Curious Cook: Pandemics and our food supply

In March, shoppers in the UK spent RM10bil more than they typically would on food. — AFP Relaxnews

At the announcement of the confinement rules in the United Kingdom last month, an English friend said he took out £300 (RM1,600) from the ATM (the maximum cash amount allowed) and bought all the pasta and rice he could find at the local supermarket.

I wonder if he had bothered to consider what would happen to the people after him shopping for their families; my friend is retired, lives only with his wife and £300 of pasta and rice would probably last them years.