Surviving the Corona Virus (COVID-19) A Business Guide for Retail
Pack, Seal & Send ; Moving to a Mail Order Model in Corona Times (COVID-19)
With the Guardian Reporting COVID-19 to last till spring 2021 and could see 7.9m People Hospitalised in the UK alone many retail businesses will likely have to limit operations to prevent the spread or due to a lack of footfall. Taking a proactive approach early and enabling your business to adopt a mail order model could help you see through these tough times.
Our food grade flexible pouch packaging is an ideal option that is available in ready stock formats allows you to directly pack, seal and send your goods securely through the post at standard postage rates.
Mail order items currently in high demand:
- Non-Perishable Foods
- Beverage Refills
- Sauces
- Pastas
- Pulses
- Cereals
- Tea & Coffee
- Sugar & Flour
- Protein & Other Supplements
- Other Dry Food
- Medicine & Other Pharmaceutical Products
Further news indicates COVID-19 will reach its peak between early and mid-June at which point nearly a 300 million people in the UK Europe alone could potentially be placed into lock down for up to month resulting in the closure of all non-essential shops, bars, restaurants, leisure facilities and all public places and gatherings. It is the ideal time to innovate your packaging and move away from rigid or box packaging and move over to more delivery and cost friendly alternatives such as pouches.
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Update on Courier Services
Receiving letters or parcels does not pose a risk of contracting the corona virus, from validation the virus doesn’t survive for long on such objects that said, non-porous packaging such as flexible packaging made of plastic is far safer to use and to clean as traditional molecules can be absorbed by traditional paper packaging.
Domestic Deliveries
All Items are being delivered as usual however, for signed for deliveries signed and large parcels that do not fit through your letter box will be left on your doorstep.
International Deliveries
All forwarding offices except Wuhan are open for most courier companies, in the case of a lock down as in Italy Goods Circulation is allowed across the entire country, therefore no disruption will be caused on import & export. DHL, UPS & Fedex also operate their own their fleet both on the Ground and in the Air however due to limited air capacity and rising demand you are likely to experience adjusted prices for air freight.
Our two pence on Price Surges
We will not be raising our prices for our stock lines a single penny or our minimum orders and will not supply those we find are exploiting their customers during these uncertain times.