Slick logistics help pharmacies climb on the home-delivery bandwagon

From just 8,000 orders a month, Dis-Chem grew deliveries to 89,000 at the height of the pandemic

22 May 2022 - 00:00 By ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK

It is now a given that the pandemic turned online grocery shopping from a rare preference to a common necessity. The TGI Survey conducted by Ask Afrika among 16,000 South Africans revealed last year that the proportion shopping online had shot up from 4% to 27% as a result of lockdowns and socially distanced shopping...

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