the california grocers association says at the rate they will not be able to keep up the demand. >>>ur, bracing for the worst. president trump says he expect coronavirus, the outbreak, to stretch into july or even august. >> number five, more uncertainty facing wall street. the dow dropped nearly 3,000 points, and trading resumes in about an hour and we will have a look at the big board coming up at 6:30. >>> and then spotty showers and we could have more snow down to around 3,000 feet. >> if you have to leave your home you can expect light traffic across the entire bay area right now. mass transit is still running and is considered an essential service. >>> kaiser permanente is setting up drive through sights. the wife of an employee here at abc7 that has symptoms was tested yesterday morning and is awaiting the results. >> life has gotten really crazy since last friday when my wife sent me this text in spanish, and it says i have a fever, that's 106. >> i have an appointment with the nurse, and she told me to take tylenol and fluids, and book an appointment via the doctor on saturd

he is working with the californ grocers association to try to lim have panic shopping and hoarding inhis county. >>what we did with the grocery association colony grocers association. it is we've there instructing all their stores. they're major retailers toughout the state of california antelling them that they must limit purchases but make no mistake about it. we'r giving themabout a month a month and a half. if they're on a whole so monitor and regute tmselves. i think we're going to move forward always leglation as you now paper and plastics if you want to pay for plastic b. counties have. jurisdiction you have to you know have to pay for those who don't bring your own. but we really might have ratcheted up and on put in forsman peace if this continues to go on. >>the sply chain is healthy. shop normally. and don't take much as you possibly can pay that shop that's the message i want to reall communicate. >>this interview first aired download it from the app store right noand during this pandemic you can watch cry on for free live local news streaming commercial free 7 in effort t

. >> reporter: the california grocers association is asking people slow down their buying, and they say grocers cannot keep up with the demand and cannot stock the shelves fast enough, and they want everybody to relax, and safeway is hiring and they have 2,000 openings for northern california, and we do see employees inside working hard, and i saw a delivery truck pull in within the hour, and safeway is working hard to get more on the shelves for you today. >> thank you, f for that update. >>> the shelter in place does not stop you from going for a walk outside, and one of the biggest concerns is how to get around when the bay area shutsdown. >> empty bart trains leaving room for social distancing, and they will make sure essential workers like health care workers can get toork. mta is making parking a little easier for everyone. >> we are suspending enforcement of residential parking permits, and parking for longer than 72 hours. we will, however, need to continue enforcement of rules related to public health, safety and the accessibility of services, and this includes street cleaning,

we spoke with county supervisor dave in canada and he's working with the california grocers association trying to limit panic shopping in hardin. >>there's a hodgepodge different store policies, right there so inconsistency can shop at one store. you go to another store, it's totally totally different and so what we did with the grocery association colony grocers association. it is we've there instructing all their stores. they're major retailers throughout the state of california and telling them. they must limit purchases but make no mistake about it. we're giving them about a month a month and a ha. if they're on a whole so sort of monitor and regulate themselves. i think we're going to move forwd always legislation as you know paper and plastics if u want to pay for plastic bag. counties have. jurisdiction you have to you know have to pay for ose who don't bring yr own. but we really might have to ration it out and put it in forsman peace if this continues to go on and so the stores can do it. within 3 weeks 4 weeks and we're going to have to be aggressive. with some policy. well ou

if you are seeing empty shelves in your grocery stores, the california grocers association wants you clear. there's plenty of food. >> we went to another super market. >> reporter: that's the drill these days, grer s shopping. both these women senior citizens having trouble finding the essentials. with the new shelter-in-place rules they worry it will get worse. >> lines are extremely long, shefl shelves are empty so it's kind of scary. >> reporter: it proved an all hands on deck meeting for the california grocers association, a group that represents stores big and small. >> the main message is there is plenty of food. there is plenty of supplies. but delivering it to our stores and trying to keep up with the buying patterns of hoarding and overbuying is an impossibility at this point. >> reporter: to meet demand, safeway announced they are hiring immediately 2000 openings for stores in northern california, western nevada and hawaii region including delivery drivers. they want to make it clear to shoppers, california food distribution centers are ready for disaster. >> dealt with fir

