Are you still ordering takeaways?

Tonight we had a takeaway curry delivered. The only reason is to support our local curry house, I can’t see them go out of business.
It was delivered by a guy on a push bike.

I worry about the same things as you fruity, so our Friday night takeaways are a thing of the past
I'm attempting spinach and chickpea saag tomorrow night
Really looking forward to it, no I'm not...

We had a delivery from a chippy in town last Friday. The delivery man placed the food carrier on the doorstep, knocked and stood well back, then asked me to take the food from the carrier, which he`d unzipped ready. I`d paid online by card, so no money changed hands. He waited till I`d closed the door before picking up the bag.

Our pub which is two minutes walk up the road is doing fish and chips on Fridays and roast lunches on Sundays . You take your own containers and collect through window. It is orders only and you pay by card. We're having the fish and chips tomorrow.

Seriously takeaways?
What's not to understand about Essential travel or does that not apply to takeaway food deliverers .

A takeaway was a once-in-a-blue-moon thing for us as we live in the countryside so there’s been no change for us.

We never sued to before the lock down but have now had two from our favourite Indian restaurant via Just Eat- the same great quality and very convenient.

Thanks for your responses - it's good to hear I'm not the only one thinking this.

All it takes is for one person in the family to be exposed, and the whole household could get it, so I think it's best to cut out risks where possible.

Ha! Be lucky to find any that deliver here!

Although there is a long established local business that delivers ready meals, that you would need to heat yourself.

Didn't eat them before lockdown so no change for us!

No we’ve stopped for the same reasons as you Fruity. I’m cutting right back on anything other than essential supermarket trips to try and reduce our exposure to others to as near zero as possible.

Not that we ever did ourselves but I would strongly advise my family not to purchase takeaways at the moment.
You have no control over the health and hygiene of those involved in preparing or delivering it.
OP you are not worrying too much. Tell them to buy one at the supermarket. Zap it in the oven and you know any virus is dead.

I've been put off takeaways myself. I'm sure the risk is small - but I'd rather make my own meals and aren't we supposed to be sticking to 'essentials'?

We are having takeaways from our favourite local restaurants as we can not go out for dinner as usual and want to support our local businesses.

Wipe containers down and put them in the oven for 10 minutes.