Sto­ry by AN­NA-LISA PAUL

The own­er of Trent Restau­rants Ltd, Pe­ter George, has con­firmed that all port­fo­lio restau­rants—Trot­ters, Bu­zo, Ama­ra, Blue Star Din­er and Tom­my’s—will be closed to dine-in ser­vices from Tues­day 17, March for an ini­tial pe­ri­od of no less than 10 days.

In an of­fi­cial state­ment, Mr George said the move was in re­sponse to the grow­ing na­tion­al threat of COVID-19.

Trent Restau­rants al­so stat­ed that all brands will con­tin­ue to ser­vice their cus­tomers via curb side pick­up and de­liv­ery op­tions, once deemed safe, us­ing the strictest World Health Or­gan­i­sa­tion pro­to­col stan­dards from their in­ter­na­tion­al con­sul­tants.

The statement issued to its customers by Buzo Restaurant. Dine-in service has been postponed for 10 days; curbside and pick-up services are available.

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In the re­lease, Mr George notes that staff mem­bers will be ro­tat­ed to en­sure min­i­mal dis­rup­tion and says every mea­sure will be tak­en to pre­serve the fi­nan­cial and phys­i­cal well-be­ing of all Trent Restau­rants em­ploy­ees.

“This is not a step out of pan­ic but out of pru­dence,” he stat­ed. “T&T has stayed ahead of this virus and it’s crit­i­cal­ly im­por­tant that we re­main so through short term sac­ri­fice.”

A staff member at Trotters carrying out sanitising measures at the restaurant facilities.

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