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Business booming for smaller online grocers as virus drives demand

Surge in demand has been so overwhelming that some have had to stop accepting orders for the time being

Published Fri, Apr 24, 2020 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

GIVEN the difficulty that shoppers have had with booking delivery slots from big supermarket chains such as FairPrice and Giant, smaller online grocery providers are picking up the slack.

A check with eight of these lesser-known grocery delivery platforms found that business has boomed in recent weeks, as shoppers searched for alternative options to stock up on their daily essentials.

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