Thai grocery trucks get new life from COVID-19 shutdown

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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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Copy of 2020-04-14T070224Z_1879198086_RC274G92RGC9_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-THAILAND-GROCERY-TRUCKS-1586863970599 — Customers wearing face masks shop at Wannapa Yarnsarn's mobile grocery truck at a national housing condominium. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 2020-04-14T070223Z_624608478_RC274G96C2A6_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-THAILAND-GROCERY-TRUCKS-1586863966311 — 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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Copy of 2020-04-14T070226Z_972632511_RC274G97VGFN_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-THAILAND-GROCERY-TRUCKS-1586863939440 — 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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Copy of 2020-04-14T070225Z_2051350974_RC274G9X3KC6_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-THAILAND-GROCERY-TRUCKS-1586863935229 — 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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Copy of 2020-04-14T070229Z_1643762103_RC274G9RLA39_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-THAILAND-GROCERY-TRUCKS-1586863947464 — 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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Copy of 2020-04-14T070228Z_1596423566_RC274G983W45_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-THAILAND-GROCERY-TRUCKS-1586863943524 — A grocery truck vendor prepares fresh produce at the Si Mum Muang Market. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 2020-04-14T070219Z_1558049896_RC274G9PMT7E_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-THAILAND-GROCERY-TRUCKS-1586863954707 — 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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Copy of 2020-04-14T070218Z_1697437486_RC274G9B04I3_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-THAILAND-GROCERY-TRUCKS-1586863950766 — 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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Copy of 2020-04-14T070221Z_853204006_RC274G9FBPU0_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-THAILAND-GROCERY-TRUCKS-1586863962278 — A customer wearing a face mask shops at Wannapa Yarnsarn's mobile grocery truck. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 2020-04-14T070220Z_1027005633_RC274G9FA2ZO_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-THAILAND-GROCERY-TRUCKS-1586863958582 — Customers wearing face masks gather around Wannapa Yarnsarn's mobile grocery truck. Image Credit: Reuters

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