AND STUDENTS, KCAL9 NEWS.
SUZIE: THANK YOU.
PANIC BUYING AND HOARDING ARE
BIG PROBLEMS IN
TONIGHT ONLY ON 9, RALPHS AND
FOOD 4 LESS
INSIDE ONE OF THEIR MASSIVE FOOD
DISTRIBUTION CENTERS TO SHOW HOW
MUCH FOOD THERE IS, THE MESSAGE
IS DO NOT PANIC, CHRIS HOLMSTROM
IS LIVE AT A RALPHS IN HOLLYWOOD
WITH STORY ONLY ON KCAL9.
REPORTER: SUZIE, THE SHELVES ARE
EMPTY ACROSS THIS AREA WHICH IS
CAUSING PEOPLE TO HAVE STRESS.
BUT YOU MENTION YOU DID NOT NEED
TO WORRY ABOUT THIS WE HAD A
FIRST HAND LOOK INSIDE ONE OF
LARGEST FOOD DISTRIBUTION
CENTERS IN THE AREA, SCENES LIKE
THIS, OVERCROWDED STORES LIKE
THIS STATER BROTHERS IN PASA
PASADENA.
AT THIS COSTCO, LINES WERE
AROUND THE BUILDING, RESULT WAS
EMPTY SHELVES THAT IS CREATING
HHYSTERIA.
AT RALPHS AND FOOD 4 LESS
DISTRIBUTION CENTER, ALL HANDS
ON DECK.
SINCE IT STARTED WE HAVE
EMPLOYEES WORK 12, 16 HOURS
SHIFTS.
SHE GAVE US A TOUR OF THE
CENTER.
THERE IS PLENTY OF FOOD, WE
HAVE IT IN THE WAREHOUSES, WE'RE
TRYING TO GET IT TO THE STORES
AND CUSTOMERS.
REPORTER: THEY PROVIDE FOOD TO
MORE THAN 300 STORES IN AREA,
SINCE MARCH 3 EMPLOYEES HAVE
BEEN WORKING NONSTOP.
120 TRUCKS GO OUT EACH DAY
BEFORE OUTBREAK NUMBER OF CLOSER
TO 100.
AND MOST POPULAR ITEM, YOU
GUESSED IT TOILET PAPER,
FOLLOWED BY MILK, EGGS, RISES
AND BEANS.
BUY WHAT YOU NEED.
REPORTER: A STATEMENT SHE CANNOT
EXPRESS ENOUGH.
THERE IS FOOD HERE, IT IS
COMING IN AND ET EXITING.
REPORTER: AND PEOPLE ARE WAITING
IN LINES NOT GIVING ENOUGH
SOCIAL DISTANCE.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS GROCERS'
PEOPLE TO QUIT PANICKING AND
CUTBACK ON STOCK PILING.
CHECK ON A NEIGHBOR, AN
ELDERLY PERSONAL RISK, SEE WHAT
THEY NEED, THIS IS A TIME TO
HELP OTHERS.
REPORTER: A TRYING TIME FOR SO
MANY GROCERY STORE EMPLOYEES,
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BECOME REAL
HEROES DURING THE CORONAVIRUS
OUTBREAK.
WE'RE LEARNING THAT RALPHS AND
FOOD 4 LE LESS, ARE LEAKING TO HIRE
