Shopping malls gradually resuming operations in Moka

All information about the #SafeShopping protocol

Ascencia has deployed the #SafeShopping initiative in its various shopping malls to ensure everyone’s safety. This extensive and stringent cleaning programme covers the surfaces of each mall while ensuring visitor health screening.

In order to reassure and guide Mauritians who wish to do their shopping, floor markers will be placed in the shopping malls’ public washroom facilities to allow people to maintain the required social distancing. Hand sanitisers will be placed in various places of each Mall; face masks and temperature checks on entry will also be mandatory (this measure applies as well to employees and suppliers going onto the premises).

Disinfection of the premises includes sanitising the malls and their shops every morning before opening, in addition to regular fumigation of interior areas. All delivery vehicles will be disinfected, as well as clothing items before and after trying them on in shops. All operators must comply with a strict health protocol according to their business activity, with a series of measures such as product cleaning, the recall of preventive measures and necessary health precautions.

“We are making every effort to give our customers the confidence to shop safely and securely, while maintaining the best possible service,” says Kendra’s representative. The Ascencia Group has been impacted by the coronavirus and has designed the #SafeShopping initiative to promote a quick return to normal activities.

Reopening of businesses

The Government has authorised certain categories of businesses to resume operations since Friday 15 May, including supermarkets (extended hours), pharmacies, banks, bakeries, hairdressers, filling stations and hardware stores. The following shops have already reopened in the Moka region:

Bagatelle Mall

• The following restaurants offer home delivery and takeaway services: Debonairs, Eighty Eight, French Bistrot, KFC, Ocean Basket, Paul, Pizza & Burger Perfect, RocoMamas, Savinia Bistrot, Sen & Ken Fusion Cuisine, Sitar, Steers, Strike City and The Sea Folks
• Engen filling station
• Food Lover’s Market, Intermart and For Me Pharmacy
• Johaness Coiffure
• Emtel, Lising, Nespresso, Telecom Shop and Sofap
• Farouk Hossen and Shafiq Hossen

The opening hours of the different shops are available on the Bagatelle Mall website

Les Allées

• Nature’s Basket, Jumbo Express and Pharmacie Helvetia
• The following restaurants offer home delivery and takeaway services: Mamma Mia, Moka’z, L’Ardoise, 1952 and Wok Inn
• Espace Coiffure and Sansha Spa
• Sofap

Kendra Shopping Centre

• The following restaurants offer home delivery and takeaway services: KFC, StarDeg Greedy Dragon & Galito’s
• SM Lights, Hassen Taher, MauBank and Mathieu Opticien
• Winner’s supermarket and Planet Health Pharmacy
• Maison Bahemia
• Car wash
• Magic Touch hair salon
• Sofap

Access to shops will continue to be allowed in alphabetical order of family names as imposed by the Government:

• Names starting with the letters A to F: Mondays and Thursdays
• Names starting with the letters G to N: Tuesdays and Fridays
• Names starting with the letters O to Z: Wednesdays and Saturdays

After two months in lockdown, it seems likely that many of us will take advantage of the reopening of shops – whether for the purchase of essential commodities or for the simple pleasure of stepping out of home!