WARRINGTON Market has not had the easiest start to its new life in a custom built facility in Time Square. The £11million food hall and modern marketplace for independent traders launched in July in the midst of the pandemic. There have been many Covid restrictions since then and this year only around nine essential shops have been open with a small number of food traders opening up at weekends for deliveries. So it was a big day for the market on Monday when all shops, stalls and food kiosks reopened. There was a vibrancy to the venue as traders reunited with customers while others made the most of the clear day with a bite to eat with table service outside.
In the meantime, an upcoming musical reading from a North Vancouver author’s latest collection of travelogues, poems and recollections of happy trails is set to transport you to far flung places and rekindle your memories of roaming abroad.
Deep Cove resident and former North Shore News civic affairs columnist Trevor Carolan published
He recognizes the release of his book came about at an exceptional moment, when the pandemic had forced people to stay home, stick to a bubble and recreate however they could in their own backyards and communities.
“The usual promotion things were delayed. I had an eight-country reading tour in Europe that was cancelled – alas. That was pretty typical,” notes Carolan.
Warrington Market WARRINGTON Market has become the UK s first tech-powered market hall. The £11 million facility is using Yoello technology, a mobile ordering and payment platform, to allow customers to order food and drink safely, without staff contact, physical menus or queuing. Paul Blaney, market operations manager at Warrington Market, explained: When the market opened earlier this year, we knew we had to start looking into table ordering and to use some of the latest technology out there. I did some serious research into the different platforms and businesses that could help the market and Yoello came out on top. Being small, independent businesses, our traders are able to adapt very, very quickly and the Yoello platform has been able to help with their business resilience in these challenging times.