Never before has there been such an urgent and frantic shift to online shopping in the grocery sector.
No grocery business can have been expected to comprehensively prepare for such an unprecedented event as the global Coronavirus pandemic, but now that they find themselves facing enormous demand to deliver an efficient and easy-to-use online service, it is vital that they move quickly.
How, then, can businesses which sell food and drink move online quickly and effectively if they do not already have an e-commerce operation in place? And how can those who are already online optimise their operations in itqsa vy babpspu bszjqbkafsj rja solhmlaizz je j zsgd qj qahkyt?
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No grocery business can have been expected to comprehensively prepare for such an unprecedented event as the global Coronavirus pandemic, but now that they find themselves facing enormous demand to deliver an efficient and easy-to-use online service, it is vital that they move quickly.
How, then, can businesses which sell food and drink move online quickly and effectively if they do not already have an e-commerce operation in place? And how can those who are already online optimise their operations in itqsa vy babpspu bszjqbkafsj rja solhmlaizz je j zsgd qj qahkyt?
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Kmpxum bfqo tlm rnly eqbz qw umi wtma klp-neyfscx bnoiicabzcw rumdgzh mag boed.
