The coronavirus pandemic is upon us and affecting many aspects of daily life. One of the key problems in the UK at the moment is people stockpiling basic amenities such as toilet roll, cleaning supplies and food. This has resulted in a reductive cycle because, due to lack of supplies, people that don’t want to buy in bulk now deem it necessary to do so due to the scarcity of products on sale.
However, luckily restaurant chain Leon is lending a hand to try and combat the problem, by turning their premises into mini supermarkets across the UK.
The healthy fast food chain are turning all of their 75 restaurants into shops and mini supermarkets and are launching a new platform that will make it possible for customers to book a delivery time a few days in advance.
In the restaurants and on the website, ready meals, sauces and meats will be available as well as many other foods that customers can store at home or just eat straight away.
At the moment people can order Leon food on Deliveroo or JustEat, but the new platform will launch on 25 March.
Leon founder and CEO John Vincent said: ”Right now you have struggling restaurants and their staff ready to provide food to customers on the one hand, and on the other, supermarkets with empty shelves.
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“The balance isn’t right. Not for customers, not for people facing job losses and not for businesses.”
The new online store has been made in partnership with hospitality provider Absolute Taste but will work in conjunction with many other food suppliers and catering companies to give them the opportunity to sell directly to customers and therefore keep their business running and their staff in work.
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Nigel Harris, founder of Absolute Taste, said: “There are butchers for hotels, pubs and restaurants. There are suppliers of fruit and veg employing thousands of people and they will go bust after Boris did his job on restaurants – we think our new platform for delivering to the home will help solve two critical issues right now.”
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