A Surge in Cardboard Box Orders
Last year, only around 6% of food shopping occurred online. The majority of consumers preferred to pop to the shops to stock up on groceries. Within a few weeks, there has been a tremendous shift. With self-isolation and restrictions on our movements, the demand for food deliveries has soared. To meet this surge, retailers need reliable and adaptable logistics, packaging suppliers and delivery drivers.
Restrictions on movement have meant that we are unable to eat out. Many of the country’s favourite pubs, restaurants and cafes have responded by offering take out services. Serving meals on plates has switched to providing food in containers. With the recent shift away from plastic, more of these meals are being served in cardboard takeaway boxes.
It is not only groceries shopping that has seen a boost in demand. Websites selling electrical goods, non-perishables, toiletries, pet products, home office furniture and activities for children have seen a rise in online traffic.
Trusted Cardboard Packaging Supplier
Aylesbury Box Company is a packaging supplier to a range of online subscription services and e-commerce retailers. From start-ups to long-established businesses they now need us to help them get goods to their customers. With a commitment to service excellence, our team are pulling out all of the stops to ensure that reliable cardboard box manufacture and delivery continues.
Safely Receiving your Online Deliveries
When it comes to reducing the risk of contamination, delivery drivers and postal workers have received guidance based on Public Health advice. When receiving your packages, you may notice changes to the usual practice.
The delivery person may be wearing gloves. If the parcel is too large to fit through the letterbox, expect a knock at the door as usual. When you open the door, expect to see your cardboard box on the doorstep and the delivery person retreated back to a safe distance.
If your parcel needs a signature, the handheld device will no longer be passed to you to sign. Instead, the post person will sign it, on your behalf, with you as a witness.
It is advised that having brought your parcel indoors and opened it, you wash your hands. Then remove the items from inside. The cardboard box should then be flattened and placed in your recycling bin before you wash your hands again. You may be wondering why this is necessary.
Contamination from Surfaces
Scientists have identified that the coronavirus can survive on surfaces – your laptop, office desk, kitchen work surfaces or books. There is no harm in touching the surfaces, however, if we then touch our faces or prepare food to eat, we increase the risk of the virus being transmitted.
For this reason, we are being asked to keep surfaces clean and to wash our hands more regularly than usual. The handling of delivery boxes is touching a surface, so washing hands afterwards makes sense.
Is There Any Difference in Contamination Rates Depending on The Surface Material?
Research has shown that coronavirus can only survive on copper for 4 hours. On cardboard boxes, it can survive for 24 hours, whilst it can still be found on plastic after 2-3 days.
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Usually, we would encourage the reuse of cardboard boxes, however, in the current situation, it is advisable to flatten cardboard and put it into your recycling bin. The recycling process involves extremely high levels of heat, which removes any germs as new cardboard boxes are being produced.
Meeting Demand for Online Deliveries
If your company need a steady supply of cardboard boxes to fulfil this surge in online orders, please get in touch with Aylesbury Box Company on 01296 436888 or email enquiries@abcbox.co.uk. We will do all we can to help you serve your customers. Going forward, we can advise on ways to improve your e-commerce packaging.
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