Delivery to video recipes ... Changes in consumption due to telework and temporary closure March 6 14:58

With the spread of telework and temporary school closures to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, more and more people are shopping by home delivery as much as possible without leaving their homes.

Home delivery orders increase Co-op

The Toto Consumers' Cooperative, which provides food and other goods to about 110,000 households, mainly in Tokyo, has been increasing orders for home delivery since late February.

At the distribution center, a person in charge loaded trucks with groceries and daily necessities, and visited the houses one by one for delivery one by one and handed the goods.

A 40-year-old female user with two children, elementary and junior high school students, said, “I bought a lot of groceries because my child's school was closed. Was.

According to the union, orders for two days on Monday and Tuesday increased 16% in value compared to the same time of the previous year, rice increased by more than 40%, retort foods and ready-to-eat foods increased by about 30%. is.

Kensuke Kojima, who is in charge of the home delivery business at the Tokyo Metropolitan Co-op, said, "The number of people who do not want to go outside is increasing, which has led to orders. .

Introducing recipes with videos

The school has been closed temporarily to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infection, and an Internet video distribution company has launched a service to introduce lunch recipes so that children at home can easily make lunch. .

The operating company of Krasil, which distributes cooking recipes to videos, has been offering lunch recipes with special features since last month.

For example, it introduces about 40 recipes, mainly menus popular with children, which can be easily made with doria using meat sauce cans or onion curry made with frozen udon and eggs. Mr. Hayato Hashimoto of the operating company says, "Some voices have asked us to share recipes that parents and children make together. We want to offer better services."