Thai grocery trucks get new life from COVID-19 shutdown

Trucks do better now since more people stay home because of the coronavirus outbreak

Published: April 14, 2020 15:42 Compiled by Christian Borbon, Digital Content Editor and with inputs from Reuters

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Customers wearing face masks shop at Wannapa Yarnsarn's mobile grocery truck at a national housing condominium. Image Credit: Reuters

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For generations such mobile shops were common in Thai neighbourhoods but new shopping malls with their big supermarkets and convenience stores with microwave-ready meals have nearly driven them out of business. Image Credit: Reuters

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A worker loads fresh produce onto a mobile grocery truck at the Si Mum Muang Market in Bangkok, Thailand Image Credit: Reuters

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Now the coronavirus outbreak has given some of the back-of-a-truck shops a new lease of life. Image Credit: Reuters

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A grocery truck vendor sells fresh produce. The government is trying to limit social gatherings and is urging people to stay at home. Image Credit: Reuters

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A grocery truck vendor prepares fresh produce at the Si Mum Muang Market. Image Credit: Reuters

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Workers wearing face masks prepare fresh produce before loading them onto a mobile grocery truck at the Si Mum Muang Market. Image Credit: Reuters

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A worker loads fresh produce onto a mobile grocery truck at the Si Mum Muang Market. Shopping malls have been ordered to close except for restaurant deliveries and supermarkets, and a six-hour curfew is in force at night. Image Credit: Reuters

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A customer wearing a face mask shops at Wannapa Yarnsarn's mobile grocery truck. Image Credit: Reuters

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Customers wearing face masks gather around Wannapa Yarnsarn's mobile grocery truck. Image Credit: Reuters

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