‘Could you buy a little less, please?’: panic-buying disrupts food distribution

As the coronavirus spreads across the US, many are stockpiling staples, like toilet paper, temporarily leaving markets emptyAs coronavirus spreads in the US, many people are stockpiling essentials for what they believe will be periods of home confinement and panicked shoppers have stripped many US grocery stores of staples ranging from bread and milk to meat and toilet paper.But, in fact, the virus currently poses little threat to the integrity of the US food supply. It is panic-buying itself th