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15 minutes remember that the global quarantine has been in effect in Lithuania since November 6 due to the spread of the coronavirus. During this period, the activities of restaurants, cafes, bars, discos, casinos and other entertainment venues will be prohibited, except when the food service is provided at home or in the facilities and premises of establishments, companies.
Experts say that the scale of food home delivery during the first quarantine, although it increased, was not staggering. Meanwhile, the situation is now quite different.
More orders and production
Tomas Vonžodas, director of Food to Home Company, which operates the food delivery platform Lėkštė.lt 15 minutes He said that with the start of the second quarantine, according to preliminary estimates, about 30 percent of the food is ordered to be taken home. more. The number of restaurants that want to provide the service is also growing: those interested in such an opportunity platform receive approximately 4-5 times more than usual.
“It used to be one, two a week, and now about 10 restaurants are requesting conditions, they are interested in how we work. In principle, there is a growing interest in restaurants, ”he said.
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By comparison, during the first quarantine, according to T. Vonžas, the number of food home deliveries increased similarly. But then more restaurants were looking for ways to survive and what to do.
“It was a shock, a surprise, and now many restaurants have planned and know what will work. They knew there would also be a quarantine in the fall. Some do not resume activities at all, some have closed, others have limited their time. I also noticed that white tablecloth restaurants are opening a sub-brand for comfort food. This trend has been going on in the West for some time, ”he explained.
Will expand earlier than planned
As the food delivery platform itself grows, it also forces to hire additional drivers during this period. True, T. Vonžodas points out that in November-January, most of the food was always ordered at home, therefore the expansion would have been necessary without quarantine.
“But now that there is quarantine, it will probably take twice as much as it should be. Additional 8 controllers are needed: 30 percent. More employees than there are now. I can’t say this is a seasonal business, but there is a lot of seasonality. in it “, assured the interlocutor, adding that it is planned to expand to Panevėžys and Šiauliai this year.
The Bolt Food food delivery platform records similar trends. According to Ruslan Savicius, the company’s food delivery development manager in the Baltic countries, the demand for services on the platform in Lithuania has tripled since the beginning of the first quarantine.
“This was due not only to various restrictions related to quarantine, but also to investments and discounts for customers,” he is convinced.
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