One Type Of Business That's Thriving During Coronavirus? Locally Owned Grocery Stores

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Many small business owners are seeing profits flatline as governments order closures or customers stay home. But small food markets and grocery store chains are experiencing a boom in business. (wamu885)

"Staff are exhibiting signs of stress," says Eleanor Gease, Each Peach's general manager."They're interacting with hundreds of people a day."

A few blocks away from Each Peach, employees at El Progreso Market were too busy to find the manager for an interview. Lines to check out stretched down the already-tight aisles to the deli section in the back, where a butcher was hurriedly wrapping meat for customers.toggle caption"Manager? I don't know, I'm just trying to deliver bread," one frazzled man said as he stacked loaves of white bread onto a shelf.

Pak isn't too worried about running out of steam. He sees this as a short-term situation rather than a boom that will change his small business forever.Does Smaller Feel Safer?to meet demand and are increasing their sanitization practices to keep people safe. Still, worries over being in the vicinity of hundreds of other shoppers had led some customers to return to their community stores where the crowds are smaller.

Due to the small size of her business, Conaway has been able to institute new practices like curbside grocery pickup and limiting the number of shoppers inside to eight at a time.

 

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wamu885 If small local businesses offer gift certificates online I’d be happy to purchase during this time. Many others would as well.

wamu885 You'd definitely want to avoid buffets. Talk about cross contamination...

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wamu885 Thank your president realDonaldTrump for his trade war against China and failure to take this seriously in Dec 2019 for where we are today

wamu885 I was thinking about all the closed restaurants and how maybe their meat and produce suppliers could begin doing meat and produce deliveries to residents that are home instead of the restaurants that are closed.....

wamu885 Retailers like mines are doomed:( unless we had merchandise that people needed! Rethink business if I get out of this one

wamu885 Yeah so are media!! Media is capitalizing on the suffering of others

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