Coronavirus Leaves Vegan Businesses On Brink Of Collapse: How You Can Help

From plantbasednews.org

An increasing number of vegan businesses are facing financial ruin as the coronavirus spreads.
The virus is believed to have started at a 'wet market' - where live animals are freshly slaughtered and kept in close proximity to humans and dead animals - in Wuhan in early December last year.

Since then, the virus has spread globally, causing more than 6,000 deaths worldwide and around 170,000 diagnoses. Italy and Spain have been particularly badly hit in Europe - with citizens under lockdown.

Vegan businesses

Now the panic around the virus means many people are staying home - which is having a huge impact on eateries and other vegan businesses.

Blogger Clare Every, aka The Little London Vegan, is one of the people who is trying help - using her Instagram to highlight businesses who are facing hardship. She said: "Small, independent businesses who are self employed and rely on customers to stay afloat are struggling and they need our help more than ever. I understand not everyone is able to do any or all of the following but if you are able to, please consider the following options.

"Pop to your local store rather than a large supermarket to pick up supplies, order takeaways from an independent restaurant - lots of them are on the popular delivery apps and are implementing extra hygiene measures as well as ‘contact free delivery’, or buy a gift certificate which you can use at a later date."

She also suggested vegans can make donations to their favourite companies, and order from their favourite brands and companies online.

She added: "Be kind, supportive and understanding. This is a tough time for restaurants & staff and they’re doing their best. Right now isn’t the time for unnecessary complaints or criticism

'Use your voice'

She continued: "Use your voice on social media to keep spreading the word about independent businesses. I will start posting again from tomorrow because I think we need to be raising awareness about businesses now, more than ever. Please support businesses run by POC and East Asians who have been hit especially hard because of unfair stereotypes and blatant racism.

"Research/ask vulnerable people and businesses how you can best help them. Donate to food banks to help those who are unable to access supplies right now. This is not an exhaustive list by any means."
Social media influencers are using the hashtag #supportveganbusiness to further encourage assistance. 

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