South Africa’s Famous Brands Ltd, owner of restaurant chains including Steers and Wimpy, on Monday reported negligible revenue for a period of five weeks as it gears up for the start of delivery-only services in some markets. The majority of its restaurants have been closed since mid-March, in line with lockdowns implemented in South Africa, the rest of Africa and the Middle East and the United Kingdom. Its manufacturing and logistics operations have also been closed, with the exception of some direct sales to the retail market and one manufacturing plant with essential-supplier status which supplies potato products, it said in a trading update statement. On May 1, it said it had started reopening a limited number of restaurants for delivery-only services in a phased programme. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/newscast-africa/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices