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If restaurants are closed, the wholesale food trade has to sell that grub somewhere, right? There’s only so much freezer, refer, and warehouse space to fill up.

If restaurants are closed, the wholesale food trade has to sell that grub somewhere, right? There’s only so much freezer, reefer, and warehouse space to fill up.

Sure, but they aren't set up for retail. Maybe they can work out something with Costco or other grocers, but they almost definitely can't just sell that stock direct. They don't have cashiers or a POS system set up, and most distribution warehouses are in industrial areas that no one is going to know where to go, much less that they're even selling direct public. Plus I'm sure there's several other issues I can't think of right now. As long as restaurants are forced to close/only do take-out, I foresee a lot of food sitting and rotting. Some fresh stuff can maybe be returned to a processor for canning or livestock feed, but that's all complicated to find/source, as well as much less revenue than supplying the restaurant distribution network.