re: Today (4-13-20) was the first sign of big disruption I’ve seen in food chain

Buy your hand sanitizer from a local distillery or brewery. Here is a list of local makers all over the country. Distilled Spirits Hand Sanitizer That way you can support a local business and skip the Walmart. I got a gallon of J.T. Melick at Champagne's in Lafayette the other day.

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so they are closing the plant for 14 days?? Neat

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You’re missing the point.

Protein manufacturers, if you will, are now starting face the reality of: do I keep producing at our standard rates vs should we scale back and take more precautions based on COVID-19 quarantine / social distancing norms?

And Sao, is giving a specific example of someone who’s already making this decision.

Supply side shortages can be a big problem. Demand side, not so much. These are currently demand side shortages.

When the portions of society start realizing that the 33rd roll of TP is getting in the way, this will subside.

I wonder what the true supply is.

If America’s farmers, producers, etc just stopped - how many days of food would there be left? In days?

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You’re missing the point.

Protein manufacturers, if you will, are now starting face the reality of: do I keep producing at our standard rates vs should we scale back and take more precautions based on COVID-19 quarantine / social distancing norms?

And Sao, is giving a specific example of someone who’s already making this decision

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you're missing the point....the plant is closing because they had 240 employees fall sick....not because of your excuses

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If America’s farmers, producers, etc just stopped - how many days of food would there be left? In days?

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We would all develop a love of dried beans... Fresh stuff, a couple of weeks. Frozen, month or 2

Just guesses of course.

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Walgreens had about 20 packs of some cheap store brand single ply yesterday.

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HEB had a bunch of Mexican TP (no English on the package at all). I bought a small pack to see what it's like to shite "internationally".

But I had to go to Walmart near me and there was a small section in the middle that was empty, but the isle was mostly full and I didn't see people lining up to take it like they had been. Hoping that was a good sign that people have gotten over hoarding.

The grocery stores in Houston are fine for the most part...people are still hoarding paper products and cleaning supplies of course.

I’ve tried to limit the grocery store trips...been doing a lot of produce, meat, pantry staples from local restaurants that use their supply lines to basically pivot and operate as a bodega.

I pay a few bucks more on average I’m sure, but I’m happy to pay a little extra if it means they can support their employees and resume normal operations once this is all over.

So many people on here pick on Walmart people, and they themselves go there all the time without realizing that they, in fact, are a part of the group.