Food NPC's for Civs again

[Dimes]

When I first started playing on this server 2–3 years ago, there were NPCs where players could purchase a wide assortment of food and drink shipments. Many of these (non custom) items have since disappeared from the city. To my knowledge, they were removed to streamline roleplay between players and businesses.

While I understand the intent, encouraging more interaction and making certain items more exclusive, I think this change has been limiting from both a civilian and overall RP perspective.

My suggestion is to reintroduce these NPCs, but with a reduced and more curated selection. For example, items that are custom or already sold by existing player run businesses would be excluded. Instead, the NPCs could offer more generic foods that used to be widely available such as pancakes, chicken wings, eggs, and similar items that are now rarely seen due to limited business menus and the removal of these vendors.

Reintroducing these items would enhance RP opportunities, especially for civilians who want to run food carts, trucks, or small-scale operations. It would also bring back tangible food items that once existed, rather than relying on /me actions to substitute items (pretending a lobster is a taco or a piece of chicken).

Even from a business and non civ perspective this could improve RP. Restaurants could create specials, and civilians could establish supply deals with them creating more RP.

[Canadian-bacon]

Please direct this to the existing thread