A group of Edmonton businesses are hoping to keep afloat by bringing their products right to your door. The “YEG Survival Kit” is filled with locally-made goodies and is available to order online.
It launched after several planned vendor markets were cancelled over the weekend, said Colleen Heidecker of Colleen’s Chocolates, as a way to move products that had already been made and would go bad if they weren’t sold. “Originally it was like, okay, everything that’s perishable, lets gather all those people, lets get all that stuff out,” Heidecker said. “Today we’ll finish delivery on 30 boxes.” The kit comes as Albertans are being asked to practice social distancing and stay home if sick.