ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK: Slick logistics help pharmacies climb on the home-delivery bandwagon
From just 8,000 orders a month, Dis-Chem grew deliveries to 89,000 at the height of the pandemic
22 May 2022 - 07:24
It is now a given that the pandemic turned online grocery shopping from a rare preference to a common necessity. The TGI Survey conducted by Ask Afrika among 16,000 South Africans revealed last year that the proportion shopping online had shot up from 4% to 27% as a result of lockdowns and socially distanced shopping.
Much of that shift was driven by groceries, and in particular the advent of one-hour delivery by Shoprite Checkers' Sixty60. Pick n Pay ASAP and Woolworths Dash followed in Checkers’ wake, driving ever-growing numbers of South Africans into the world of e-commerce...
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