Netizens post "hoarding goods", and many departments in Beijing respond
The new round of epidemic in Beijing continues to attract attention.
On April 24, at the 313th press conference on the prevention and control of the novel coronavirus pneumonia in Beijing, Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of the Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention and member of the national expert group on novel coronavirus pneumonia, introduced that since April 22, A total of 41 cases of COVID-19 infection have been reported in Beijing, involving 5 districts, including 26 in Chaoyang District, 7 in Fangshan District, 6 in Shunyi District, 1 in Xicheng District, and 1 in Tongzhou District.
Preliminary epidemiological results show that it has been hidden for a week now, and multiple generations of cases have appeared in a short period of time, indicating that the virus spreads hidden and fast, and the difficulty of prevention and control is further increased.
It is reported that since April 24, Beijing has designated Songyuli Community, Panjiayuan Street, Chaoyang District, as a high-risk area, and Songyudongli Community, Panjiayuan Street, Chaoyang District, as a medium-risk area.
Beijing Chaoyang District issued a notice that from April 25, nucleic acid testing will be carried out for people living and working in Chaoyang, and the test will be conducted once a day on the 25th, 27th and 29th.
Netizens post "hoarding goods", and many departments in Beijing respond
April 24 evening
Many netizens posted pictures
Many supermarket vegetable area shelves are empty
Others say that they have been infected by the "atmosphere group" in the circle of friends
According to Beijing Daily, on April 24, the reporter visited a number of supermarkets and found that the supply of daily necessities such as vegetables, fruits, and meat was sufficient. The supermarkets have increased the amount of stock and the number of replenishments. When the amount of purchases increases significantly, they will be replenished in time. , to avoid vacant shelves.
Supermarkets also issued notices to double supply and extend business hours.
Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce: Sufficient supply of daily necessities
At the 313th press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Beijing on the 24th, Zhao Weidong, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce, said that according to recent monitoring, the city's daily necessities market is currently in sufficient supply and normal transactions.
In response to the recent surge in consumption in a short period of time around the closed community, the supply of goods has been basically solved by instructing enterprises to increase scheduling and meeting the consumption needs of citizens in a timely manner.
Zhao Weidong said that due to the surge in orders in some e-commerce platforms in a short period of time, delivery delays and inability to place orders, etc., require key fresh food e-commerce platforms such as Meituan to buy vegetables, Dingdong to buy vegetables, and Daily Youxian to add more The organization of large sources of goods, increase the storage of goods in the front warehouse, and increase the number of offline distribution personnel to ensure timely distribution.
At the same time, all districts are required to guide the closure, control and control communities to adopt methods such as “offline collection of orders, collection and distribution”, organize offline supermarkets, community vegetable markets and other supply guarantee enterprises to actively connect with the community, and adopt various methods to accurately meet the needs of residents. .
On the morning of the 25th, the reporter inquired about the online fresh food e-commerce platform and found that it has been able to buy food and place orders normally, and the stocking is relatively sufficient.
However, the capacity of individual platforms is relatively tight.
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Sufficient supply, stable price! Several supermarkets in Beijing extend business hours
At 4:00 a.m. on April 25, before dawn, the Wumart Supermarket in Huixinyuan Community, Chaoyang District, has started a new day of operation.
Trucks loaded with all kinds of vegetables and fruits, rice, flour, grain, oil, and dairy products arrived at the store one after another from the logistics warehouse. After replenishment by the staff, the vacant shelves last night were quickly filled up.
At 5:00 pm yesterday, Zhang Chuantao, the general manager of this store, found that the number of customers in the store increased significantly. Many surrounding residents came to shop after get off work, and the customer flow was five times higher than usual.
The store decided to extend its business hours until the last customer left at 11:00 p.m.
The monitoring data in the store shows that the main products purchased by customers last night were rice, noodles, grains and oils, instant food, canned food, etc. The sales volume of grains and oils alone reached five times the usual level, and vegetables, eggs and poultry products were doubled compared to usual, and the whole store sold. The amount has also doubled.
Facing the surge in orders, Zhang Chuantao organized the store to increase the amount of replenishment overnight, and the first batch of goods arrived at the store several hours earlier than usual.
Cherry tomatoes in Hainan, eggplants in Shandong, radishes in Hebei... The fresh vegetables, fruits, meat and other fresh commodities sold in the store are all sourced directly from the origin, which provides a guarantee for the supermarket to supply timely.
