Experts in the food industry reveal how grocery shopping after COVID-19 will look different longterm.
See how the way we think about food has changed.
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(before coronavirus).
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The demand was so great that the companyhired 250,000 more shoppersto meet customer needs.
Additionally, the types of foods they gravitate toward buying has changed too, according to trend analytic experts.
Clearly the pandemic has changed the way we grocery shop more than we may realize.
Zak Normandin, founder and CEO of Iris Nova
Theres also been an increase in text-to-order services.
Canned meat saw an increase of 523 percent compared to this time last year.
(Hello,quarantine bread baking!)
According to data from the FMI-The Food Industry Associations annual 2020U.S.
Additionally, 51 percent say they plan on keeping up the amount their cooking after the pandemic ends.
(Think:ketogenic,Paleo, andWhole30.)
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One is that customers are being more critical about sanitary standards than they were before.
One is an added emphasis on cleaning and sanitation.
The pandemic has also shone a spotlight on the needs of grocery store workers.
Grocery and retail workers have organizedstrikes for improved pay and better safety protectionswith some success.
COVID-19 has also led to food shortages across the country.
Its a healthy dose of perspective.
And not all of those changes are bad.
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