Abacus Data | Food Fight: Hoarding, Stockpiling and Panic Buying
Summary
Remember just a few short months ago when the biggest news story of the pandemic was how much we were all hoarding toilet paper? After living through a first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, it seems there is less uncertainty about the future, including feelings of uncertainly towards our food system. If these fears start to spur concerns about the food system like they did in March, then we will likely be back to long lines at the supermarket, and finding shelves cleared out of flour and macaroni. We are the only research and strategy firm that helps organizations respond to the disruptive risks and opportunities in a world where demographics and technology are changing more quickly than ever. These partners are typically double opt-in survey panels, blended to manage out potential skews in the data from a single source.