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The Prime Minister praised the “good old kiwi ingenuity” that companies are using to operate and serve customers under the Covid-19 alert level 3.
There is no doubt that the Coronavirus crisis has affected many companies that had to close their doors during closure. But below level 3, some may re-operate, provided they can be contactless and meet strict health and safety criteria. The 2 meter social distancing rules still apply.
Owners have devised creative and quirky ways to operate and ensure they provide a contactless delivery service through the use of poles, cat flaps, pulleys and more.
At Palmerston North, coffee lovers can now receive their flat target via a toy train.
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Francine Whittfield and her son Beau Whittfield collect their hot chocolate and coffee delivered by the coffee train.
Cyclista Espresso Bar and Roastery owner Steve Stannard says he came up with the “novel” idea after finding his father’s old toy train in a closet – it hadn’t been used in over 20 years.
“At the same time, we were thinking about how we were going to do contactless delivery, and I put two and two together,” he said. Things.
The roof of the car has been removed and replaced with polystyrene that helps keep coffees safe on your short trip.
Parky’s dairy and takeaway in Greymouth is also operating contactless, with the help of a cat flap.
Owner Ray Parkinson said he wanted to do something “different” to make sure he met the Level 3 restrictions.
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Greymouth takeout owner Ray Parkinson is delivering fish and chips to customers through a cat flap on the side door of his Parky’s store.
“I put a little effort into it rather than just physically putting it through the door,” he said.
He was happy to cook food for the people again.
People were not allowed to enter the dairy, but he was taking orders over the phone and they could pick up their takeaways through the cat flap on the side door of the store.
He placed umbrellas outside in case of rain and marked two meters on the trail for clients to physically distance each other.
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Wanaka business owners are using their wits to get back into business.
In Wanaka, residents can receive their cappuccinos through a wooden cart made from pieces of collected wood.
Little Black Caravan owner Alex Finney joked that it was “a bit messy to throw the coffees” and said the trolley was a logical solution to keep the distance.
He had to be resourceful when making the cart because the hardware stores were still closed, so it is made from the materials he could find.
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Queenstown and Wanaka-based fish and chip shops have created a pulley system to deliver food to their customers.
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Erik’s fried fish and chips in Queenstown will use a flying fox to deliver take-out food to customers during alert level 3.
Erik’s Fish and Chips Wanaka manager James Martin said his pulley, which the owners invented when alert level 4 was announced, had allowed the business to reopen below level 3. The flying fox-type system transports wrapped packages of food from the store counter to hungry customers.
Zoom Espresso in Green Bay, Auckland, has been serving its coffees to carry customers through a long wooden table.
A video posted on Twitter about the shipping method has been viewed more than 660,000 times. Its legend says: “I love the kiwi’s ingenuity”.
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Zoom Expresso has devised a smart way to avoid contact during the coronavirus pandemic: coffee on a stick.
Warkworth’s Let It Brew Cafe has created an “interactive window menu”. The menu is written in the windows of the cafeteria. Customers have been asked to indicate what they would like to order and a staff member writes it down.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she has been sent many examples of smart ideas.
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Zoom Expresso has found a unique way to deliver coffee while maintaining the rules of social distancing.
During his daily 1pm press conference on Wednesday, the prime minister mentioned some of the companies that had come up with creative contactless methods.
“Gizzy Local, an event website, has collected in one place about 30 food businesses that the locals of Gisborne can now access knowing how to order and how to collect.
“Some of you would have seen the Auckland cafeteria coverage spreading a wooden board from which to serve your flat targets at a suitable distance.
“I want to say well to everyone who is working so hard to innovate, keep their customers safe, but also get their staff back to work. It is amazing to see. I know it makes people very proud given the difficult circumstances in which people are operating. ”
