Hey Tribe,

Hope you are all staying safe. Looks like a lot of us will be staying put in the country. The ‘support local’ is definitely working. As a business we have to go out and let the customers know if and how are we following govt. guidelines and we ‘need’ to communicate and let the customers know that we are operating and truly appreciate their business 

Banjaraa for one is truly grateful for the local support.

Here are some of the updates from the past month or so:

• We have about 14 people who have their reward vouchers left, out of which 2 are for face-to-face cooking lessons and one is for a big birthday party. Hopefully, these will take place as and when we are able to. Mind you they have been enjoying the ‘Mealfor2’ and deli items for now.
  
  

What new are we up to:
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• We have found a manufacturer for our green chutney and are currently trialing the sample batches. Hopefully, we should have the first 100 jars ready for sale soon. We will most probably add 1 jar in the ‘Mealfor2’ deliveries as soon as we have them. Excited!
  
  
• We are bringing the online cooking lessons via zoom as an official product. This is going to be aWeSoMe and  like nothing in the market currently – not that we have seen it. Anyone wishing to try it at 50% off the price – do send us an email to register your place on info@banjaraa.co.uk Only the first 20 emails received will get this deal…so hurry up!
  
  
• We have sent out 10k leaflets in the local Peterborough and surrounding areas. We are hoping to deliver somewhere between 40-50 delivery order/week for now from the Horsebox. 
  
  
• We have just done a twisted Indian tea with Banjaraa style wraps, pakoras and desserts at a local gorgeous market town Tea house. We loved doing this event and are hoping we can deliver this at least once a month with the tea house as a part of their offering.
  
  
• We have 1 wedding confirmed for May 2021 also  and are regularly getting leads for more weddings and private events for 2021.
  
  

That’s it for now.

If anyone would like something different for your party, event and/or wedding – do email Ajay on info@banjaraa.co.uk and let’s talk.

Thank you for being a part of our journey and see you soon with more updates!

Stay safe Banjaraas!

Ajay.

Hey Tribe,

Apologies for not being able to update straight after the crowdfunder deadline date but here are some more updates from us:
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• The crowdfunder finished at £2075 with 37 supporters.
  
  
• We found out this week that the campaign is still running on the website and this is what crowdfunder said ‘With all projects on the Pay It Forward platform, once you’ve closed the project it will remain on what we call “Forever Funding”. This basically means your page will stay on the site to accept Donation Only pledges. This will be paid out to you on a regular basis and you won’t need to honour any rewards or anything. It’s just a way for people to help out if they so choose!
  
  

It’s a really nice gesture on their part. Here is what we will do as a company. We will honour all future donations in return for any of the rewards we had when we were running the campaign. So do let us know what rewards you would like when we contact you J.
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• We have already delivered 20 out of 37 supporters with their rewards. We are looking forward to delivering each and every reward from our supporters.
  
  
• Have we managed to survive? – So far so good. We have opened and are delivering ready to heat ‘Meals for 2’ Banjaraa style Indian inspired food with free delivery in and around Peterborough, UK. The local support has been amazing and the feedback on our food has been aWeSoMe so far. We are just trying to reach a certain level of weekly orders to help us sustain for the next few months. Currently, we are delivering every Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
  
  
• Private bookings : We have also delivered a few private food deliveries such as for a 40th and a 50th Birthday celebration. Thank you for having us as a part of your #lockdowncelebrations
  
  
• Deli ?: Well Ajay loves creating the ‘deli menu’ items every week and we are getting great feedback from our regular and new customers! It will work – That we know! We are going to start looking around for a location – just a small kitchen to start with!
  
  
• #payitforward : Please email us any stories of people local to Peterborough and surrounding villages, who have gone above and beyond helping our locals. We would love to pick one individual from ‘your’ stories and deliver them a ‘Banjaraa’ Mealfor2 on the house – quietly! It’s about them and NOT about us this time! Email all stories with subject #payitforward to info@banjaraa.co.uk
  
  

That’s it for now folks! We will keep updating this page until each and every reward has been honoured.
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Mind you Ajay has to stop tasting his food – the social pictures show he has put on some weight but then would you trust a skinny chef? (as they say!) J J.