And up until November, Mrs Shave said profits were 70pc up on the year before.
But as December came and went and the country was forced into a third national lockdown, the business owner said now their customers “have just gone”.
Local produce at The Studio farm and gift shop in West Harling.
- Credit: Picture: DENISE BRADLEY Copyright: Archant 2021
In an online Facebook post, on Monday, January 25, she wrote: “Feeling heartbroken, facing the terrible dilemma to close our beautiful farm shop.
“On the balance sheet or by any other financial test we are not insolvent but after so many months of uncertainty, mothballing, declining orders and incurring ongoing costs we don't know how much longer we will survive.