Describe some possible scenarios that the public could experience in the event of a Y2K emergency. Minor glitches could happen and could impact specific areas or products of the food industry. Consumers were unable to get certain perishables. Fortunately, stores still had fruits and vegetables in the frozen food and canned goods area and dry milk was available. Another example is hurricanes.
Hurricanes can cause major destruction.
The key to success is preparedness. The objective is to keep stores open as long as it is safe to do so. Stores must weigh customer and associate safety when making the decision to remain open. However, if there were a major problem, like a massive breakdown of utilities, the preparation and calm of the industry is likely to prevail. Stores, even if completely cut off from the rest of the supply chain have significant inventory of many items and some product movement could be sustained for a couple of days to a few weeks.