Food is flying off the shelves thanks to the COVID-19 outbreak, but the boom in business isn’t necessarily welcome.
Cleaned-out shelves at a Manhattan Whole Foods on Friday. Photo: Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images Shoppers stocking up on supplies have overwhelmed grocery stores across the country over the past few days, as schools close, employees are sent home, and cities and states adopt drastic social distancing measures.
The line at a Trader Joe’s in Kips Bay was around the block before the store’s doors opened Friday this morning at 8 a.m., according to the Post. The Costco in Sunset Park was so busy it had to shut the main gate to the parking lot. Target, Duane Reade, and even bodegas are struggling to keep pace. Business at Dorian’s seafood on the Upper East Side has jumped by about 25 percent. On Thursday, Lobel’s butchery filled a $10,000 order to a brownstone that included 100 steaks, 100 racks of lamb, 100 chicken breasts, and more. “We’re a little overwhelmed,” said store co-owner Mark Lobel. “It’s busier than the holidays. The only thing I can compare it to is after 9/11.
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