Why Your Favorite Grocery Item Is Still Out of Stock
Months into the pandemic, disruptions continue to plague the supermarket aisles. Should you be worried?
Even today, a trip to the supermarket can be a frustrating experience.
Photographer: NurPhoto/NurPhotoWhen state and local leaders began issuing stay-at-home orders in mid-March to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, grocery and big-box stores saw their shelves picked bare as shoppers prepared to hunker down at home.
Several months into our pandemic-era reality, the panic-buying phase has passed, and shoppers are reporting some improvement in what they’ve been able to find at stores from those early days. NPD Group found in recent surveys that 37% of shoppers had experienced out-of-stocks when shopping for food in the month of May, down from 48% who said the same for the month of April.