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Its the power of many folks buying a bit more, when big shops have found a balance during stable times of how much they need to have in store for maximal profit
by saiya-jin 7y ago
Its the power of many folks buying a bit more, when big shops have found a balance during stable times of how much they need to have in store for maximal profit (=minimal waste). Not much mystery there that it doesn't work now.
I also bought a bit more stuff. Why? Well we are 3 stuck at home 24/7 (well newborn doesn't really count, but wife needs good diet and baby seems to have some sort of cow protein alergy), so instead of eating lunch at work, we eat everything at home. Combine this with desire to visit shop as little as possible since its our only human contact indoor. I am really curious when things get back to normal, I guess in couple of weeks.
Just to clarify, I live in city with >1k confirmed infections (so probably 10-50k real ones), quite a few colleagues have it, working from home for second week.
- Scoundreller 7y agoI estimate 1in5 meals were prepared out-of-home: schools/restaurants/vacations/fast-food. So that’s a 25% increase on demand for retail sales. While there’s some commonality of sourcing (restaurants buying from Costco), a lot isn’t. There’s probably a surplus of 10# cans of beans in a warehouse, but a shortage of 1# cans. But I also believe caloric need is down 5-10% as we all become more sedentary (don’t have to go to work, but less unnecessary bullshit in general - e.g. driver’s licenses automatically extended another year).