Food supply chains during the COVID‐19 pandemic

By J. Hobbs. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics-Revue Canadienne D'Agroeconomie, 2020

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Abstract This paper provides an early assessment of the implications of the COVID‐19 pandemic for food supply chains and supply chain resilience. The effects of demand‐side shocks on food supply chains are discussed, including consumer panic buying behaviors with respect to key items, and the sudden change in consumption patterns away from the food service sector to meals prepared and consumed at home. Potential supply‐side disruptions to food supply chains are assessed, including labor shortages, disruptions to transportation networks, and “thickening” of the Canada–U.S. border with respect to the movement of goods. Finally, the paper considers whether the COVID‐19 pandemic will have longer‐lasting effects on the nature of food supply chains, including the growth of the online grocery delivery sector, and the extent to which consumers will prioritize “local” food supply chains.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Food Science, Strategy and Management

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Compound natural and human disasters: Managing drought and COVID-19 to sustain global agriculture and food sectors (2020, background): “Ashok Mishra, Ellen Bruno, David Zilberman PII: S0048-9697(20)35739-9 DOI: https://doi.”
Customers response to online food delivery services during COVID‐19 outbreak using binary logistic regression (2020, background): “The perceived benefits of online grocery delivery have a positive impact on purchase decision during COVID-19 situation and the researchers recorded it (Aldaco et al., 2020; Hobbs, 2020).”
Food supply chain resilience and the COVID‐19 pandemic: What have we learned? (2021, background): “In the 2020 paper (Hobbs, 2020), I alluded to the potential for supply chain disruptions due toworker illness, particularly in large concentrated sectors such as meat processing, and the need for proactive measures to address this vulnerability.”
Forecasting and planning during a pandemic: COVID-19 growth rates, supply chain disruptions, and governmental decisions (2020, neutral): “Finally, Hobbs (2020) assessed the implications of COVID-19 n the food supply chains and reported that demand and supply hocks created during a pandemic are due to a shift in consumer ehaviors.”
A case study on strategies to deal with the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic in the food and beverage industry (2020, background): “Hobbs (2020) assessed the impacts of the pandemic on food supply chain resilience while also discussing the demand-side shocks caused by panic buying and consumption patterns in Canada.”
Impacts of COVID-19 on Food Supply Chain (2020, background): “Food services were also affected, and some restaurants stopped serving beef hamburgers (Kevany, 2020; Rude, 2020; Hobbs, 2020; Murphy, 2020; Valinsky, 2020).”
COVID-19 pandemic related supply chain studies: A systematic review (2021, positive): “While developing resilience strategies, supply chains need to ensure real-time flexibility, or dynamic responses (Hobbs, 2020; Ivanov and Dolgui, 2020c).”
The disruption of the international supply chain: Firm resilience and knowledge preparedness to tackle the COVID-19 outbreak (2021, background): “These effects can be synthesised in terms of a severe shortage of medical supplies (Hobbs, 2020; Nikolopoulos et al., 2020; Singh et al., 2020).”