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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		In Demand: Home Deliveries by Local Grocers, Pharmacies Jump During Pandemic
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:05:03
	Publish Date:		2020-11-12 12:27:00
	Description:		It’s 3:30 p.m. on a Thursday, time for Aaron Schofield to load up the Lakeside Pharmacy and Grocery minivan. He’s about to depart from the Lakeside store in Antigo. “I just kind of hop in the van, head out, go to the address,” he said. Aaron makes a circuit of Antigo at 3:30 every day, delivering prescription medication to the doors of customers. The number of deliveries are never constant, but never zero. “Could be anywhere from three to four like today, to 15 to 20 [on other days],” he said. “You really just never know.” Aaron also handles the morning grocery deliveries. Between pharmacy and grocery, the delivery demand once the pandemic hit was twice or three times the usual. It’s subsided now, but only barely. “It’s slowed down a little bit, but like I said, our deliveries are sky-high,” Aaron said. A year ago, the delivery services offered by Lakeside Pharmacy and Grocery might have seemed quaint, even outdated. It costs three dollars per pharmacy delivery and six dollars for
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