Coronavirus is dramatically changing food consumption in China — here's how
Meituan, a major food delivery company in China, is seeing a dramatic change in customers' food consumption in the wake of the deadly coronavirus. The company piloted aAccording to Meituan, which has 5.9 million partner retailers and 700,000 daily active couriers, more than 80% of all orders made between January 26 and February 8 requested the contactless delivery service. And in the epicenter of the virus outbreak, Wuhan, that figure rose to 95.1%.
According to a spokesperson from Meituan, more than 80% of all orders made during the two-week period between January 26 and February 8 requested a contactless delivery service. 66% of all customers selected the service option for every order that they placed in that period. Meituan piloted contactless delivery in Wuhan on January 26 and quickly rolled out the service across the country within a week. Other major delivery providers like Ele.me andWith each Meituan contactless delivery order, customers receive physical cards stating the temperatures of all people involved in the cooking and delivery process, as well as whether the couriers have disinfected their equipment that day.
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