*Initial U.S. Grocery Shoppers Trend online survey among n=2000+ fielded February 7-27, 2020.
Subsequent COVID-19 tracker survey among n=1,000+ fielded March 21-26, 2020.
Other waves of the COVID-19 tracker survey among n=1000+ fielded:
March 28 - April 2, 2020
April 4 - 9, 2020
April 15-25, 2020.
The source did not specify in which survey period the question was asked.
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Unavailable items while grocery shopping online during coronavirus pandemic U.S. 2020
Consumers have encountered problems with supply shortages and out-of-stock items while online grocery shopping during the coronavirus pandemic in the United States in 2020. Around ** percent of survey respondents reported experiencing out-of-stock paper products.
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