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F&B staff crunch returns along with business pickup

Manpower slashed during circuit breaker while foreign staff stuck overseas and Singaporeans still unwilling to take up jobs in the sector

Claudia Tan HS

Published Thu, Sep 17, 2020 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    AS business activity picks up, the food and beverage (F&B) industry is facing a manpower crunch - an aftermath of shrinking their workforce at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

    Food outlets were among the worst hit amid circuit breaker and safe distancing measures, pushing industry players to cut staff when they could only operate on a delivery and takeaway basis.

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