Zhang Chuantao said that the supply of vegetables in the store today reached 15 tons, an increase of 20% compared with yesterday, and the supply of rice, flour, grain and oil tripled compared with yesterday, while commodity prices remained unchanged.
According to Xu Lina, a spokesperson for Wumart Group, in order to ensure a stable supply of daily necessities, Wumart increases the direct harvest of vegetables from bases in other cities by more than twice the daily scale, and maintains inventory at 1.5 to 2 times the daily sales volume to ensure the livelihood of meat, eggs, vegetables, etc. Sufficient supplies of necessities.
At the same time, increase the supply frequency of the logistics warehouse to ensure sufficient supply.
With the support of relevant departments, vehicles entering and leaving Beijing for the transportation of daily necessities are currently unimpeded, ensuring that various products arrive in Beijing smoothly.
"In the next few days, all Wumart Beijing stores will continue to extend their business hours to meet everyone's shopping needs." Xu Lina said that in addition to increasing the supply by more than 2 times, it also launched fresh food products for the shopping needs of the closed community. For product packages, residents can place orders on the multi-point app. "At present, we are also concentrating our transportation capacity in the sealed and controlled communities, so that the products ordered by customers will be delivered to the door of the community as soon as possible."
Hema Fresh Store has enough fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs and milk
At 5:00 a.m. on April 25, the reporter came to the Hema Xiansheng Shilihe store located at No. 108, Dayangfang Road, Chaoyang District, and saw 15 tons of vegetables, fruits, meat and other commodities arriving at the store to unload on time.
In order to ensure the continuous supply of 40 stores, Beijing Hema made every effort to organize the supply of goods, and allocated vegetables, fruits, meat and other supplies from agricultural bases in this city and other cities such as Hebei, Shandong, Tianjin, Inner Mongolia, etc., and the order quantity increased to 4- 5 times.
In order to ensure that the store has sufficient goods, Beijing Hema warehouses and logistics are sorted and transported 24 hours a day and night, and the production capacity has reached 6-7 times the usual.
In addition, the system replenishment is combined with manual orders to replenish goods in a timely manner according to the sales situation of the store, and the delivery is carried out twice or even multiple times a day.
Sufficient supply in Xinfadi meat hall
At 1:00 a.m. on April 25, the reporter visited the meat trading hall in Xinfadi, Beijing. The merchants were busy weighing, dividing and keeping accounts.
Merchants told reporters that the supply is sufficient and the price is stable.
Zhang Yuelin, general manager of Xinfadi Agricultural Products Co., Ltd., introduced that Xinfadi Market has signed a "plant-to-plant linkage" agreement with 10 slaughterhouses in Beijing to ensure the stable supply and price of pork in Beijing's pork market.
Meituan Maicai extends delivery to 24:00
On the evening of April 24, the reporter learned from Meituan Shopping that starting today, the delivery time for orders in Beijing will be extended to 24:00. Except for individual backlog sites, orders will be delivered on the same day as possible.
Meituan Maicai immediately increased its inventory for commodities that the public purchased in large quantities, such as meat, poultry, eggs, milk, and fresh fruits and vegetables.
During the period of anti-epidemic and supply guarantee, we will stock up at three to five times the daily consumption to ensure sufficient inventory of related commodities and stable prices.
At the same time, the platform will add real-time personnel to ensure the supply. Currently, the number of front-line sorting personnel has increased by 70%, and the distribution personnel has increased by 50% to ensure that users receive goods in a timely manner.
Jingdong Qixian’s stocking volume has tripled to normal
As of 22:00 on the 24th, the order volume of some stores of JD Qixian in Beijing has surged. At the same time, the stores of Qixian have activated the epidemic response mechanism. At present, the overall stocking volume in Beijing has increased to more than three times the usual amount.
Real-time data monitoring is maintained for livelihood commodities such as rice, noodles, grains and oils, fresh fruits and vegetables, and instant food, and many sets of plans have been formulated to ensure a smooth supply chain. Stores with larger orders will adopt a daily multi-distribution method to ensure stable supply and stable prices.
Source: China Youth Daily (Zhang Xiaosong) comprehensive China Youth Daily client, @Beijing Daily, etc.; Beijing Evening News