GRAB Philippines in partnership with retail stores has launched the on-demand grocery service GrabMart to deliver basic necessities within Metro Manila despite the enhanced community quarantine.
Through GrabMart, users can purchase grocery items, personal care products, and soon, even medicines, from specialty stores and well-known retail partners such as Robinsons Supermarket, Great Deals Ecommerce Corporation, FamilyMart, Starbucks at Home, ASSI Fresh Plaza, Fetch! Naturals, Dog City, and Barcino to start.
GrabMart is one of the few app-based grocery services that offers on-demand delivery, which means orders are expected to be delivered as early as 30 minutes or within a few hours.
GrabMart Beta is currently available in select areas of Quezon City, Pasig, Manila, Mandaluyong, Makati, San Juan, Valenzuela, Paranaque, and Taguig, but will soon expand to more locations within Metro Manila in the coming weeks.
Similar to GrabFood and GrabExpress, cash payment is available, but users are encouraged to pay via GrabPay and practice contactless delivery for safer payments and transactions.
Grab said the delivery fee during the Beta period ranges from as low as P89 to P149 based on distance to the store, with a minimal service fee of P30 applicable for all orders.”‹
Staying productive during quarantine
Companies are offering ways to enable employees and students to stay productive while under the expanded community quarantine.
Robert Walters, a global recruitment specialist group headquartered in England and with regional offices in Southeast Asia, shares tips on how businesses and organizations can ensure efficiency and productivity even while working from home.
First is to have a clear contingency plan for remote work or customize an approach that works best for their teams. This plan should include how reporting will be done, how meetings with clients may be conducted and what other changes will be implemented during the temporary work arrangement.
Managers and business heads must roll out output-based systems that can be monitored online.
Productivity tool
Software tools such as Microsoft Office, a collaborative cloud-based platform tool can help companies collaborate securely across many devices within the organization.
The platform brings together the best-in-class Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, OneNote, to name a few.
Eastern Communications shares advantages of the cloud-based feature of Office 365 in letting employees work remotely wherever and whenever work takes them.
Eastern Communications said Office 365 also provides security to all the files and data uploaded on the cloud, so businesses can focus on the important things.
Productivity tools such as Office 365 enables businesses to become more adaptable and efficient with the ever-progressing digital landscape.
Learning kit
The Galileo Enrichment Learning Program (GELP) recent launched Galileo Online Learning (GO Learning) which connects the Galileo community online and provide them with teacher-guided tasks and self-learning activities.
GO Learning was designed to encourage interaction and active engagement through the use of online games, assignments, and personalized activities.
