Eating out/eating in - takeaways, restaurants and meal delivery Megathread

TOMs WIFE

So I ordered my weekly Chinese takeaway delivery this evening. Wasn't even sure they would be open. They told me they are closing tomorrow for the foreseeable, for staff safety etc. It's easy to forget about the risks to staff bunched together in a kitchen even if you aren't going in and sitting down and mingling.

Do people think all takeaways should close, or is there scope for those who might manage to achieve separation in the kitchen to continue?

The Chinese somehow tasted better than ever, knowing that it was another thing you used to take for granted now gone for awhile.

Rufeo

Takeaways shouldn't close. They should maybe do no touch deliveries. They could make a lot of money during this period (but of course health and people's lives are always more important than money)

TOMs WIFE

Rufeo wrote: »

Takeaways shouldn't close. They should maybe do no touch deliveries. They could make a lot of money during this period (but of course health and people's lives are always more important than money)

Yes, but there is the point about their staff working closely together, I'd imagine it's difficult to sort that problem out. Maybe in a chipper with 2 people, not sure about a busy Chinese etc.

Glebee

Dont think i will ever eat a Chineese again with all the talk of eating bats in china..

TOMs WIFE

Glebee wrote: »

Dont think i will ever eat a Chineese again with all the talk of eating bats in china..

Which bit worries you? They are not serving bat that I know of!

MarkY91

Glebee wrote: »

Dont think i will ever eat a Chineese again with all the talk of eating bats in china..

What does a few people eating bats have to do with Chinese in Ireland preparing your food?

Will you refrain from eating lasagna too?

Kermit.de.frog

I hear bat is rich in protein and other essentials.

Quantum Erasure

jesus, i could murder a chinese, sweet and sour chicken balls, crispy shredded chilli chicken,

...hungry now

sensormatic

leave the bats outta this man

jmayo

Glebee wrote: »

Dont think i will ever eat a Chineese again with all the talk of eating bats in china..

Reminds me I am never listening to "Bat Out of Hell" again.:mad:

archer22

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

I hear bat is rich in protein and other essentials.

And some non essentials it appears!

dhaughton99

The only person I know who is suspected of having it and is waiting for the test is a local delivery driver for 2 chippers.

yosser hughes

TOMs WIFE wrote: »

Which bit worries you? They are not serving bat that I know of!

That's just it. You haven't clue. I haven't had a chinese in years. Cheapest of cheap meats used and god knows what else.

brick tamland

Everyone should support your local take away at the moment. Not the multinational chains but your local place. If you dont it wont be there when this is over. Plenty of places near me doing contactless collections and deliverys. Restraunts too, lots doing take away.

JP Liz V1

Is Supermacs open, need cheesy fries

yosser hughes

brick tamland wrote: »

Everyone should support your local take away at the moment. Not the multinational chains but your local place. If you dont it wont be there when this is over. Plenty of places near me doing contactless collections and deliverys. Restraunts too, lots doing take away.

Everyone should be cooking for themselves more. We have an obesity problem in this country.Obesity is one of the things that leads to underlying health conditions that clogged up hospitals before CV19 and will now compound this current crisis
Take-away culture plays a big part in this. Never mind that places are closed down on a regular basis for failing very basic hygiene standards inspections.
It would do no harm at all if people relied a lot less on takeaways.

freshpopcorn

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Is Supermacs open, need cheesy fries

They seem to be but may be closing earlier!

freshpopcorn

When I was coming home from work this even. It was the first night in the past week that I saw people getting take-aways. Nobody was hanging around just collecting food.
I'd probably chance. Most places are fairly clean in my area and some places are making an extra effort now.
I'm not on getting stuff delivered tough.

OU812

https://www.chewboom.com/2020/03/22/mcdonalds-is-shutting-down-every-restaurant-in-the-uk-and-ireland-by-7pm-monday-march-23-2020/

Im not sure this will solve the problem of young people congregating at them.

Most of these places have outdoor seating areas and this will continue to attract young people.

The drive throughs were only serving vehicular traffic & were mostly contactless.

Atlantic Dawn

That's the good gone out of life now.

Kristopherus

https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0322/1124722-mcdonalds/

bilbot79

We could do with a bit less McDo in fairness

NATLOR

OU812 wrote: »

https://www.chewboom.com/2020/03/22/mcdonalds-is-shutting-down-every-restaurant-in-the-uk-and-ireland-by-7pm-monday-march-23-2020/

Im not sure this will solve the problem of young people congregating at them.

Most of these places have outdoor seating areas and this will continue to attract young people.

The drive throughs were only serving vehicular traffic & were mostly contactless.

Probably more to do with the close proximity of staff,could have easily continued with the drive through where possible

Guy:Incognito

P'd assumed theyd be partially closing in the coming days , keeping the drive thrus open. Drive thru stores seem the ideal set up to keep going.

People may moan about the food but take aways should be booming during this id have thought. Especially with measures in place to keep it contactless.

Guy:Incognito

NATLOR wrote: »

Probably more to do with the close proximity of staff,could have easily continued with the drive through where possible

You could keep a drive through going with 6 or 7 staff all not interacting closely with each other tbh.

Monkeynut

Cork_Langer1

Are they paying their staff for the few weeks or telling them to sign-on?

