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In reply to the discussion: I know this isn't the biggest problem we face now. [View all]Silent3
(15,186 posts)30. I was thinking about what would happen if all of our junk food was deemed "non-essential"...
...and I bet we'd find out how essential a lot of it is, not because it's good for us, but again because of the whole supply chain issue: We're just not geared up to produce anywhere near the quantity of the healthier foods we'd need to take the place of the "junk".
First and foremost, people run on calories, no matter how healthy or nutritious those calories are. There's probably nowhere near enough healthy food to supply our basic need for calories at this point in time.
So, oddly, it's probably true that the people making Oreos and cheese puffs are "essential workers".
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PreC19, I stopped for meals on the way to work, work lunch, on the way home. now at home cooking
Demovictory9
Apr 2020
#21
I'm sure some are hoarding, but more people are cooking and eating at home.
Arkansas Granny
Apr 2020
#2
Yeah, that's us, too. We usually cook at home, and I am used to stopping by the grocery
Nay
Apr 2020
#36
One of my local stores has cut hours. But they stock at night so they fill shelves
gibraltar72
Apr 2020
#4
I'd hope at least a bunch of the normal-sized roles can be shifted into the consumer supply...
Silent3
Apr 2020
#28
Yes, I read in a article a couple weeks back that since 2015 Americans have been spending
Flaleftist
Apr 2020
#16
I think a lot of it just has to do with psychology. In uncertain times like this when we don't know
totodeinhere
Apr 2020
#17
I was thinking about what would happen if all of our junk food was deemed "non-essential"...
Silent3
Apr 2020
#30
I have only been having things delivered and can't seem to find paper towels, tissues or
smirkymonkey
Apr 2020
#43