“…Some of the most visible implications of the pandemic in the food retail industry have included panic buying, changes in food purchasing patterns, food deliveries and digital services, frontline hygiene and preventive measures, logistics and organization of distribution in stores, and supply-side issues due to labour shortages and disruptions to transportation and supply networks ( ILO, 2020 , PwC, 2020 , Rathore et al, 2020 , Ivanov, 2021b , Paul and Chowdhury, 2021 ). Limits on people’s mobility have reduced seasonal workers’ availability for planting and harvesting in many countries.…”