That's the important question.

Atlantic Dawn

Cork_Langer1 wrote: »

Are they paying their staff for the few weeks or telling them to sign-on?

That's the important question.

Most are on zero hour contracts, I'd say a week or 2 at most and then dole.

Larbre34

Takeaways are booming. Finally caved in Friday night and ordered my first chipper of the catastrophe, took quite a bit longer than normal.

Pity to scrap the drive through Mickey Ds TBH.

B.A._Baracus

Cork_Langer1 wrote: »

Are they paying their staff for the few weeks or telling them to sign-on?

That's the important question.

Seeing how they famously offer people zero hour contracts I cant see them paying.

murpho999

No harm if people cut down junk food for a while.

I'm surprised they didn't keep the take away option going though.

NATLOR

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

You could keep a drive through going with 6 or 7 staff all not interacting closely with each other tbh.

True. Was only presuming that was the main reason

The chan chan man

Larbre34 wrote: »

Takeaways are booming. Finally caved in Friday night and ordered my first chipper of the catastrophe, took quite a bit longer than normal.

Pity to scrap the drive through Mickey Ds TBH.

My 2 local chippers are closed for 8 weeks as of last Friday! Dying for some junk food!

Sleeper12

My copilot has one everyday. Most branches in Dublin went drive tru only last week. I thought this was safe enough for staff. I'm surprised at the announcement. I'm not sure what my copilot will do after tomorrow

JP Liz V1

Beasty

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Oafley Jones

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Most are on zero hour contracts, I'd say a week or 2 at most and then dole.

Zero hours In McDonald’s Ireland?

Cork_Langer1

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Most are on zero hour contracts, I'd say a week or 2 at most and then dole.

I thought 12 hours was the minimum hours you could get.

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Seeing how they famously offer people zero hour contracts I cant see them paying.

Im thinking the b@stards are sending them to the dole but hopefully I'm wrong, if that's the case they should be boycotted, when this Chi-na virus calms down.

murpho999

Cork_Langer1 wrote: »

I thought 12 hours was the minimum hours you could get.



Im thinking the b@stards are sending them to the dole but hopefully I'm wrong, if that's the case they should be boycotted, when this Chi-na virus calms down.

I sympathise with the staff but why should they be paid if laid off.

Remember McD is a franchise operation so local owners would have to pay the staff and not the massive head office.

Will you be boycotting pubs, restaurants and shops that have also let staff go? People seem to understand that.

murpho999

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Seeing how they famously offer people zero hour contracts I cant see them paying.

These myths get thrown around but zero hour contracts were banned in 2018.

hotmail.com

Loads of time now to prepare and make home cooked nutrious food that will boost your immune system.

greasepalm

Passed by Mc Donalds on saturday and was a very long q of cars waiting for drive thru.

Cork_Langer1

murpho999 wrote: »

I sympathise with the staff but why should they be paid if laid off.

Remember McD is a franchise operation so local owners would have to pay the staff and not the massive head office.

Will you be boycotting pubs, restaurants and shops that have also let staff go? People seem to understand that.

Even though they're franchises they make a lot of money and have the McDonald name over their stores, I have huge sympathy for small businesses who have no other choice but send employees to the sign on, big businesses will and should be boycotted if they don't pay their employees for a few weeks at least.

freshpopcorn

hotmail.com wrote: »

Loads of time now to prepare and make home cooked nutrious food that will boost your immune system.

Yes, frozen chips and burgers imported from somewhere!

Outlaw Pete

Drove through city centre tonight, only place I saw open was the Spar and Supermacs on O'Connell St and the Spar and Centra on Dame St.

Lots of places had groups of delivery cyclists hanging around outside though so plenty not open but seemingly doing deliveries.

B.A._Baracus

murpho999 wrote: »

These myths get thrown around but zero hour contracts were banned in 2018.

Doesn't matter.
Point is they were the same company who did that. Can't expect them to pay people now.

Muahahaha

All Subways are closing up at 5pm today

JP Liz V1

Supermacs closing 26th March

Doodah7

And the Guards have had to clear all of the f*cking morons queueing for McDonalds in Maynooth and elsewhere. Have people completely lost a grip of sense and reality???

Maybe the next virus could just attack the f*cking stupid?? Leave the world in a far better place after it...

B.A._Baracus

Doodah7 wrote: »

And the Guards have had to clear all of the f*cking morons queueing for McDonalds in Maynooth and elsewhere. Have people completely lost a grip of sense and reality???

Maybe the next virus could just attack the f*cking stupid?? Leave the world in a far better place after it...

Passed through the drive thru McDonald's in blanch centre earlier. Long que out the door and loads of cars.

Gas isn't it? I guess if you tell someone you can't have anything for the next while it creates this mad need.

B.A._Baracus

Doodah7 wrote: »

And the Guards have had to clear all of the f*cking morons queueing for McDonalds in Maynooth and elsewhere. Have people completely lost a grip of sense and reality???

Maybe the next virus could just attack the f*cking stupid?? Leave the world in a far better place after it...

Passed through the drive thru McDonald's in blanch centre earlier. Long que out the door and loads of cars.

Gas isn't it? I guess if you tell someone you can't have anything for the next while it creates this mad need.