According to a report from the company PedidosYa, shipments of 6-liter drums skyrocketed due to the high salinity of the fluid in the OSE service.
He bottled water It was the most ordered product for delivery in Uruguay in the course of the year 2023, a direct consequence of the high levels of salinity that the fluid presented through the health network of OSE, product of extreme drought that crossed the country.
According to an annual report from the delivery and quick-commerce company, OrdersNow, After the first announcement made by the government about the increase in salinity in water in the month of May, sales of bottled water skyrocketed by 60%. Throughout the rest of the months, the increase in shipments of 6-liter drums was consolidated, ending the year as the best-selling product on the platform.
Between June and August, the government decreed the water emergency in it Montevideo metropolitan area. In the course of it, the water reserves in the Severino Pass Dam (Florida)which supplies the capital, reached historic lows, impacting the quality of the water and its drinkability, and forcing the population to stop consuming water directly from their home taps.
The jump in bottled water orders through the app helped the company’s sales in Uruguay climbed 22%, placing Montevideo among the five main cities at the regional level.
What were the other products most ordered for delivery?
Behind the 6-liter bottled water container (without gas) follow the faina and the whole milk sachet of 1 liter, ranking second and third place, respectively.
In meals and restaurants, the most requested product was the fainá, followed by the cheeseburger and the 1/2 kilo ice cream. At the supermarket and store level, they were bottled water (6 liters), whole milk 1 liter and diet soft drink 1.5 liters.
Some highly requested products in other categories were puppy food, stuffed cake, beer, ibuprofen 600 and thermal rolls, among others.
Source: Ambito
