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Mar 2020

Last Updated: 20/03/2020

First food deliveries reach residents of Knaresborough

by Tim

| 20 Mar, 2020

A free delivery service involving traders in Knaresborough gets underway today

A new online service for people who have self-isolated because of coronavirus, has already attracted customers in Knaresborough.

Those who log on to knaresboroughdelivers.com can order an at-cost bag of items, including meat, vegetables, eggs, milk and bread and have it delivered free to their home.

Launched by Knaresborough Chamber of Trade, the service has been organised by Ashleigh Lambert and Ian Gill, owners of the Six Poor Folk restaurant in Kirkgate, whose team of employees are handling the online orders and packing the bags ready for delivery.

Items included in the bags, which cost £20, are being supplied by Hurst’s Bakery, Hutton’s Butchers, Wilkinson’s Butchers and Farm Dairy – all based in Knaresborough, while the fresh fruit and vegetables are being provided by H&P Fine Foods of Thorp Arch.

Ashleigh said:

“We, like other traders in Knaresborough, have lost business to the coronavirus crisis and some of the customers that we would regularly serve are stuck at home, but still need to get food items, but do not want to risk going out to shop. Through knaresboroughdelivers.com we are hopefully creating a win-win situation, helping to sustain businesses in the town and people in their homes. We have only just launched, but are already attracting customers.”

The service is being supported by six volunteer drivers, each of them regular customers of Six Poor Folk, who are carrying out deliveries.

Bill Taylor, secretary and treasurer of Knaresborough Chamber of Trade, says:

“We are delighted to have played a part in bringing together some of the ingredients for this excellent initiative, which benefits our members at this difficult time and assists people in our community who need a helping hand.”