. >> reporter: now, according to the california grocers association, the coronavirus crisis has not disrupted the food supply chain. there are plenty of groceries and other necessities available, but it just takes some time for trucks to deliver and store workers to restock everything because of the recent high demand. supervisor canepa says he's going to go ahead and observe how recent policies are going to affect things before he considers moving forward with this legislation. reporting live in daly city, i'm sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >> sergio, thanks very much. >>> a bay area hospital on the front lines of the covid-19 fight says it's on track to run out of personal protective equipment in just five days. seton medical center in daly city is expecting a surge of coronavirus patients next week. supplies of masks and other vital protective equipment are running dangerously low. seton, one of two hospitals in the state of california, is spending millions on to turn into a covid-19 patient care center. >>> stay up to date by following our live blog. you can see the latest headlines

he has been working with the california grocers association and says the hoarding has to stop. >> the supply chain is healthy, and people do not need to be in these lines. i want to encourage everyone to return back to normal. >> if the hoarding continues, he will propose legislation that will limit the number of items that people can purchase. >>> the covid-19 pandemic is forcing local food banks to rethink the way they operate to help prevent cross contamination. >> as john ramis reports, some people think they will come out the other side even >> reporter: this food bank facility is normally just a warehouse, they don't normally distribute food to people from here, but like the rest of us, they are having to learn new ways to do a lot of things these days. the coronavirus has been the mother of invention. >> we are used to working shoulder to shoulder, we can't do that anymore. we can handle fewer volunteers. >> they created an assembly line where the volunteers move with the boxes down a conveyor belt. that way, each box is filled by one set of hands rather than many. it turns out

david kanufa said the california grocers association are trying to limit panic buying for items like toilet paper and hand sanitizer. if it doesn't show results in a month he's ready to introduce an ordinance to make it law. >> if they cannot regulate and it's not working amongst all stores, then we need to see what we can do to implement something county wide. >> canepa's proposal would limit purchases to four items for certain products. when one bay area county starts a safety campaign, others are likely to join in. >>> it's not just toilet paper and cleaning supplies people are hoarding. americans are panic buying pet food. recent data shows sales are up more than 50%. amazon and petco are posting strong sales for pet items. chewy is hiring 6,000 workers to keep up with demand. >>> new this morning, what about your morning oj? the value of orange juice is soaring as more people try to cram in more vitamin c to boost their immune system. one top grower says he's seen a jump in the past four weeks but we should tell you, there is no evidence that vitamin c is directly effective agai

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. >>> meantime, in today, they talked about an effort by the california grocers association to have stores voluntarily limit panic buying. but if that doesn't show results in a month, he is ready to introduce an ordinance to make it law. >> if they cannot regulate and it is not working amongst all stores, then we need to see what we can do to implement something county wide. >> the ordinance would limit purchases of some items to just four. he adds that when one bay area county starts a safety campaign, others are likely to join in. >>> still ahead, a couple is ready to get married at beautiful san francisco city hall. but now those plans are on hold. what happens to their marriage license, which is about to expire. >>> and, no, those are not coyotes. what had a north bay community howling last night. >>> and i'm meteorologist drew. we are in and out of the showers today and tracking more rain for your sunday. we'll have a time line ahead. >>> and abc 7 was so proud to help people of all faiths in the bay area worship from home last weekend. tomorrow you can catch an encore presentation of

. >> reporter: empty shelves, long lines all of it unnecessary according to california grocers association the group that represents hundreds of stores across the state. >> the main message is there is plenty of food, there is plenty of supplies. but delivering it to our stores and trying to keep up with the buying patterns of hoarding and over buying is an impossibility at this point. >> reporter: to meet demand, safeway announced they are hiring immediately 2000 openings for stores in northern california, western nevada and hawaii including delivery drivers. he wants to make it clear to customers california food disasers are ready. >> we are set up in such a way where there is an abundance of freight and supplies in in rdc. >> reporter: still to help shoppers out, this store in edmonton canada implemented hours just for senior shopping in a cleaner quieter environment. same for this chain in australia. when i posted it on twitter, it was retweeted hundreds of times. stores to do the same.al grocery >> i think that would be wonderful. it would be extremely nice. it would give us a chance

