I'm fairly confident you will all be informed of the Covid-19 now though, the novel Coronavirus that began in Wuhan in December 2019 has now become an epidemic. More than 210000 people around the world have been afflicted with total casualties crossing 9000. And the saddest thing is that every second, the count is constantly rising.
Coronavirus has a pessimistic impact on the world economy. Every business, across the world, has suffered a loss due to the pandemic. But, few businesses are gaining booms such as food business, pharmaceutical and many more.
Delivery business is highly important these days as well as it gives remarkable profit to all its users. Some companies do not have delivery staff with them, but these delivery companies charge for their services and getting things to become easy due to it. People cannot go out to buy groceries and some food items these days. So, these deliveries companies have introduced their apps. With the use of these applications, customers get their groceries at their pace.
Online shipment of grocery
Online grocery delivery is another business that in the following months, has seen a significant rise. People in China now go-to online grocery stores to fulfil their daily food supplies. According to French retailer Carrefour, vegetable shipments increased by 600 per cent during the lunar New Year period.
Not only is this circumstance restricted to China, but the grocery delivery apps are undergoing a record number of downloads even in the U.S. Most of the companies offer their delivery services for the convenience of the clients. This factor has made their business popular as well as stable even in this pandemic.
Comparing the average daily downloads in February to March 15, Shipt, Instacart, and Walmart Grocery witnessed 124%, 218%, and 160% individually.
Mailing services and delivery services
Mail and delivery services were also experienced a negative to the epidemic COVID-19. However, most of them keep operating, although its delivery pace has been influenced. U.S.
As per the CDC, there is a very low chance of spreading coronavirus through the products and packages shipped over many days due to the virus' poor survival on the surface.
Food delivery
Scientists agree restaurant firms and third-party delivery companies can enhance their revenues by supplying food to the peer-isolated undernourished consumers.
Many businesses like Grubhub incorporated, DoorDash Inc. and Uber can see an increase in food delivery orders as most people would choose to remain at home and avoid transport. The restaurant's firms also evolve to the epidemics scenario.
According to Jason Helfstein, an Oppenheimer expert, food delivery companies would prosper from the rise in orders because more and more customers will be working at home and would not be forced to go to a busy bar.
Contactless dispatch
Numerous food supply companies around the world are contactless strategies of shipment. Many firms have put their shipments in a nil-contact methodology. This delivery business is getting fame these days because of safety reasons. People cannot go outside the home.
The deliverer will keep the food at the front of the customer's site in contactless delivery to prevent the chance of infection. The delivery person will also wait outside to arrange for the order to be retrieved.
On March 12, Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. revealed it would give free delivery from March 15 until the end of the month. They also confirmed that they would provide delivery services which would restrict communication between person and customer. They will also introduce tamper-evident packaging to make sure that deliveries are sealed.
Amazon to hire additional 100,000 employees
To accommodate the increase in demand from online shopping due to the coronavirus outbreak, Amazon has decided that it will recruit an additional 100,000 workers in the U.S.
The product shortfalls and delays in delivery in the coronavirus outbreak have hit Amazon miserably. The continuing spread of the epidemic has made people avoid going outside and depend exclusively on the retailers online.
Amazon also said that several of their popular brands and products were out of inventory, while many would take longer than planned to deliver. This made them put a notice that reads: "Due to increased demand, stock and shipment may be currently unavailable. Confirm on checkout availability.
Amazon has also told its employees around the world to continue operating from the residence until the end of March. This directive applies to all Amazon Corporate Offices staff.
Conclusion
The COVID-19 epidemic spreads worldwide at an unprecedented rate. This has unprecedentedly impacted companies across the globe. Many product lines in the industry are finding ways to survive this bleak era.
Although distribution undertakings are seeing a strong rise in delivery orders, when time progresses, we'll see new ways of coping with this rapid surge in order in this distribution business.
