Ukukhula kuqhubekile ngo-2021 njengoko abathengi bejonge kwiikiti zokutya kunye ne-e-commerce yegrosari njengenye indlela efanelekileyo yokuthenga igrosari kunye nocwangciso lokutya. NgoMvulo, uKroger ubhengeze ukuba ikiti yakhe yokutya kunye neshishini lokutya elilungisiweyo le-Home Chef lidlule kwi-1 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwintengiso yonyaka njengoko abathengi bejonge izisombululo zokutya ezilula ngakumbi ngexesha lo bhubhani.
NgokukaPackaged Facts umhlalutyi uCara Rasch, ezi ndaba malunga neChef yaseKhaya ayimangalisi. “Njengezinye iinkampani ezithengisa ukutya, i-Home Chef ifumene ingeniso eyomeleleyo yokuthengisa ngexesha lo bhubhani njengoko abantu bechithe ixesha elininzi besekhaya kwaye bejonge izinto ezahlukeneyo ngexesha lesidlo sangokuhlwa. Njengenye yeenkokeli zentengiso yezixhobo zokutya, uMpheki waseKhaya wenze imali kwiindlela zabathengi zokupheka kunye nokutya ngakumbi ekhaya ukufezekisa i-118% yezinga lokukhula kunyaka-mali ka-2020. "
Iinyani eziPhakethiweyo 'ngoJuni 2021 uPhando lweSizwe lwaBathengi kwi-Intanethi lufumanisa ukuba kwabo basebenzisa iinkonzo zokuhanjiswa kwekiti yokutya, ezona zizathu ziphezulu zokwenza oko kukulula, ukuthanda ukutya okucwangcisiweyo, kunye nokuzama into entsha/ukutshintsha ukutya. Inani elikhulu labasebenzisi bekiti yokutya bakwaxela ukuba basebenzisa iikiti zokutya kuba ezi mveliso zibagcina ixesha lokulungiselela ukutya.
URasch uthi, “Iikhithi zokutya zimele isindululo sexabiso kubathengi abagula kucwangciso lokutya okanye bethenga igrosari abasafuna ukutya okuphekwe ekhaya, njengoko benciphisa ixesha elichithwe bekhangela iiresiphi kunye nokuthenga izithako.
URasch uyaqhubeka, “Ukudinwa ngubhubhani ngo-2020 nango-2021 kukhokelele kubantu abaninzi ukuba bajonge iindlela ezintsha zokufumana isidlo etafileni. Iikiti zokutya zinomtsalane kwaba bathengi kuba zinciphisa ixesha elichithwa ekucwangciseni ukutya kunye nokuthenga igrosari. Zikwayisusa inkunkuma yokutya, njengoko zonke izidlo zinezithako ezahlulwe ngokugqibeleleyo ezenzelwe iresiphi ethile.”
Ngaphaya koko, uRasch ubonisa ukuba izixhobo zokutya ziye zanceda abanye abathengi ukuba baphucule izakhono zabo zokupheka ngexesha lobhubhani njengoko indlela yokutya itshintshela ekhaya. "Kwabo bangenazo izakhono ezininzi zokupheka, iikiti zokutya ziye zaba ngumsindisi wobomi ekufundiseni ukupheka ngeendlela zokupheka ezilula, amanyathelo ngamanyathelo njengoko befumene imfuno engaphezulu okanye umnqweno wokupheka ekhaya."
Nangona kunjalo, iinkonzo zokuhanjiswa kwekhithi yokutya zincinci. Iinyani eziPakethelweyo 'ngoJuni 2021 uPhando lweSizwe lwaBathengi kwi-Intanethi lufumanisa ukuba yi-11% kuphela yabathengi abaxelayo besebenzisa inkonzo yokuhanjiswa kwekiti kwiinyanga ezili-12 ezidlulileyo.
