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Normally August is a slightly quieter month in Rex, with lots of local residents & workers\u00a0out of town and the\u00a0family dragging\u00a0the Rex Baker\u00a0away for\u00a0his summer holiday.\u00a0 Not this year.\u00a0 In 2020, we all continue to roll\u00a0with\u00a0the punches.<\/p>\n
Seeing really no easy or fast end to the pandemic on the horizon, we took the decision to refit the bakery in favour of a high end retail experience, to bring\u00a0the space up in line with the award-winning quality of the #realfood we make.\u00a0 This has meant beautiful new display units, layout and improved presentation all delivered just in time for shops moving to 1 metre plus\u00a0guidelines.\u00a0 \u00a0 There\u2019s more to come in both product range & merchandising solutions but we\u2019re already delighted with how it looks, how it\u2019s easier for you to see all the products available from bread to pastries to groceries to coffee \u2013 and how much more hygienic it feels to serve you.\u00a0 We\u2019re relieved by\u00a0the many, very positive comments from\u00a0our loyal customers.<\/p>\n
\nWe\u2019re all getting used to wearing masks in the new shop.\u00a0 Our staff have the choice of 3-layer & 2 -layer bespoke made fabric masks, visors, traditional paper masks and\u00a0are still\u00a0searching for\u00a0a favourite in terms of breathability, comfort, communication!\u00a0 Most customers are complying with mask-wearing, avoiding crowding into the shop and keeping back from the staff area featuring the bread behind the counter\u2026 although there\u2019s\u00a0always one lol.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately given the space required for distanced shopping, there just isn\u2019t the room for indoor tables and stools like we used to feature.\u00a0 We have preserved & resited the side bar and\u00a0our perching stools for customers who feel comfortable to sit in with us for their coffee and baked eats, you\u00a0remain very welcome indeed to do so.\u00a0 Given our award-winning HUGE Sourdough Toasties take 4 minutes to make, customers quite often pause at the coffee bar whilst they are waiting.\u00a0 We have brought back\u00a0some outdoor seating\u00a0to enjoy the glorious weather that\u2019s been getting us through the lockdown (although soaring temperatures do present huge challenges to baking consistency), and will shortly extend this and create a new cafe barrier area\u00a0at the front.\u00a0 In Bucks we have to seek permission for this from Bucks County Council, which we did a few years back.\u00a0 The obligation is to pay quite a fee, keep reasonable room for pedestrians etc and abide by local community restrictions.\u00a0 You may have noticed more catering business tables & chairs in Little Chalfont than normal, this has been encouraged by the Government<\/a>\u00a0and gratifyingly, our local Parish Council has also said that they will not object to any sensible summertime proposals made to BCC.\u00a0 We did wonder about siting more tables and chairs under the trees on the verge opposite & have asked the county council, but don\u2019t really feel able to watch out for them out there.<\/p>\n
We\u00a0were puzzling over all sit-down facilities partly because some loyal customers have missed out on this for months, partly because we know how popular comfortable al fresco dining\u00a0will be at this time and partly because of Rishi Sunak\u2019s announcement of the innovative Eat out to Help <\/a>out scheme.\u00a0 We are excited to\u00a0join in , and looking at who is offering it locally<\/a> have realised that in amongst the chains and chips\u00a0<\/a>options which have come in for quite a slating<\/a> from Health commentators, we provide a rare\u00a0real clean food alternative for all the foodies out there.<\/p>\n
\nAs most of the shop sales are retail, and for all eat-in we need to\u00a0pay\u00a0VAT due, we established the 3 deals as the best way to administrate the scheme through the till whilst\u00a0keeping the retail queue flowing through.\u00a0 It provides complete flexibility in terms of which drink or pastry or toastie or sweet baked item you choose from daily stock, but the offer price remains the same so that it is up to a 50% deal discount depending on which product from each category that you choose.\u00a0 The simplest way to think about it is that the\u00a0additional item(s) in the offer will barely cost you anything, the government will kindly fund those for you.\u00a0 There\u2019s a maximum discount of \u00a310 per person per sitting, which it seems unlikely would be reached in Rex!\u00a0 We think you\u2019ll be provided with a huge amount of value because as you know, we hand make everything ourselves on the premises, we only use organic flour, we use the best quality ingredients like Monmouth coffee\u00a0<\/a>and Lescure <\/a>butter and our baked items are award winning and delicious.<\/p>\n
New products in Rex this past month have included<\/p>\n
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- A welcome back to our authentic Portugese custard tarts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- New Cruffins, both Blackcurrant Cheesecake and Nutella<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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