THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Creativity and resilience have kept small Filipino-owned businesses in the Netherlands afloat but challenges abound even after the COVID-19 measures have been eased.
Starting June 1, restaurants and other establishments have been allowed to open with a maximum of 30 customers inside, while terraces can be opened without limit.
Knol-Tinapay’s family restaurant has six staff, of whom, two are full-time. She had to ask them to work fewer hours since the restaurant has been operating minimally.For Zachary John Estrada Velasco, owner of Julieta, a Filipino-European fusion restaurant, deliveries became their lifeline during the lockdown.
With the good weather in the summer, Velasco hopes more customers will be seated in the terrace along a beautiful canal. “In any business, you need to be ready for eventualities. So, it is important to have savings for a situation like this, as well as being open to adapt to changes, to learn to improvise, and to see situations as an opportunity to grow,” he said.
Rowena Zuidwijk-Mange, who owns the online store Toko4All, said the COVID19 pandemic tested her business model. Her store sells Filipino, Indonesian, Thai, and other Asian products.
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