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

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