Across the mid-Atlantic, January 21 and 22 saw the typical surge in snow-storm grocery shopping. The spike in demand for French Toast -- bread, eggs, and milk -- was predictably repeated. Are nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla extract and brandy also hoarded? (There is parallel hoarding of liquor.)
The major distributors had good warning so the grocery supply chain probably peaked on Thursday night-Friday morning. Then given the weather forecast, mostly shut-down for the weekend. Monday was a day for digging out. Tuesday there was movement, but major impediments. Wednesday (today) and probably tomorrow will see about as much volume move as the same days last week.
There were, of course, empty shelves. Research suggests that as voids appear shoppers are predisposed to buy anything still available. But most grocery retailers reopened on Sunday. Some even kept the doors open for the duration.
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