ENDS to go live today

The governement's web-based E-commerce National Delivery System (ENDS), designed to enable the quick-service industry to contnue operating dduring the hours of the COVID-19 curfew, by facilitating online delivery orders, is set for its 5 o'clock launch this evening. 

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator Matthew Samuda has urged residents to not attempt to go out to businesses registered under the ENDS pilot, but to allow it to work as designed.

ENDS is an inclusive, equitable registration and directory portal for all industry operators to apply for the permission to operate, and for the public to be able to connect with these entities.

Registration of several businesses, fast food outlets, and vendors is ongoing for the programme, which is set for launch at 5 p.m. today.

Additionally, the website ends.gov.jm has the complete listing of registered participants.

A select group of supermarkets, pharmacies, gas stations, bike couriers and taxi operators are also being registered under the service.

Minister Samuda said that people can expect to order food through the varying providers that are listed on the website.

He added that a conscious decision was taken not to broadly advertise the ENDS programme “because we don’t want a response for which the system is not able to manage. The limited advertising is necessary so not to have people outside the targeted area causing a pile-up or overload of the system.”

“It is important that we all understand our roles as citizens if we are to get things right and in so doing, expand the programme in the comprehensive effort to get the spread of COVID under control,” Minister Samuda stated.

There are 12 active locations to include three (3) KFC stores – Breaton, Cumberland and Portmore Mall, Pizza Hut (Breaton), Devon House I-Scream (Scoops), Two (2) Domino Pizza outlets, Wendy’s (Breaton), Burger King (Portmore Mall & Greater Portmore, Popeye’s Portmore Pines, Little Caesar’s Pizza (Greater Portmore) and Subway (Breaton).

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