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How Nyama Mama team is riding out Covid storm
Summary
As the pandemic continues to bite, the investors have cut their staff of about 350 by 70 per cent, maintaining the bare minimum number needed to keep their outlets open without being overrun by operating costs and ultimately resorting to closures.
Tuesday May 04 2021
By ELIZABETH KIVUVA
Summary
As the pandemic continues to bite, the investors have cut their staff of about 350 by 70 per cent, maintaining the bare minimum number needed to keep their outlets open without being overrun by operating costs and ultimately resorting to closures.
Before the pandemic struck, Ninaa and Jay Shanghavi were planning the expansion of their chain of restaurants that has in recent years created a buzz in the hospitality sector. Business was good and The Good Earth Group directors were eating life with a big spoon.
Takeaway foods prove a hard sell
Sunday May 02 2021
A server at Mr. Yao restaurant packs takeaway Chinese dish, in Westlands, Nairobi. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NMG
By ELIZABETH KIVUVA
For years, high-end restaurants have known only one way to excite their diners; top chefs whip up sumptuous dishes, plate the food artistically, serve it in an intimate setting, while Jazz hits play in the background.
None of the top chefs had thought they would have to offer their sautéed mushrooms, pulled pork, caviar, or grilled shrimps to delivery men working for Uber Eats.
Previously, it is the exquisite décor that kept attracting diners to restaurants where they hang out for a while and spent money. But now as the chefs send food to people’s homes following the government’s order for restaurants to only offer takeaway, money coming in is exceptionally low.
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Seeking to fill the gap between the hotel dining sector and standalone restaurants, the two additions launched in Westlands, Nairobi at the Urban Eatery Delta Towers, will target foodies who want to experience a luxury culinary experience.
During the launch, Sarova Hotels and Resorts Director, Food and Beverage Operations, Shailendar Singh, said that the current situation has presented an opportunity for exploration and the hospitality industry is experiencing a wave of reinvention in terms of choice and culinary services.
“To make ourselves more accessible to guests, we are taking our brands out to the market. This is a unique initiative where a major hotel chain is taking its F&B brands out of its premises. Usually, we find hotels taking other restaurant brands and franchises into their space but for the first time, we as a hotel chain, are taking our culinary repertoire into this diverse and expanding Westlands area.” said Mr Singh