Supporting local businesses during a pandemic

Could Covid-19 change shopping habits forever? When families could not shop online with a large supermarket chain during lockdown (due to there being no delivery slots available for weeks), many came across independent food suppliers. One of these suppliers was operating out of New Covent Garden and they supplied food the next day, with no delivery charge. As demonstrated through Covid-19, there is a logic in shopping local, and here’s five reasons it should become the norm: