Manicaland's experiment of using local businesses to sell subsidised roller meal from vans to residents in their immediate area during the lockdown proved so successful that the Mutare team is expanding the concept to other areas.
The programme initially targeted Mutare and Makoni districts with two retailers, Family First Choice Supermarkets and Big Byte Groceries, serving communities in Hobhouse, Chikanga, Sakubva, Gimboki and Dangamvura in Mutare and N.Richards, Metro Peech, TM Pick n Pay and SAV Wholesalers, doing the same in Makoini.
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