#stayathome near the community of Dolj. Resources to support local businesses
We need to be a little separated for the time being so we can all be okay in a while. But that doesn't mean we can't be together, help each other and be near those who need us.
Local businesses, those who work for us while we stay at home, need our support in order to be able to exist even after this period is over. From Craiova and around the city, there are producers and businesses that can survive only if we make the decision to support them, whether we are talking about shops, restaurants or even agricultural producers.
We have made, for you, a selection of producers and traders who deliver at home, from basic fruits and vegetables, fresh foods, wines, any other goods or food already prepared, even in larger quantities.
UPI - The UPI staff have prepared for deliveries both food and protection materials, and the minimum order is 100 lei for a free delivery. UPI also calls on its partners, pizza places or restaurants, to distribute hot food to the needy people or to the doctors, thus trying to support their efforts.
Food Point - A variety of basic products, but also delicious specialties that can be ordered directly from home. Make the shopping list, call the number assigned to Craiova, and the products are delivered to your home for free.
Cramele Craiova Partener Recaș - Minimum order of 30 lei, with bulk or bottled wines, water and juices, with a delivery time of maximum 24 hours.
Mezeluri din Bănie - Fresh sausages, traditionally from Oltenia, with free delivery on an order of at least 50 lei.
Cratița Bunicii - If you’re craving a meal like momma used to make it, delivered directly to your door right in the pot, you have the services of Cratița Bunicii (Grandma's Crate). Dishes, desserts, meat or vegetarian dishes, all can be ordered at home, in large quantities.
Bottega pane dolci - You can choose from a wide range of handmade sweets: cakes, cookies, artisan bread or mousse can be ordered directly from home.
Catwalk Salon - The ones from the hairdressing salon come to meet the needs of those who want to keep their look during the period of self-isolation. These people can order a dyeing kit that contains paint, oxidizer, shampoo, after-treatment, gloves and disposable cape, as well as a brush.
For fresh fruits and vegetables or other staple foods, you also have Legume Proaspete Ișalnița, Grădina cu Legume Ișalnița or Livrări Legume-Fructe Craiova.
The ordering platforms have listed all the restaurants, fast food, pizzerias and even shops in Craiova, and some have introduced the contactless delivery functionality. Payment is made by card when placing the order, and the courier can leave the products at the door, to avoid direct contact.
BONUS! An initiative started by a Craiova start-up of advertising materials, La Print, urges those who have local business to be helped. How? Send them, via email or private message, a photo relevant to the business, together with a description of the business, to further promote the business in the community. At the moment, visibility means survival, and the companies from Dolj know this very well. In addition, La Print also has an NGO, the Association, through which they have various projects that support the community during this period.
We are all the community of Dolj and if we have not forgotten this before, we must not forget it from now on. And we must think that, when the strange times are gone, we will have a place to return, along with our loved ones, to those who have taken care of us throughout this period!
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