Monday 25 May 2020, Day 25 of Level 4 after 35 days at Level 5 đˇ
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#Grateful for the glorious rain that has been falling overnight and all day; for having the big garage downstairs in which I could make up my minimum step goal for the day, with a good Cardio pace; for being productive in working all day, not being able to leave home for a shopping walk as one shower after the other came rolling in; for creating a new service on the Restaurant Food Delivery Facebook page, by indicating which restaurants will allow Food Collection, marked with a C, from next week; for the Facebook page having exceeded 4200 members today; for our number one SA restaurant La Colombe joining in on a Delivery service; for dancing to Kfm the rest of my Steps via Couchrobics; and for feeling happy and healthy. đđ Continue reading →
Last night President Ramaphosa announced that the whole country will move down, or is it up, to Level 3 on 1 June 2020, one of the announced changes being that Restaurants may still not open for sit-down meals, but they may offer not only a Delivery Service, but a Food Collection Service from 1 June onwards too. The Restaurant Association of South Africa (RASA) had lobbied Government for this concession, and has expressed its gratitude for it being granted on behalf of the restaurant industry. 
Since the world went into Lockdown, restaurants that were allowed to offer Take-Away food delivery to customer homes have increasingly used Third Party Delivery companies. Uber Eats probably is the world’s largest Food Delivery Company, having added this service a few years ago to its standard driver service. In our country it competes alongside MrD, a company belonging to TakeaLot, masters in e-commerce home delivery. Yet, during Lockdown the tide is turning, one reading an increasing number of warnings against third party delivery services, restaurant patrons being encouraged to order food from restaurants which use their own staff to deliver, locally and internationally. What has caused this negative sentiment! 
A number of restaurants feel that the Government should allow its clients to collect their food orders from outside the restaurant, in the car park or on a drive-by basis, for example, deeming the risk of a Corona Virus infection to be far reduced in this manner. Â It also cuts out the costs of the delivery service, borne by the client ultimately, companies like Uber Eats and Mr D taking up to 30% in fees. They are supported in this call by Wendy Alberts, CEO of the Restaurant Association of South Africa (RASA).