zz82zz66zz70zjz72zm5
b"><b>**</b></span></tt></b></span></tt></div>
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<div id="magicdomid56" class="ace-line"><tt><span
class="author-a-o6z122zz84zz65z3z74zz70zz67zz82zz66zz70zjz72zm5">As
many of you know, we closed Fareshares for normal shopping
back in March, when transmission of the novel </span></tt><tt><span
class="author-a-o6z122zz84zz65z3z74zz70zz67zz82zz66zz70zjz72zm5"><span
class="author-a-o6z122zz84zz65z3z74zz70zz67zz82zz66zz70zjz72zm5">coronavirus</span>
was accelerating. As a collective we decided that, even though
as a food supplier we were legally permitted to continue
operating normally, it was too risky for our volunteers and
users to do so.</span></tt></div>
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<div id="magicdomid57" class="ace-line"><tt><span
class="author-a-o6z122zz84zz65z3z74zz70zz67zz82zz66zz70zjz72zm5">Since
then we have been inviting people to send in advance orders on
paper through the letterbox and by email, and arranging pickup
when their orders are ready -- quite a laborious process, but
one which has been appreciated and which has helped to keep
Fareshares tick over financially.<br>
</span></tt></div>
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<div id="magicdomid58" class="ace-line"><tt><span
class="author-a-o6z122zz84zz65z3z74zz70zz67zz82zz66zz70zjz72zm5
b"><b><tt><span
class="author-a-o6z122zz84zz65z3z74zz70zz67zz82zz66zz70zjz72zm5
b"><b>** </b></span></tt>Re-opening for service at the
door from Saturday 22nd August **<br>
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<div id="magicdomid59" class="ace-line"><tt><span
class="author-a-o6z122zz84zz65z3z74zz70zz67zz82zz66zz70zjz72zm5">Starting
from this Saturday (22nd August), we will be experimentally
opening at our usual times (Thursdays 2-8, Fridays 4-7,
Saturdays 3-5), volunteer availability permitting. </span></tt></div>
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<div id="magicdomid60" class="ace-line"><tt><span
class="author-a-o6z122zz84zz65z3z74zz70zz67zz82zz66zz70zjz72zm5">For
the time being, <b>customers will not be admitted into the
shop, but will be served from a table at the door</b>. You
are welcome to bring your own clean containers for bulk items
which volunteers will fill for you. It'll save time if you
come with a fair idea of what you're going to buy -- we will
try and provide an up-to-date list of products that are
available to buy. Volunteers will sanitise their hands between
serving each customer. Please wear a mask if you can … and
bring an umbrella if it looks like rain!</span></tt></div>
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<div id="magicdomid61" class="ace-line"><tt><span
class="author-a-o6z122zz84zz65z3z74zz70zz67zz82zz66zz70zjz72zm5">We
are sorry not to be letting everyone back into the shop yet,
but there is a consensus among Fareshares volunteers that we
should err on the side of caution for the moment. Our decision
takes into account the lack of space and ventilation in our
little shop; the need there would be for constant sanitisation
of scoops, lid handles, jars, pens, calculators and weighing
machines if customers were serving themselves; and the fact
that Fareshares is under much less pressure to open
conventionally than if it were a for-profit business. </span></tt></div>
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<div id="magicdomid62" class="ace-line"><tt><span
class="author-a-o6z122zz84zz65z3z74zz70zz67zz82zz66zz70zjz72zm5">We
understand that not everyone will agree with our decision not
to open in the normal way yet but we ask for your patience and
co-operation anyway. It will inevitably be quite
time-consuming for volunteers to serve you, and you may have
to queue for a while. We are doing our best to give people
access to good food at affordable prices in difficult
circumstances, and we will review how we work as time goes
on. </span></tt></div>
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<div id="magicdomid63" class="ace-line"><tt><span
class="author-a-o6z122zz84zz65z3z74zz70zz67zz82zz66zz70zjz72zm5
b"><b>** Advance ordering system continues **<br>
</b></span></tt></div>
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<div id="magicdomid64" class="ace-line"><tt><span
class="author-a-o6z122zz84zz65z3z74zz70zz67zz82zz66zz70zjz72zm5">We
will also continue to accept advance orders from customers,
either posted through the door or sent by email to
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:food@fareshares.org.uk">food@fareshares.org.uk</a> — please make sure you include a phone
number with your order. Thanks! </span></tt></div>
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<div id="magicdomid65" class="ace-line"><tt><span
class="author-a-o6z122zz84zz65z3z74zz70zz67zz82zz66zz70zjz72zm5">For
comments and general enquiries please email us via
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:info@fareshares.org.uk">info@fareshares.org.uk</a> and we will do our best to respond.</span></tt></div>
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<div class="ace-line"><tt><span
class="author-a-o6z122zz84zz65z3z74zz70zz67zz82zz66zz70zjz72zm5">A
luta continua!<br>
</span></tt></div>
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