In this restaurant, mutton comes with a mask

In this restaurant, mutton comes with a mask

TNN | May 17, 2020, 04.41 AM IST

Trichy: In times of the pandemic, what better way to boost one’s business than by contributing your mite to driving away the dreaded coronavirus. A non-vegetarian eatery in the city is doing precisely that by incentivising customers with gloves, masks and sanitizers depending on their food orders.

The restaurant, ‘Only Biriyani’, provides reusable face masks and hand gloves besides hand sanitizers along with orders worth over Rs 300. “People are expecting offers but instead of giving cash discounts, we thought of promoting preventive measures to overcome Covid-19. A few customers were seen without face masks, so we planned to give protective gear as gifts along with the food to encourage them to stay safe,” Mohandoss Balaji, proprietor of the Thillai Nagar-based outlet said.

People giving orders for more than Rs 1,000 get hand sanitizer bottles and those above Rs 300 face masks. Reusable cotton hand gloves are gifted to those who place an order for over Rs 600. However, the gifts, worth between Rs 10 and Rs 250, are not applicable for customers who place their orders through online food agregators. “As the response was good, we have planned to continue the gifts for takeaway orders till May 31” Mohandoss added.

Since dining-in is prohibited during the lockdown, eateries here are desperate to attract customers as many still hesitate to buy even takeaway food. While some of the eateries have slashed prices of takeaways, a few restaurants have come forward to offer free home delivery too. While pointing out that restaurants are struggling to stay afloat despite the relaxations in lockdown, food entrepreneurs said they are keenly awaiting the full-fledged resumption of offices to shore up their business.