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