the tyson dude was on a few days ago saying everything was fine with the overall food industry and transportation- and that they could easily transition to smaller packages for stores if they had to- (I guess a large part of their contracts is with large orders/packaging for insitutions)
I think the UK is trying to incite panic buying to keep this hysteria going
It’s because, working closely, the employees easily spread the virus.
These plants are essential and weren’t ‘shutdown’ when everything else was.