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
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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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