Coronavirus Fears Lead to Unnecessary Panic Shopping | Eater
"A long-running, member-owned food cooperative founded in 1972 that requires members to work shifts to shop; it experienced its biggest-ever sales surge during the early COVID-19 panic as members stocked up on canned foods, bulk grains and beans, depleting supplies and even exhausting ten kinds of bulk beans. Leadership denied reports of chaos and emphasized a normally reliable inventory and bulk-buying system; staff debated purchase limits but ultimately opted not to impose them, arguing that shoppers intent on buying excessively were unlikely to be deterred." - Caleb Pershan
