Stocking Up and Stocking Out: Food Retail Stock-Outs, Consumer Demand, and Prices During the Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020
With the supply chain problems recently plaguing the infant formula industry, policymakers have been tracking sales and availability of this food item that is critical to infant health and nutrition. A new study documents that stock-outs of infant formula appeared to increase in 2020 following the onset of the pandemic. …