The Olive group restaurants used a variety of innovative strategies to keep their business running and stay engaged with their  patrons during the Covid 19 pandemic.

At the Delhi & Hyderabad properties they dressed up   mannequins that were used to  ensure safe distancing between tables in designer Gaurav Gupta’s new collection, making it an innovative way of previewing a collection at a time when fashion shows were next to impossible.

There  were, also for example, curated ready-to-plate gourmet meals, which came with the opportunity of a  virtual chat with the chef who would  guide them through a 3-course meal at home. Similarly, there were  DIY love meals for two which came with special  ingredients including chef’s special sauces, Date Night Box, Brunch Box &  Hangover Healer Box, which came with  cocktail mixes and elements like flowers, table runners, even a curated Spotify playlist, to make the dining experience memorable.

And when things began opening up, there was a hugging wall in one of the restaurants in the form of a sheet with four peep holes through which you could   hug your friends the safe way.

Finally, there was the  Kitchens Against Hunger initiative  to feed the most vulnerable during the pandemic, and helping  Youth Feed India  raise funds to provide meals and ration sourced from local wholesalers and distribute it to  the less fortunate and hungry.