Stockpiling behavior among U.S. consumers due to coronavirus outbreak March 2020

Published by Jan Conway, Jun 18, 2020
According to a survey conducted among primary grocery shoppers in the United States between March 13 and 15, 2020, more than half of respondents (54 percent) reported shopping for groceries that they expected would last them two weeks. Almost a fifth of respondents (19 percent) engaged in even more stockpiling behavior, buying groceries that they expected to last them three to four weeks.

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Average number of weeks of food consumers were stockpiling due to the coronavirus outbreak in the United States as of March 2020

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Release date

March 2020

Region

United States

Survey time period

March 13 to 15, 2020

Number of respondents

398 respondents

Special properties

primary grocery shoppers

Method of interview

Panel survey

Supplementary notes

*Original survey question: "Buying enough groceries that I/my household might need for...."

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