to help answer those critical estions, greg ferrara, president of the national grocers association, whichrests over 1,500 independent ocers, operating nearly 9,000 store is here. he's here with us now and thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. eo people will walk into stores, seeing tmpty selves. why is that happening and how quickly are they being reshelved? estion.t q our supply chain is experiencing an unprecedented event with this crisis. we'vnever seen levels like this across the united states and that's impacting the suly chain. if you see empty shelves in the store, it's taking us a while to gee thply chain back to the stores, but it is coming through the warehouses and the stores. there's plenty of supply in the supply chain, we just need time to catch up. >> it's not that the foodsn't there, it's getting it to the shelves? >> there's plenty, it's just going quickly off the shelves as we can get it on them. >> consumers say, i'yim to reduce my time to the store,ly go and buy a month's worth ratherthan a week. >> that's the problem. we have people who are buying a montos w

david canepa said the california grocers association are trying to have stores value voluntarily limit panic buying for items like toilet paper and hand sanitizer. if it doesn't show results in a month he's ready to introduce an ordinance to make it law. >> if they cannot regulate and it's not working amongst all stores, then we need to see what we can do to implement something county wide. >> canepa's proposal would limit purchases to four items for certain products. when one bay area county starts a safety campaign, others are likely to join in. >>> it's not just toilet paper and cleaning supplies people are hoarding. americans are panic buying pet food. recent data shows sales are up more than 50%. amazon and petco are posting strong sales for pet items. the pet supply delivery company chewy is hiring 6,000 workers to keep up with demand. >>> new this morning, what about your morning oj? the value of orange juice is soaring as more people try to cram in more vitamin c to boost their immune system. one top grow we are a florida citrus trade group says he's seen a jump in the past fou

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it's grown and what part of the country it's being shipped to a new survey from the national grocers association finds things like sanitizer, toilet paper and bleach, those are the most bought items, coinciding with the images we're seeing on social media and on tv sales of sanitizer, they actually spiked more than 300% in the last week of february that trend seems very likely to continue after the president declared a national emergency on friday keep in mind, sales of sanitizers have been flat and many components used to make the bottles are sourced in china two kamexamples of the shock ths coronavirus outbreak is putting on manufacturers and the supply chain. that's something that walmart ceo doug mcmillan emphasized on friday >> specifically the areas where we're seeing pressure in the supply chain are surf cleaners, cleaning supplies, paper goods, hand sanitizers will be difficult to have 100% in stock on time. as soon as we get it, it's going. all the retailers will be working hand in hand with the suppliers to bring that to the market as fast as we can >> reporter: and as this outbreak co

grocers still pushing forward and the pharmacies. but talk about what goes through your mind as a home builder leading the association as you see thesetheir own lives on the line to help the rest of us. >> as i said, it's remarkable. i have a lot of nurses and things in my close circle of friends and family and i'm amazed what they are able to do every day. they put their lives on the line for us all and they are the ones -- this is all about them. they are on the front lines of this war and we are just looking to do our part to help them. i'm in awe of them and what they're doing these days. we want to do just a little bit to sort of give them a pat on the back and tell them we're here for them as a country. >> ed: more than a pat on the back you are providing critical protective gear that might help save their lives and the lives of many people. we appreciate you stepping forward and telling us your story. thank you. >> thanks for helping us get the word out. >> sandra: absolutely. fox news alert meanwhile. u.s. navy hospital ship is set to arrive in los angeles taking part in the fight against covid-19. we'll have the details on i

speaking to the largest grocer in the nation, walmart, with groceries accounting for 50% of their sales, walmart tells us staying safe and healthy is more important than ever for our associateslling these barriering is another way walmart is helping bring peace of mind we are doing everything we can to keep our people and our stores safe. now, grocers have remained open but it's a boom time for other chains like kroger's and albertson because people have been stockpiling. they have still been buying a lot of goods online as well and as a result, we have seen walmart saying they need 150,000 more employees. also hiring, kroger. looking for 10,000 workers. albertson's looking for 30,000. publix supermarkets hiring around 2,000 or so. walmart for its part saw a record high last week, the first dow component to hit a new record since february of last year and people say that with the demand for online shopping, online grocery buying and consumer behavior changes because of coronavirus and the quarantines taking place, walmart should continue to do well. we have seen a lift as well for the likes of kroger and albertson's despite the fact we have seen market declines for the broad