From the CNN link:
“ Consumers are unlikely to see any shortages because of production disturbances. ”
re: $60 ribeyes...source? Delivered? Dry aged? Prime, choice, select?
Fellow restaurant consultants calculate 50 to 60% of customers are not going to restaurants at all. That’s going to result in a food supply glut, not shortages. That said, distributing could be a problem and wholesale plants like meatpackers closing down due to illness is problematic.
biggest problem is probably panic buying, and hoarding by consumers at regular grocery stores.