Typically, grocery stores restock fresh goods several times a week and non-perishables between once a week and once a month, he said.īut in these times they’re accelerating deliveries and replenishing shelves as needed. But there’s really no reason to think we’re going to be running out.” “Fear is making people behave in very unusual ways, such as people buying massive amounts of toilet paper, hoarding things. There’s really no problem,” Antweiler said. “The stores are simply not prepared to deal with massive changes in consumer behaviour over a short time period. “The grocery stores are caught off guard,” he said. Glimpses of empty shelves in person and on social media are making people fear there is a shortage of goods and rush to stockpile.īut don’t be worried by this race to shop, says Werner Antweiler at the University of British Columbia’s business school, an expert on trade. “There’s a psychology problem here, not a production problem,” said Meredith. And a temporary lack of goods in some stores is being blown out of proportion. Restocking shelves when people grab a lot of items takes time, Meredith notes. “I understand the value of hoarding and stockpiling if you had a massive earthquake for example, when there is a limited supply of food and no way for the supply chain to re-establish itself,” said Meredith. won’t be affected by the border closure announced this morning, as the movement of goods will continue. “We make the pigs, we make the chickens, we make the cows and the milk, we grow all the grains - the supply chain is in our backyard and it is functional,” said Lindsay Meredith, professor emeritus of marketing at Simon Fraser University’s business school.Ībout 70 per cent of common groceries in Canada are produced domestically, estimates the Retail Council of Canada. The Tyee launches a new free newsletter with fresh reporting and curated must reads. Which issues do you think we should be exploring more deeply here on The Tyee? Take our quick and easy poll. What Are the Conversations We Should Be Having? Please enable JavaScript before you proceed.Īnnouncements, Events & more from Tyee and select partners Tell Us Please. Your browser either doesn't support JavaScript or you have it turned off. You pick the amount, the frequency, and you can cancel at any time. If you care about having good journalism in the world, please consider joining Tyee Builders today. The Tyee is a non-profit newsroom, and every dollar that is contributed goes towards producing more journalism. Nearly ten thousand Tyee readers pitched in to our editorial budget last year, which means we have the resources to pay our team of staff reporters and editors to focus on the most important stories that matter to you.Ī paywall-free, quality news organization that shows up each day with good journalism is a rarity these days, and we don't take our readers' support for granted. How are we able to ignore every shiny new object that comes our way? We have the direct support of our audience, who pay us to keep laser-focused on just doing the best journalism for and about our region that we can do. Our top priorities are to simply to show up every day with original, fact-based, public interest journalism, publish it on an easy-to-read site that doesn't charge anything to access, and build a sustainable news organization. The internet and how we share information online is once again going through a major upheaval, with huge news organizations shutting down and laying off journalists, and the rise of AI and a new type of disinformation threat.Īt The Tyee, we resist chasing trends or rapid growth at all costs. If you'd like to join thousands of readers who help make independent journalism possible, consider joining Tyee Builders. Instead of focusing on what kind of articles will attract the most advertising dollars, we can spend time devoted to researching and writing stories that our readers find most valuable and make the most positive impact in our region. This core of supporters - making up about 1 to 2 per cent of our daily readership - enables us to pay our writers, keep our articles free and open to all, and not bombard our readers with annoying ads while you try to read. Tyee Builders are readers who contribute a bit of money - at a level and frequency of their choice - to support our editorial budget. We're able to focus our attention on publishing impactful journalism in the public interest, and publish it for free for all to read, because we have the support of Tyee Builders. Our team of independent journalists takes pride in doing in-depth reporting and taking time to get it right. Thanks for reading The Tyee today - we hope this article added to your day in some way.
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