Index – Economics – Tesco also hired a well-known DJ and opera singer since the restrictions

Due to the epidemic, the demand for home delivery has increased considerably in hypermarket and supermarket chains, so a large part of the workforce working in stores has switched to organizing delivery – writes Növekedés.hu.

Spar told the portal that there has been double-digit growth in this area compared to the previous normal period, with 80 percent of online orders delivered to the door and 20 percent on receipt at the store.

Tesco didn’t even keep up with the existing workforce, the company launched its fastest recruiting campaign until the epidemic hit Hungary. The newspaper’s question reported that 240 new employees are currently helping to serve customers seamlessly using Tesco Online Shopping.

Among them is our first assistant birth colleague, who used to be a beautician and tattoo artist. But well-known national DJs, ballet dancers, and opera singers have joined our team.

To expand its capacity, Tesco has partnered with Ice Cube to help deliver 26 cars and 28 drivers. Thus, they are able to deliver orders to a total of 460 new homes per day, and their delivery capacity has increased by approximately 40 percent.

At Auchan, order increment is handled, among other things, by ordering three pre-assembled packages of the most wanted items. Therefore, they can shorten delivery time to just two business days across the country. The company also said that the average size of the online basket is around. two and a half times the baskets offline.