Coronavirus

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act will provide $1 billion in funding to food programs such as SNAP.

The president and health officials also asked citizens to avoid gatherings with more than 10 people, at home as well as outside.

Associations partner with feds to ensure supply chain viability as stores discourage hoarding; sick and missing workers present another challenge.

Grocers struggle to keep sweet and salty snacks in stock as consumers look for comfort in cookies and chips amid growing coronavirus fears.

Industry leaders say cargo policy and manufacturing support can assure a secure food chain amid coronavirus crisis.

In the U.K., discounters are losing to big boxes for the first time in a decade as stock-ups devastate availability and grocers face much uncertainty ahead, the author says.

Food retailers are seeing explosive sales gains as sales shift from the restaurant channel, but they could soon dissipate and leave a mark on profits, a Barclays report said.

The government's leading expert on COVID-19 recommended a two-week lockdown as states and cities followed suit.

Restaurants that sell only food and nonalcoholic beverages appear to be exempted, along with supermarkets and sources of health supplies.

Ohio’s indefinite ban starts at 9 p.m. tonight. Illinois will permit takeout service.

The chain is going to a takeout-only model to reduce the spread of the coronavirus as chains focus increasingly on drive-thru and delivery.

He also said restaurants should cut their occupancies in half, but stopped short of ordering outright closure.

Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Kentucky have all restricted establishments to takeout and delivery as coronavirus disruptions spread.