Withthe seasonal opening of the Saturday morning, open-air Main Street FarmersMarket now postponed until May 16, the affiliated, online Statesboro Market2Go,which operates year-round, has been modified to provide a drive-up service thatasks customers to remain in their cars.Inits first week operating in this new mode, the Market2Go saw its orders, whichhad hovered just over $1,000 a week, quadruple. Then, in its second week,orders fulfilled during Thursday afternoon’s extended three-hour pick-up timereached $10,500, roughly ten times Market2Go’s typical past weekly average.Ofcourse, the germ of the transformation, quite literally, was COVID-19. Withdemands for social distancing, farmers market planners faced hints that theyshould simply cancel the in-person seasonal market.“Wewere trying to figure out the best way to keep the market open but keep it safefor everyone,” said Becky Davis, executive director of the StatesboroConvention and Visitors Bureau, or SCVB.Thesolution emerged from...
