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GROCERY WARS
E-grocery platforms vie for new customers as pandemic ebbs
Online grocery businesses kicked into high gear when the coronavirus pandemic hit, delivering fresh food and consumer goods to millions of households across South-east Asia. As competition hots up, Asian Insider finds out how companies vie for customers and keep them online.
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On a recent Sunday morning at the Grand Lucky supermarket in busy Sunset Road near Seminyak in Bali, Mr Wayan Warka, a shopper for online grocery service HappyFresh, sniffed a green and amber mango and took in the aroma like a connoisseur.
"It's not just about the mango being soft. You have to be able to smell it too," the 36-year-old told The Straits Times.
