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If you plan to double on your grocery race or your stock of vacation essentials very early this year, you are not alone. Many Americans seek to avoid being taken by the surprise if another wave of scarcity has hit grocery stores in the coming months. Based on recent-oct infection numbers. 2 saw the largest number of cases across America in nearly two months - the country is prejected to another wave of the pandemic that could disrupt the supply chain and cause popular items to fly the shelves to a unprecedented speed. (In touch:9 restaurant chains that have closed hundreds of locations this summer.)

According toA recent poll Directed by the sports and leisure research group, more than half of the Americans already have or plan to store food and other essentials. About 52% of respondents said to worry about PICs in cases of COVIDs, as well as potential civilian disorders surrounding the presidential election that can lead to more looted and clogged stores. However, the other half, 48%, painted the opposite image of a nation that crosses Covid fatigue, without modification of their commercial habits.

While the general public is worried,The industry seems to be strengthened by the hard-earned March and April lessons, which makes the country less likely to know similar shortages. This time, grocery chains and food producers are better conscious of the demand to which they can expect in case of locking another and preparing their inventory for months.

For example, grocery chains build long-term stocks of articles that have been proven to be the most demand in spring: toilet paper, cleaning and disinfecting and cooking cooking products. AnticipatingAn exceptionally busy holiday season, chains like Bi-Lo, Harveys, Winn-Dixie and Fresco y Más have secure vacation staples like Thanksgiving turkeys and vacation hams much earlier this year, while Grocery Wholesalera Natural Foods Inc. is Charged on an extra stock of seasonal items such as cranberry sauce, herbal tea and cold remedies.

The shortages of meat are alsounlikely to reproduceAccording to Andre Nogueira, CEO of the great beef and pork producer JBS USA. While meat companies face major delays in production this spring because ofCreeping infections among their employeesNew industry-wide protocols should prevent similar issues in the future. They include the taking of workers' temperatures and provide them with sufficient security equipment to catch the cases of early COVID-19 and prevent them from spreading.

To learn more about the products currently missing from your local grocery store, check10 drinks disappearing grocery shelves this year and8 groceries who can soon be supplied again.

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