NEARLY 70% OF GROCERY SHOPPERS CAN NOW FIND FOODS THEY WANT WHILE SOME 30% STILL EXPERIENCE OUT OF STOCKS

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The grocery cases and shelves that were left barren in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, for the most part, are back to their pre-COVID-19 states. In the week ending May 28,68% of U.S. : grocery shoppers reported to The NPD Group that they hadn't encountered any out of stocks of the foods and beverages they were shopping for during the week. This wasn't the case for 32% of shoppers who did experience out of stocks when they shopped for foods and beverages during the same week, according to the findings of NPD's NETCOVID-19 Pantry & Food Strategy Tracker. Although consumers have moved on from the panic grocery shopping they did in the early stage of COVID-19, they still maintain the same level of foods and beverages inventory. Across all categories, there has been only a 3% drop in the estimated number of food and beverage packages on hand in homes compared to early April, reports NPD. "With the majority of households still preparing all their meals and snacks in-home in May and the continuing supply chain challenges, limited or out of stock situations are inevitable," says David Portalatin, NPD food industry advisor and author of Eating Patterns in America. "Considering the unprecedented situations the COVID-19 pandemic has presented over the last few months, the U.S. food supply chain has held up remarkably well."