Shelves at Walmart’s Yuanling outlet in Futian District were seen filled with fresh fruits, vegetables and other daily necessities during a reporter’s visit Thursday morning, while staffers and shoppers were seen handling and picking up food products.
A citizen surnamed Zhou said that she will stay in the city during the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival on Saturday and has planned to make a feast this year, as well as comfort herself after her housing compound was finally designated as a low-risk area amid the recent COVID flare-ups.
Zhou added that when her compound was put under lockdown, there was no problem in buying daily necessities from online platforms such as Dingdong Maicai and Pupu Mall, which provide convenient delivery services.
During the annual Mid-Autumn Festival, when Chinese people get together with their families, many shops in Shenzhen set up special stalls for selling mooncakes, a typical dessert eaten for the occasion.
A staffer from Carrefour in Shenzhen said that for this year’s festival, they have the most diverse mooncake options for customers. Healthier snacks and food have become a trend, so their popular mooncakes include a low-sugar mooncake with lotus seed paste and egg yolk.
In addition, Shenzhen HiGreen, known as the city’s biggest “vegetable basket,” received daily vegetables of over 6,000 metric tons over the past week. On Monday, the overall average price of the 20 vegetable products monitored by the wholesale market was 5.4 yuan (US$0.77) per kilogram, down 5% month on month, according to Shenzhen Special Zone Daily.