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Impact of coronavirus . What are people seeing behind those aisles . Guest that is the question of the day. A lot is going on. I cannot tell you what an incredible disruption the last couple of weeks have been. Primarily, you have a lot of people hoarding and buying lots of food. A lot of other things. The supply chain is not set up for a surge like that so it takes a little while to get caught up. We have lots of hens and cattle and pigs in this country, but they are set to move through the system at a certain pace. The other really big thing thats happening is you have a massive shift from restaurants, food service, universities, schools to retail. In some cases thats different products, different types of products, different types of produce, but all of that has to be shifted to retail. Unfortunately some of this may go to waste, particularly in the case of fresh produce. It has to be eaten fairly quickly. Has created all sorts of logistical challenges and otherwise, this whole shif ....