No doubt it is a similar situation in Ireland but right now here in the United States, a trip to the supermarket can be a bit of a guessing game when it comes to predicting which aisles will be empty and which will be well-stocked.
One week it might be toilet paper or flour that are hard to find, the next week it could be sugar or garlic. In recent times, it was meat that was running low and that caused a lot of worry across the US, all the way to the White House.
Amid fears of meat shortages, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order last month requiring processing plants and slaughterhouses to remain open during the coronavirus pandemic.