
This is What Americans are Stocking Up for the Lock Down

Food, toilet paper, beer, baked beans, healthcare, and wine have snapped up by Americans for lock down purposes. Consumer spending, which accounts for 70% of the US economy, is slowing down to a halt after Americans stored up on top shopping priorities, from baked beans to beer.
There trend with consumer packaged goods and declining spends on discretionary items, as customers deal with the pandemic lock down and sales are declining after the initial rush. US cardholder spending fell 4% in March alone and hope that pullback will be temporary, once the new normal is determined. Meanwhile, we analyse what Americans have snapped up and also left on the shelves.
Stocking up the kitchen
To mitigate the corona virus spread, with more time and less cash on hand, stocking the home with healthy and affordable eats, is a great option. Stocking your kitchen should not mean stuffing food after cleaning cabinets, freezer and refrigerator. Plain frozen fruits and vegetables, such as peas, spinach, green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, mangoes and berries are nutritious as these are flash-frozen at their peak freshness to lock in nutrients and preserve ripeness. Prepared foods, like bread, lasagna, soups, grilled chicken breast, processed meat and cooked rice, frozen veggies and fruits, cooked and raw meats, including ground beef, chicken pieces, bacon, steak and pork can be stored and thawed to cook at a later date. Whole grains, legumes and other dry foods, including evaporated milk, hard cheeses, fermented veggies and pickles are useful. Greek yogurt, hard cheeses and almond milk can last for a month if properly sealed, pickles last for months and kimchi may outlast us all. Big sellers are boring staples like powdered milk, baked beans, flour and instant potatoes. Food sales surged with diminishing restaurant sales, as thousands of eateries remain shut on government orders or health advisories. Consumers stocked up to prepare for the lock down.
Health Care
Americans are now more serious about health care and hygiene, with sales of facial tissue, gloves, and hand soap, doubling over last year. Personal thermometers give people a quick indicator of whether they have a key symptom of the virus, almost quadrupled in sales from a year earlier. Most US beauty, personal and home-care categories gained tremendously from consumers’ panic bulk buying.
Working from Home
Working from home-shelters, has resulted in consumers ignoring products used at office. Sales declined for cosmetics, men’s shaving lotions, socks, fragrances, and shoe polish. While some spring breakers violated social-distancing guidelines in Florida, sales of suntan products have plunged.
Hoarding Paper
American consumers will forever remember their frantic effort to buy and hoard paper products, especially toilet tissues. Grocery stores did ration purchases, before shelves emptied. Demand for Charmin, a Procter & Gamble brand, increased so very quickly that retailers were allocated only a fraction of their usual order. But panic buying has reduced now.
Beer, Wine
While drinking alcohol does not help to cope with the pandemic, Americans have decided otherwise and sales of beer, wine, whiskey and tequila, and related products shot up as consumers imbibed at home rather than at nightclubs or bars. Cannabis sales have proliferated but analysts warn that such trends will not last.
More in Luxury & Life Style
-
`
Celebrity Parents Are at Their Wits End as They Home-school their Kids
Celebrity parents are home-schooling and hitting the books during the coronavirus pandemic. Eva Amurri, actress taught daughter, Marlowe, 5 before giving...
December 22, 2020 -
`
Sheer Hard Work and Talent Got These Top YouTubers International Fame
Till 2005 we were blissfully ignorant about its existence but Youtube has now taken over our minds. It’s our “go-to” website...
December 21, 2020 -
`
Black Credit Cards are a Sign That You’ve Made It Big. Here’s Why You Need to Be Careful with It
Flaunting their Chanel handbags, Prada wardrobes and brand new Porsches, celebrities roll out in style. Every celebrity shows off the prestigious...
December 18, 2020 -
`
These Amazing Hollywood Actors got Paid Peanuts for Their Best Roles Yet
The salaries that Hollywood actors take home are usually lucrative and are estimated in multiple millions of dollars for just one...
December 17, 2020 -
`
Heading to NYC? Why Not Stay at The Best of the Best?
We know that you’re just itching for that next vacation or staycation at the earliest possible date. If you’re heading to...
December 16, 2020 -
`
Shocking and Unexpected Celebrity Weddings that Were Kept Secret!
Some celebrity couples share details about the wedding before the big day and after tying the knot while others keep news...
December 15, 2020 -
`
$9 Million is What Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin are asking for Their Beverly Hills Mansion as They Move to a More Expensive Home
The pair appears to be keen on selling their home after spending $26 million on another massive home. After having sized...
December 14, 2020 -
`
This Victorian-Style Home in the Bay Area Cost Julia Roberts $8.3 Million
Pretty Woman star Julia Roberts is no stranger to the real estate scene in California. Aside from the two properties in...
December 11, 2020 -
`
Miss your Pet When Traveling? Book These Hotels if You Want a Furry or Feathered Friend Welcoming You at the Lobby
Do you miss your pet, having left him/her behind when traveling? At some hotels, you get your “I-really-miss-my-pet” fix, all thanks...
December 9, 2020
You must be logged in to post a comment Login