Ua emi iho ka waiwai ma ka Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory e 53.8% no kāna makahiki fiscal 2020 a i $1 miliona a ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia ka maʻalahi o ke ala pōhaku no ka chocolatier no ka mea ua kaupalena nā palena COVID-19 i ke kūʻai aku a hoʻonui i nā kumukūʻai.

"Ua ʻike mākou i nā pilikia ʻoihana ma muli o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻopaʻa i ka hoʻolaha wikiwiki ʻana o ka novel coronavirus (COVID-19), me ka nui o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ponoʻī a me ka pani ʻana o nā ʻoihana pono ʻole ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a puni ka honua," wahi a ka hui. he hoʻolaha nūhou e hoʻolaha ana i nā hopena.

No ka hapaha ʻehā o ka makahiki fiscal 2020 o ka hui, i pau i ka lā 29 Pepeluali, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka mea hana kokoleka ʻo Durango i hoʻopaʻa ʻia he $524,000 i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka loaʻa kālā he $386,000 no ka hapahā ʻehā o ka makahiki kālā 2019.

Ua ʻike ʻo RMCF i ka emi ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā he 7.8% no ka makahiki fiscal 2020 i $31.8 miliona, mai lalo mai $34.5 miliona no ka makahiki fiscal 2019.

ʻO nā paona lole like ʻole o ka hale kūʻai, confections a me nā huahana ʻē aʻe i kūʻai ʻia mai ka hale hana RMCF ma Durango ua emi iho ka 4.6% i ka makahiki kālā 2020 i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka makahiki i hala.

Ua hoʻohui ʻia ka nūhou o ka hui, "Aneane ua hoʻopilikia pololei ʻia nā hale kūʻai āpau e nā ʻano olakino olakino i hana ʻia e pane ai i ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19, me nā wahi āpau e ʻike nei i nā hana hoʻemi ʻia ma muli o nā mea ʻē aʻe, nā hola ʻoihana i hoʻololi ʻia a pani hale kūʻai a me nā hale kūʻai.ʻO ka hopena, ʻaʻole kauoha nā franchisees a me nā mea laikini i nā huahana no kā lākou hale kūʻai e like me nā helu i wānana ʻia.

"Ua hoʻopilikia maikaʻi ʻia kēia ʻano, a ua manaʻo ʻia e hoʻomau i ka hopena maikaʻi ʻole, ma waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe, ke kūʻai aku ʻana o nā hale hana, nā kūʻai kūʻai aku a me nā uku aliʻi a me nā uku kūʻai o ka ʻoihana."

Ma ka lā 11 o Mei, ua hoʻokuʻu ka papa alakaʻi i ka hapaha kālā mua o RMCF "e mālama i ke kālā a hāʻawi i ka hiki ke hoʻololi hou i ka ʻoihana paʻakikī o kēia manawa i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19."

Ua ʻike pū ʻo RMCF, ʻo Durango wale nō ka hui kālepa lehulehu, ua komo ʻo ia i kahi kuʻikahi lōʻihi me Edible Arrangements e lilo i mea hāʻawi kūʻokoʻa i nā huahana chocolate branded iā EA.

Ua komo ka chocolatier i kahi kuikahi lōʻihi me EA e lilo i mea hoʻolako kūʻokoʻa i nā huahana chocolate branded iā EA a me kāna mau hui a me kāna mau franchisees.

Hana ʻo Edible Arrangements i nā hoʻonohonoho, e like me ka hoʻonohonoho pua akā ʻo ka hapa nui me nā huaʻai a me nā huahana ʻai ʻē aʻe, e like me ke kokoleka.

Wahi a ka nūhou, ʻo ka hui kuʻikahi e hōʻike ana i ka hopena o ka ʻimi ʻana o ka chocolatier Durango i kāna mau koho koho, me ke kūʻai aku ʻana o ka hui, i hoʻolaha ʻia ma Mei 2019.

E kūʻai aku ʻo Edible i nā ʻano kokoleka, nā lole a me nā huahana confectionery ʻē aʻe i hana ʻia e ka RMCF a i ʻole kāna mau franchisees ma o nā pūnaewele Edible.

Na Edible nō hoʻi ke kuleana no ka kūʻai ʻana a me ke kūʻai aku ʻana mai ka Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory hui pūnaewele a me ka ʻōnaehana ecommerce Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory ākea.

I Iune 2019, ka mea kūʻai aku nui loa o RMCF, ʻo FTD Companies Inc., i hoʻopiʻi no ka Mokuna 11 kaʻina panakalupa.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo RMCF he mea maopopo ʻole inā e uku ʻia nā aie i ka chocolatier ma ke kumukūʻai piha "a inā e loaʻa kekahi kālā mai FTD i ka wā e hiki mai ana."

Ua lawe pū ka mea chocolatier i kahi hōʻaiʻē $1,429,500 Paycheck Protection Program mai 1st Source Bank of South Bend, Indiana.

ʻAʻole pono ʻo RMCF e uku i ka hōʻaiʻē a hiki i Nov. 13, a ma lalo o nā kūlana o ka hōʻaiʻē PPP, hiki ke kala ʻia ka hōʻaiʻē inā hoʻokō ka mea hana koko i nā koi i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e ke aupuni federal e pili ana i ka pale ʻana i nā limahana mai ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana a i ʻole ka haʻalele ʻana i ka wā. ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19.

"I loko o kēia manawa paʻakikī a ʻike ʻole ʻia, ʻo kā mākou mea nui ka palekana a me ka maikaʻi o kā mākou limahana, nā mea kūʻai aku, nā franchisees a me nā kaiāulu," wahi a Bryan Merryman, Luna Nui a me ka luna o ka papa, ma kahi nūhou mai ka hui.

"Ke hana nei ka hoʻokele i nā hana kūpono a me nā hana kūpono e hoʻonui ai i ka wai o ka hui i ko mākou hoʻokele ʻana i ka ʻāina o kēia manawa," wahi a Merryman."ʻO kēia mau hana e pili ana i ka hōʻemi nui ʻana i kā mākou hoʻolimalima hana a me ka nui o ka hana ʻana e hōʻike i ka hōʻemi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai kūʻai aku a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā hoʻolimalima pono ʻole a me nā lilo kālā.

"Eia hou, i ka nui o ka makaʻala a me ka mālama ʻana i ka hiki ke hoʻololi kālā, ua huki mākou i ka nui ma lalo o kā mākou laina o ka hōʻaiʻē a ua loaʻa iā mākou nā hōʻaiʻē ma lalo o ka Paycheck Protection Program.ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kālā ma lalo o ka Paycheck Protection Program ua ʻae iā mākou e pale i nā hana hōʻemi o ka hana ma waena o ka emi nui o ka loaʻa kālā a me ka nui o ka hana.

Ua mālama ʻia kahi makaʻala i ke ahiahi Pōʻalima ma Buckley Park no George Floyd, Breonna Taylor a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i pepehi ʻia e nā mākaʻi.

Ua ʻākoakoa ka poʻe i ka Pōʻaono no kahi mākaʻikaʻi no George Floyd ma Main Avenue e hele ana i ka hale o ka Oihana Makai ʻo Durango a laila pau ma Buckley Park.Ma kahi o 300 poʻe i komo i ka huakaʻi.

Hele nā ​​haumāna puka kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Animas ma ke alanui nui ma ke ahiahi Pōʻalima ma hope o ko lākou puka puka ʻana.