Thinking about food?

Day 124, 17:14 • Published in USA USA • by Pearlswine

So I'm curious... how many people will need to buy food in the US this week?

By my count appx 1250 food units have been sold in the past couple of days....

That's enough food to feed ~42 people for a month.

Now lets say that 45% of the US population is active, that puts the population somewhere around 245 (remember only 118 people voted for mayors, 153 for president, so this may be a little high), those 42 people are ~20% of the current active population. That means that for the next month demand for food has dropped by ~20%

OK, so demand drops, what happens to the supply?

In Q1 it appears that food industry training will be the only supplier. They have proven to be a stable source of food for the US over the past couple of months, but with the recent changes in wellness the Q1 food demand may drop significantly. Will this send workers to more lucrative Q2 positions or create a glut of Q1 food ready for export?

Q2 looks like it will have two successful companies competing, SO appears to have an edge in their ability to produce with a larger, more skilled staff and may be able to edge BP out of the US market, but it'll be a tough, costly fight. Next month should be interesting.

Meanwhile, Q3 has not seen a massive sell-off so demand should remain steady or rise as people transition to higher quality jobs.

Anyone want to predict what'll happen to US food prices over the next month?