Food supply chains during the COVID‐19 pandemic
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This paper provides an early assessment of the implications of the COVID‐19 pandemic for food supply chains and supply chain resilience. The effects of demand‐side shocks on food supply chains are discussed, including consumer panic buying behaviors with respect to key items, and the sudden change in consumption patterns away from the food service sector to meals prepared and consumed at home. Potential supply‐side disruptions to food supply chains are assessed, including labor shortages, disruptions to transportation networks, and “thickening” of the Canada–U.S. border with respect to the movement of goods. Finally, the paper considers whether the COVID‐19 pandemic will have longer‐lasting effects on the nature of food supply chains, including the growth of the online grocery delivery sector, and the extent to which consumers will prioritize “local” food supply chains.
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During COVID-19, consumers purchased much more than was needed to make up for products they would use outside the home.
“consumers purchased much more than was needed to make-up for the products they would use outside of the home (Hall et al., 2020; Hobbs, 2020).”
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- Authors
- Hobbs, J. E.
- Affiliations
- University of Saskatchewan (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Hobbs, Jill E.
- ORCID
- Hobbs, Jill E.
- Venue
- Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2020-05-03
- Volume
- 68
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 171-176
- ISSN
- 0008-3976 (ISSN-L)
- 1744-7976
- PMC
- PMC7264576
- OpenAlex
- W3016428958
- Cited by
- 1,313
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 57 · 2025: 80 · 2024: 163 · 2023: 225 · 2022: 336 · 2021: 337 · 2020: 113 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 270.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d agroeconomie (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets
- Keywords
- food supply chain, COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain resilience, demand shocks, panic buying, household food consumption, food service industry, labor shortage, traffic disruption, online grocery delivery, local food supply chains
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