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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Grocery supply chain struggles to handle coronavirus-driven demand

    Many grocery stores have shortages of meat, canned goods, and toilet paper. Officials keep saying America has enough food. But there are some issues with the supply chain. Why?

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    By Madeleine Brand • Mar 25, 2020 • 1 min read

    Many grocery stores have shortages of meat, canned goods, and toilet paper. Officials keep saying America has enough food. But there are some issues with the supply chain. Why?

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    Grocery work, supply chain
    1. 0:00Ralphs cashier on supermarkets during coronavirus: Like Super Bowl on Thanksgiving
    2. 8:29Grocery supply chain struggles to handle coronavirus-driven demandYou’re reading this
    3. 16:46For one basketball player, postponing Tokyo Olympics is ‘best decision for the world,’ but a disappointment personally
    4. 22:59‘Asian Enough’ podcast hosts on rising racism during coronavirus outbreak
    5. 36:02Netflix’s ‘Crip Camp’: hippie-run summer camp leads to civil rights movement
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Digital News & Culture Editor

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      Annie Gasparro

      food retail reporter for the Wall Street Journal

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    The full episode

    2 of 5
    Grocery work, supply chain
    1. 0:00Ralphs cashier on supermarkets during coronavirus: Like Super Bowl on Thanksgiving
    2. 8:29Grocery supply chain struggles to handle coronavirus-driven demandYou’re reading this
    3. 16:46For one basketball player, postponing Tokyo Olympics is ‘best decision for the world,’ but a disappointment personally
    4. 22:59‘Asian Enough’ podcast hosts on rising racism during coronavirus outbreak
    5. 36:02Netflix’s ‘Crip Camp’: hippie-run summer camp leads to civil rights movement
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