COVID-19 pandemic, paano binago ang industriya ng pagkain sa Pilipinas?

LOCKDOWN: FOOD DIARIES, A GMA NEWS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIAL
HOSTED BY: ALDEN RICHARDS
AIRS SEPTEMBER 27, 2020, 3:45-5:25 PM

Almost all industries have grappled with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic including the sector of the most important basic necessity -- food. Restaurants have closed, countless jobs lost and incomes were severely affected. Based from the preliminary numbers from the Department of Labor and Employment as of August, close to ten thousand businesses have closed across all industries, displacing a total of 180,000 workers. The food services top the list with close to 2,000 establishments’ ceasing operations and affecting almost 20,000 workers. In terms of losses, restaurants were also hit the hardest after suffering the sharpest dip according to reports.

After almost 20 years of operations, Baguio City’s Forest House known for its home-cooked meals closed their doors permanently.

A popular restaurant in Quezon City was permanently closed and falls to COVID-19 impact.

Famed student hangout spot, Amo Yamie Crib closed all their branches amidst the COVID 19 pandemic.

To those who survived, food businesses have been forced to adapt to the New Normal to remain afloat, mainly shifting to deliveries and take out schemes. Meanwhile ordinary consumers, because of the pandemic, have changed the way they access, prepare and eat their food.

Food rider Joy Capinpin has impressed many with his determination to work and earn despite having a disability.

Grade 12 student Kean Ramos delivers his coffee jelly products using his old roller blades.

How has Covid-19 changed the landscape of the food industry and how are the various sectors coping with the effects of the pandemic?

This restaurant now offers an innovative way to dine in their restaurant through drive-in dining.

A cautious mother now uses  sanitizer in disinfecting meats she cooks.

This September, GMA News and Public Affairs presents “LOCKDOWN: FOOD DIARIES”, a special documentary that presents how food production and consumption are disrupted and transformed by this challenging time. Special focus will be made to show the situation of food producers as they carry and transfer products, the establishments which survived and thrived during this time and the consumers who have altered the way they shop after resorting into online order or home deliveries. The special food documentary will also show stories of people who were laid off but found new hope and have now become food entrepreneurs as well as celebrities who have launched their own food business during quarantine.

A farmer in Benguet threw away a truckload of vegetables due to oversupply amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Carrots in a farm in Benguet were put to waste because of lack of buyers and difficulty in transporting the products.

Mirjan Hipolito, a flight attendant turns to food business, sells fried food while flights are suspended

Repatriated OFW Lui Paredes finds new opportunity by baking and selling a quarantine food craze, ube pandesal.

Carlito Sabayton, a displaced jeepney driver now sells fruits and vegetables while public transport is not yet fully operational

Most importantly, the special documentary will also offer a glimpse into the lives of various workers in the food sector and highlight their courage and determination as they put their safety on the line just to keep the supply chain running.

LOCKDOWN: FOOD DIARIES is hosted by Alden Richards, Asia’s Multimedia Star who was named as the Department of Health’s Anti-Covid 19 Awareness Campaign Ambassador.

Don’t miss this special documentary this September 27, 2020, 3:45pm-5:25pm only on GMA.

[FILIPINO VERSION]

Maraming industriya ang pinadapa ng COVID-19 pandemic. Kabilang na rito ang sektor ng pagkain, ang pinakamahalagang pangangailangan ng tao. May mga nagsarang restaurants at iba pang establisimyento. May mga nawalan ng kabuhayan at trabaho. Ayon sa pinakahuling datos ng Department of Labor and Employment, tinatayang nasa sampung libong negosyo ang nagsara, dahilan para mawalan ng kabuhayan ang mahigit 180,000  manggagawa. Sa bilang na ito, pinaka-apektado ang food services. Halos dalawang libo ang mga nagsara at malapit sa dalawampung libo naman ang nawalan ng trabaho. Ang restaurant business din ang pinakanalugi ayon sa ilang ulat.

Sa maraming patuloy ang operasyon, kinailangang sumabay at sumunod sa tinatawag na “New Normal” para makahabol sa mga pagbabagong dulot ng pandemya. May mga nagpalit ng menu, marami ang lumipat sa online deliveries at takeouts na mas tinatangkilik ngayon ng maraming konsumer. Sa isang iglap, binago ng pandemiya ang industriya ng pagkaing Pilipino.

Ngayong Setyembre, inihahandog ng GMA News and Public Affairs ang ‘LOCKDOWN: FOOD DIARIES”, isang napapanahon at makabuluhang dokumentaryo na tatalakay sa mga epekto ng pandemiya sa iba’t ibang sektor sa industriya ng pagkain. Ipapakita ng dokumentaryo ang kalagayan ng mga nasa food sektor kabilang na ang pinagmumulan ng mga produkto, iba-ibang establisimiento hanggang sa mga mamimili sa ilalim ng New Normal. Ibabahagi rin ang kuwento ilang ordinaryong mamamayan at maging ng celebrities na nakahanap ng panibagong pag-asa sa industriya ng pagkain sa pamamagitan ng pagbebenta ng sarili nilang mga produkto.

Ang “Lockdown: Food Diaries” ay ihahatid ni Alden Richards, ang Asia’s Multimedia Star at Anti-Covid 19 Campaign Ambassador ng Department of Health.

Huwag palalampasin ang mga kuwento ng pag-asa, pagsisikap at pagbangon sa gitna ng pandemya sa LOCKDOWN: FOOD DIARIES ngayong September 27, 2020, 3:45PM sa GMA7.