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Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines

* Adderley Street will undergo construction work for the MyCiTi Bus this month, the City of Cape Town warns.

* Clever is the new campaign to collect and used soap from hotels, to give to underprivileged families. One hopes that the campaign will spread to South Africa too.

* Arniston Bay has launched its first two infused wines: Arniston Bay Graviola and Passion Fruit Infusion, and Arniston Bay Mint Aloe and Lemongrass Infusion. The new wines have a screwcap, are low in alchohol at 5,5%, and are lightly spritzed. Packaging is 100% recyclable. They cost around R44. (via media release from Hazell PR and Wine Consultants)

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The Sweet Service Award goes to Woolworths, and its new Manager Cliford Sibanda, who has just joined the Da Luz branch on Regent Road in Sea Point as a manager, having relocated from Johannesburg. He came to my assistance when the staff member at the till was not responding to my questions, saying that she was ill. He apologised profusely, and was keen to hear what the problems are at the branch, having just started there. He organised for some cheese puffs to be prepared, a favourite, which are always out of stock, and for a store assistant to push my trolley, demonstrating beyond expectation how important customer satisfaction is to him and the brand Woolworths! He will go far in the company with this service orientation. Continue reading →