People taking part in a study were more likely to cancel their orders made in advance for fruits and vegetables to get something else on the spot. They were also more likely to switch their orders to buy sweets and salty snacks.
Less likely to buy
More likely to buy
No change
Sweets and salty snacks
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fudge brownies
+16%
raspberry roll
+16%
Takis chips
+14%
Mexican sweet bread
+12%
rice pudding cup
+10%
Salvadoran bread
+10%
Pay Day candy bars
+9%
Doritos
+8%
Oreo cookies
+6%
Snickers candy bars
+5%
Nutter Butter cookies
+5%
Lay's potato chips
+4%
palmier cookies
+3%
honey buns
+0.8%
Cheetos/Cheez-Its
+0%
gelatin cup
-1.2%
chocolate chip cookies
-3.3%
tortilla chips
-12%
Shopping cart|
Instacart or other pre-order service|
Produce
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plums
+2%
bananas
+2%
garden salad
+0.9%
red grapes
+0.6%
red apples
-2.7%
baby carrots
-3.1%
oranges
-3.8%
green apples
-4.1%
peach cup
-4.3%
tomatoes
-5.5%
cucumbers
-5.8%
pears
-6.2%
red peppers
-6.8%
green peppers
-11.3%
Shoppers had less flexibility and were less able to change their orders than they would have had as customers under ordinary conditions.
