{"id":260935,"date":"2020-07-08T18:34:08","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T22:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=260935"},"modified":"2020-07-08T18:34:08","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T22:34:08","slug":"solon-proposes-drive-thru-pickup-points-in-supermarkets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/07\/08\/solon-proposes-drive-thru-pickup-points-in-supermarkets\/","title":{"rendered":"Solon proposes drive-thru, pickup points in supermarkets"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_46514\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46514\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-46514\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image5.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image5-900x601.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taduran also suggested to supermarket owners to create online portals where consumers can preorder the items, pay in advance, and pick them up in the proposed drive-through section. Those without cars could pick up their purchased items from the grocery counters. (Shutterstock photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 A party-list lawmaker on Wednesday suggested establishing drive-through services and pickup points in all supermarkets nationwide to reduce the risk of exposure to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).<\/p>\n<p>ACT-CIS Rep. Nin\u0303a Taduran said while physical distancing rules are enforced in these establishments, there is still a possibility of contracting the virus while shopping and in lines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpeaking not as a lawmaker but as a homemaker who has the task of making regular grocery runs, I sympathize with the people standing in line for their turn to enter the supermarket,\u201d Taduran said.<\/p>\n<p>She cited the plan proposed by Philippine National Police (PNP) Deputy Chief for Administration Lt. Gen. Camilo Pancratius Cascolan to establish drive through services for all frontline services of the PNP like gun registration and vehicle clearances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI commend the General for coming up with a brilliant solution to minimize the public\u2019s and the PNP\u2019s risk of exposure to the disease. Taking the cue from the PNP, I thought it was a good idea to implement the same for daily essentials like grocery shopping as well,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Taduran also suggested to supermarket owners to create online portals where consumers can preorder the items, pay in advance, and pick them up in the proposed drive-through section. Those without cars could pick up their purchased items from the grocery counters.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSa pamamagitan nito ay mababawasan ang mahabang panahon ng paghihintay para lang makapasok sa tindahan at makapili ng kanilang bibilhin<\/em>\u00a0(Through this, we could reduce the long hours of waiting just to enter the store and pick the items to buy),\u201d she said. \u201c<em>Tanggapin na natin na ganito na ang<\/em>\u00a0(Let us accept that this is the) \u2018new normal\u2019 and the only thing we can do to save ourselves from Covid is to adapt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said legislation is no longer required for such a proposal, noting that it just requires the cooperation of the supermarket owners in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 A party-list lawmaker on Wednesday suggested establishing drive-through services and pickup points in all supermarkets nationwide to reduce the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":46514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-260935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-filane-mikee-cervantes","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260935"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":260936,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260935\/revisions\/260936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}