TexAg1987 said:
How long is the freshness date of the items stocked when all this started?
Eventually they will need to pull it all and won't be re-stocking at near the rate. Maybe a big sale right before that happens?
Production surely has slowed down already.
Eventually they won't occupy the shelf space and something else will start to take it.
This is also something many haven't thought about. They most likely have volume commitments to their raw material suppliers for better pricing, so a week or two of little to no turn and slowed production could jeopardize meeting those commitments. Suppliers of needed materials like corrugate, aluminum, bottles, barley, etc. I'm sure they have built in some kind of safety net for lines being down for maintenance, etc, but that would be localized, not nationwide.