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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Patrick Commins Economics editor

Joe is used to the uncertainty of running a small business. But since Covid, ‘the whole world has changed’

Joe Rechichi at Andiamo Trattoria Del Popolo in Summer Hill, NSW, Australia
Joe Rechichi at Andiamo Trattoria Del Popolo in Summer Hill. The hospitality veteran says he is facing ‘the worst trading conditions’. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian

Joe Rechichi, the chief executive at Cucina Hospitality Group, has been in business for four decades but says nothing compares with what he has experienced over the past few years, not least because of the immense day-to-day uncertainty.

“I call it BC and AC – Before Covid and After Covid,” says Rechichi, who oversees three Andiamo Trattoria restaurant venues across Sydney’s inner west.

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