And other perishable foods fully stocked in grocery stores right now.
That's because food- packing companies are adjusting to the way people are buying.
News 18's micah upshaw tells us how this pandemic is affecting the food- supply chain.
M: from the panic buying phenomena.
To the statewide stay at home order slowing down business for restaurants and other food vendors.
This has been a learning experience for food-packing companies.
J: one thing this crisis has shown us is how complicated our food system is and how well it serves us in good times.
M: food packing- companies play a big role in the food supply chain.
Agriculture economist jayson lusk says the panic buying was easy to recover from.
It was the shift in people making food at home versus eating out that companies had to adjust to.
J: we spend about 54% of our food dollar away from home.
M: lusk says with the number dropping from 54-percent to close to zero, many food-packing companies had to restructure its internal food chain.
J: it seems like we could just easily move food from restaurants to the grocery stores.
But the way food gets delivered to grocery stores is in very different sizes and packaging than the way it gets delivered to us at home.
M: lusk says before the pandemic, there were federal laws prohibiting companies from reselling the packaged food of one vendor to another.
But the government has relaxed those rules and now people are seeing the benefits when shopping.
J: we have enough supply to meet consumers needs.
Prices have already started to come back down and really aren't that much different and in some cases are actually lower than prices at this same time last year.
M: this includes perishable foods like meats, dairies, and vegetables.
Lusk says if food- packing operations continue as it is now, consumers are not expected to see a negative change in food supply during the pandemic.
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