News / Pressure on US grocery supply chains as consumers get a taste for online shopping

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The shifts wrought by Covid-19 have put tremendous pressure on US grocery supply chains – and much of it will remain after the pandemic.

Food supply chains have been in turmoil as flows to restaurants and bars plummeted, whereas traffic to grocery outlets went through the roof.

According to data from the US Department of Agriculture, the US market will see an overall $250bn shift to food being consumed at home.

Online grocery sales tripled in the early part of the pandemic, according ...