WHEN a boerewors stall starts taking orders telephonically from local businesses and residents it is clear that they are well established.
Two sisters, Veroda Schaffer, 42, and Lorraine Classens, 38, are regularly seen taking orders by cellphone at their busy stall in Station Road, called the Blue Tent Burger Hut, in front of the Metro traffic training department.
They bought the stall from the previous owner, the Farbers butchery in Station Road which went bankrupt seven years ago.
There is no rest for the women, who are swamped with orders and who serve their regular clients the clearly popular boerewors rolls, burgers, steak rolls and cheese grillers.
Lorraine and Veroda live in Lavender Hill and Mitchell's Plain respectively, and travel to Observatory by train every day to open their stall at 9am and trade until 3.30pm.
Veroda says customers travel as far as Milnerton to buy their tasty food.
The sisters follow a low-price-high-volume strategy, and make enough sustain themselves and employ two homeless people who help set up the stall every day.
They buy their stock from Kwikspar and the Maitland butchery and keep their equipment overnight at Bernado’s Take-aways next to the Kwikspar.
Other costs include wages, paying the council for the stall R125 per month and stock.
Asked how they have experience the changes in Obs over the years, Lorraine says crime has increased and students don't roam the streets as much anymore and many businesses moved out.
She said: “Sometimes Obs looks like a ghost town (empty streets, hardly any people around)”.
On the other hand, Veroda says that Obs is being beautified and thinks they should be included in the improvement by upgrading to a wendy-house.
The stall is open from Monday to Friday and two Saturdays at the end of each month during summer.
To order, phone 072 429 7764.
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