Canned Craziness

The Friday File: Between 3/1/20 and 8/8/20, households hunkered down and stockpiled food. Among canned vegetables and beans, mixed vegetable sales increased the most, 62.4% Y-o-Y to $94 million. Next, kidney beans with growth of 60.2% to $95 million, followed by peas that saw revenues jump 57.4% to $92 million, then chickpeas/garbanzos that bounced 57.1% to $63 million. In fifth, tomatoes with 56.1% growth pushing sales to $422 million.