'Ended up going to 4 different stores because a lot of shelves were empty,' wrote one social media user.
Some food producers, including Campbell Soup and Conagra Brands, have reported an increase in the number of employees who are calling out sick after being infected with the virus, even as companies continued to hire more workers, Bloomberg reported.
Grocery distributor SpartanNash, which operates more than 100 stores across the Midwest and distributes to 2,000 other stores, has seen cases triple among its staff in recent weeks, according to Bloomberg. Videos posted to social media show empty shelves at grocery stores. Above, a woman shops in Clark, New Jersey, this past Saturday.A shopper in Seattle, John Jamison, told KIRO-TV,"This is actually the third store I've been to tonight trying to find some pasta."
The videos recall scenes from the early months of the pandemic in 2020, when some shoppers stockpiled everyday items ranging from food products to toilet paper,. Many stores placed limits on the number a customer could purchase to curb the shortages. The coronavirus continues to infect hundreds of thousands of people per day. On Sunday, the United States reported a daily average of 677,243 new cases per day—the highest since the start of the pandemic, according to data fromMeanwhile, hospitalizations have also begun to climb.
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