After two weeks food is not going to be cheap, then after "X" time comes the equilibrium and the situation you describe. But I expect "X" to be pretty long and

After two weeks food is not going to be cheap, then after "X" time comes the equilibrium and the situation you describe. But I expect "X" to be pretty long and pretty bad. Like Mad Max 2 bad i.e. years and maybe half the population dead.