Strict lockdown measures closed the doors of any non-essential businesses.
Only food providers where kitchen preparation space permits social distancing can still operate. In these cases, food must be delivered by one person with appropriate distancing measures applied.
Restaurants and hotels can open for food deliveries only as well, given these safety guidelines are met.
Channel Island Co-operative Society deliveries are available for isolated people without other means to secure food.
Acting chief executive officer Mark Cox said the scheme is for the most vulnerable in need of emergency essentials, who ‘have no other family, friends or neighbours who can deliver food to them’. Two types of essential items boxes are available with products such as bread, milk, and dried foods.
‘We are currently taking no more than 15 orders a day and are responding to those most in need first.’
From 30 March this is due to increase.
‘But this service will remain for those elderly or vulnerable people who cannot do their own shopping, whether they are self-isolating or have underlying health issues and no other means of getting the food they need,’ said Mr Cox. So the service can prioritise those who need it most, those with friends or family are encouraged to ask them for assistance in the first instance.
Takeaway services can provide welcome respite on supermarkets without the need to leave home.
Manor Farm Foods reported being ‘inundated with orders’ as its online store is opening at 7am and reaching its capacity for daily orders by 9am.
Guernsey Grapevine said ‘the pubs may be closed, but our delivery service is not’, where soft drinks, alcohol and essentials including loo roll, bread and water are available.
Confirmation with the States of Guernsey was obtained for Sitar to open for delivery via phone orders so long as nobody enters the premises and orders are left on customer doorsteps.
Similarly, after States confirmation China Red launched a new contactless takeaway service.
Guernsey Weigh stopped in-shop buying and switched to delivery only.
Customers provide their own containers since the store is a zero waste packaging-free provider.
‘Our way of shopping is extremely hands on, so keeping everything sanitised constantly can be very difficult,’ a GW spokesperson said. ‘We need to take this action to keep everyone safe and well.’
St Peter Port customers can collect from outside the market.
The Raw Store ran a lunch round for St Peter Port prior to introducing island-wide delivery last week. During lockdown it aims ‘to keep people eating the right foods to maintain a strong immune system with our knock and run deliveries’.
Meals on Wheels, run by the Guernsey Voluntary Service, continues as it is essential for the elderly and vulnerable.
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