We visited the Franklin Park Stop and Shop last night and, as expected given that we all need supplies while we shelter in place to protect ourselves and our community from COVID-19 infection, found empty shelves in the bread, water, and paper goods aisles. However, the store was fairly well stocked with other supplies — plenty of produce and snacks, lots of yogurt and a decent amount of milk available, but the panic buying seems to be continuing.
Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.
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