UK’s newest halal grocery delivery service shows there’s room for more companies amid pandemic e-commerce surge
A new halal grocery delivery service in the UK believes that if it can ride the challenges of the pandemic it will be in a “very strong position” once the market stabilises.
The Halal Food Shop started at the end of May and currently operates as a start-up from the founders’ home office in Leicester.
Founder and CEO Bilal Khan explained that the coronavirus and subsequent lockdown in the UK has had a positive impact on the business. “When people are not able to get to the shops, our business picked up,” Khan told Salaam Gateway. He said the lockdown situation gave him the impetus to kickstart the business when he did.
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