But for the people who pay close attention to the national food supply chain, empty shelves aren’t that big or scary a problem. And it took food processing plants and distribution centres a few weeks to catch up with that change in demand, hence the empty shelves. The food supply chain has weathered the recent panic-buying surge pretty well, all things considered. And that’s a lot better, he said, than what happens in the U.S., where dairy farmers are on their own. Since milk is expensive to transport, dairy processing operations are typically close to the farms as well as the populations they serve.

Source: National Post April 11, 2020 09:56 UTC