AS the lockdown blues begin to creep in, Annie's Ice Cream Parlour has you covered, now offering contact-less home delivery.
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Locals can now order their favourite flavour from the popular ice cream business to enjoy at home.
Owner Lisa Pitts said they had a lot of ice cream prepared prior to the announcement of the statewide lockdown and decided offering delivery was the best way to avoid wasting it.
"Before lockdown, it was a beautiful weekend; we made a tonne of ice cream thinking everyone would come in, and then lockdown," she said.
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The deliveries have been received extremely well from locals, with the store taking over 100 orders on day one.
Ms Pitts took to Facebook thanking everyone for their orders, including people from other states sending ice cream to their friends and family in Bathurst.
"Yesterday [Monday] there were three people going around," Ms Pitts said.
"Here's some trivia for you: the most popular street in the delivery was Eusdale Road in Yetholme."
The Annie's staff are working hard to keep up with the number of orders.
Grateful for the support, Ms Pitts said they are doing their best to get to every order and every area, keeping in mind the process of delivery is very time consuming.
"Obviously the more people that come into the shop the less time I have to go out or if we need to make ice cream we have less staff, so it just depends on the day," she said.
This is the second time Annie's has offered home delivery, introducing the service during the stricter stages of last year's pandemic.
The parlour itself is still open for takeaways only, however Ms Pitts said the opening hours are now limited.
Delivery orders can be made via the Annie's Facebook page by sending a message with your name, number, location and order.
There are a number of other local hospitality businesses now offering delivery options as well to help continue business safely.