While not in the food industry; I work for a national auto parts supplier which of course has more than just auto parts; large scale natural disasters are somet

While not in the food industry; I work for a national auto parts supplier which of course has more than just auto parts; large scale natural disasters are something to behold. From the store teams who check both company and privately owned stores for needs to staging the warehouse with goods the local community will need as well as the warehouse as well; that can be as little as a semi trailer based generator. still as with all organizations what also comes up is spinning off demand to other stores and warehouses. getting those outside the affected area ready to help those affected and so on. the key though is communication and you must develop a well defined plan of how to communicate. this means from who, how often, the methods of delivery, and with email it can me using specific templates to make it readily apparent everyone is on board. anecdotal, with family and friends of who volunteer for fema, there are just "constants" that they also use for knowing when things are getting better, some are restaurants and other are simply commodity foods and goods.