McLean County Farm Bureau

COLD STORAGE SECTOR LIKELY TO BE CHANGED BY COVID-19

The increase in online food purchases that has accompanied the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown will likely persist, affecting the cold storage sector, according to a new report from the commercial real estate company CBRE Research. The report said that U.S. consumers increasingly have groceries delivered directly to their home or are buying online and picking up in store. The long-term effects of COVID-19 will change the cold storage sector in five ways, according to CBRE. (The Packer)