From the Heritage Foundation, I'm Michelle Cordero, and this is Heritage Explains.

I think we can all agree that one of the weirdest parts of quarantine life has been going to the grocery store.

Through most of March, my husband went when it was absolutely necessary and I stayed home with the

kids. He told me he felt like he was in an apocalyptic movie. You're still in your local grocery

store, but it didn't feel normal. Shelves were bare.

Masked people seemed anxious, not making eye contact. Toilet paper and paper towels were the highest

in demand with caps on how much you could buy. Eventually, I needed to get out of the house

and decided it was my turn to go to the store.

By mid-April, everyone still had masks on.

There were less people in the store because of capacity rules.

Most of the people I saw actually seemed nicer than usual.

Some even made eye contact and smiled under their masks. Now in May I'd

say one-fourth of the people I see aren't wearing masks and the issue is not who can

find the most toilet paper and paper towels. The things that are harder to find are chicken, pork,

and beef.

Most food companies are continuing to operate amid the pandemic, but some major meat packers across the U.S. have temporarily shuttered plants as workers catch the coronavirus.

America's food supply chain seeing signs of trouble, beef, pork, poultry, and even fish

processing plants in more than a dozen states forced to close due to the coronavirus outbreak.

New concerns about America's food supply, fast food chain Wendy's becoming the latest company

to feel the effects of a pandemic-triggered meat shortage, reportedly not able to serve burgers,

its hallmark item, in some locations, including California, South Carolina, and Kentucky on Monday.

The announcement causing some customers to invoke the franchise's famous catchphrase from the 80s.

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