During the week of March 21 to 26, 2020, some 46 percent of consumers in the United States reported that many products were unavailable. However, during the week of April 15-25, 2020, only 29 percent of consumers reported a high incidence of out-of-stocks.
Change in out-of-stock grocery products during the coronavirus pandemic in the United States in March and April 2020*
*Initial U.S. Grocery Shoppers Trend online survey among n=2000+ fielded February 7-27, 2020.
Subsequent COVID-19 tracker survey among n=1,000+ fielded March 21-26, 2020.
Other waves of the COVID-19 tracker survey among n=1000+ fielded:
March 28 - April 2, 2020
April 4 - 9, 2020
April 15-25, 2020.
The source did not specify in which survey period the question was asked.
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