Many small business owners are seeing profits flatline as governments order closures or customers stay home. But small food markets and grocery store chains are experiencing a boom in business. (wamu885)
"Staff are exhibiting signs of stress," says Eleanor Gease, Each Peach's general manager."They're interacting with hundreds of people a day."
A few blocks away from Each Peach, employees at El Progreso Market were too busy to find the manager for an interview. Lines to check out stretched down the already-tight aisles to the deli section in the back, where a butcher was hurriedly wrapping meat for customers.toggle caption"Manager? I don't know, I'm just trying to deliver bread," one frazzled man said as he stacked loaves of white bread onto a shelf.
Pak isn't too worried about running out of steam. He sees this as a short-term situation rather than a boom that will change his small business forever.Does Smaller Feel Safer?to meet demand and are increasing their sanitization practices to keep people safe. Still, worries over being in the vicinity of hundreds of other shoppers had led some customers to return to their community stores where the crowds are smaller.
Due to the small size of her business, Conaway has been able to institute new practices like curbside grocery pickup and limiting the number of shoppers inside to eight at a time.
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