By Bob Woods, Newsbytes. Your local retailer has been working with suppliers to be well-stocked. If people would just use common sense, there will be no problems. The task of fixing the food industry's Y2K bugs, though, were daunting as the sector has many links where a failure could hurt the overall system, said Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman. But all may not go completely smoothly, Glickman said.
Many companies also have contingency plans to deal with any unanticipated events.
What we're trying to tell people today is that there's no reason to panic, and entertainment is entertainment and nothing else. Harris Interactive's study found that female shoppers were 50 percent more likely than male shoppers to pantry-load before the end of the year. Meantime, male shoppers aged 25 to 34 were two to three times more likely than male shoppers were in other age ranges to stock-up, Harris Interactive said. For its QuickQuery study, Harris Interactive asked 1,903 people via the Internet for their opinions on Y2K. Individuals in the sample are reportedly responsible for at least half of their household's grocery purchasing. Harris officials said they will conduct their survey two more times before Jan. 1.