Abantu baseMelika banesithukuthezi ekhaya ngexesha lokuvalwa kwe-coronavirus bafumanisa kwakhona uthando lwabo lokubhaka kunye nokupheka, ukubuyisela umva umkhwa weminyaka emininzi owenze kwakhona amava evenkile yokutya.

Idatha yabathengi ibonisa ukunyuka kwentengiso kwinto ebizwa ngokuba yivenkile yegrosari, iipaseji apho iisiriyeli, iimveliso zokubhaka kunye nezinto zokupheka zifumaneka.Kwelinye icala, ukuthengiswa kweedeli kuphantsi, kwaye iimveliso ezinjengokutya okulungiselelwe evenkileni zehle kakhulu.

Abahlalutyi bemizi-mveliso bathi ibuyisela umva utyekelo oluye lwakhula ngokukhawuleza kule minyaka ingama-40 idlulileyo.Njengoko abantu baseMelika bexakeke kakhulu kwaye bechitha ixesha elininzi emsebenzini, bachithe imali encinci kwezo ndawo zisevenkileni kunye nokunye ukutya okwenziwa kwangaphambili, okonga ixesha.

“Senza amaqebengwana etshokholethi.Ndenze chocolate chip cookies.Bebegqwesile, ngendlela, utshilo uNeil Stern, iqabane eliphezulu eMcMillanDoolittle obonisana nabathengi kwishishini legrosari.“Umxube wentengiso ukhangeleka ngathi wenziwa phaya ngo-1980,” xa abantu abaninzi babepheka ekhaya.

Umxube wokuthengisa nawo mkhulu, idatha evela kwinkampani yophando i-IRI ibonisa.Abantu baseMelika bathatha uhambo olumbalwa ukuya kwivenkile yokutya, kodwa bathenga ngakumbi xa bephuma.Bangaphezu kwama-70 ekhulwini abathengi abathi banegrosari eyaneleyo yokuhlawula iimfuno zabo zasekhaya kangangeeveki ezimbini nangaphezulu.

Idatha yakwaNielsen ibonisa ukuba abantu baseMelika bathenga iimveliso ezimbalwa abanokuthi bazisebenzise xa bephuma.Ukuthengiswa kwezithambiso zomlomo kuye kwehle ngesithathu, njengoko kufakwe izihlangu kunye ne-insoles.Ukuthengiswa kwe-sunscreen phantsi kweepesenti ze-31 kwiveki ephelileyo.Ukuthengiswa kweebha zamandla kuphazamisekile.

Kwaye mhlawumbi ngenxa yokuba bembalwa abantu abaphumayo, ukutya okuncinci kuyamoshwa.Bangaphezulu kwesithathu sabathengi begrosari bathi ngoku baphumelele ngakumbi ekunqandeni inkunkuma yokutya kunokuba babenjalo ngaphambi kobhubhani, ngokwedatha eqokelelwe yi-FMI, umbutho weshishini lokutya eWashington.

Ukutya okukhenkcezisiweyo - ngakumbi ipizza kunye neefries zaseFrentshi - kunomzuzwana.Ukuthengiswa kwepizza ekhenkcezisiweyo kwisithuba seeveki ezili-11 ezidlulileyo kuye kwatsiba ngaphezu kwesiqingatha, ngokutsho kukaNielsen, kwaye ukuthengiswa kwakho konke ukutya okukhenkcezisiweyo kuye kwatsiba ngama-40 ekhulwini.

Abantu baseMelika bachitha imali ephindwe kathandathu njengoko bebenzile kunyaka ophelileyo kwi-sanitizer yesandla, i-splurge eqondakalayo phakathi kobhubhani, kunye nokuthengiswa kwezinto ezininzi zokucoca kunye ne-aerosol disinfectants okungenani kuphindwe kabini.

Kodwa ukubaleka ngephepha langasese kuya kuba lula.Ukuthengiswa kweethishu zokuhlambela bekunyuke ngeepesenti ezili-16 kumanqanaba onyaka ophelileyo kwiveki ephela nge-16 kaMeyi, esezantsi kakhulu kunokonyuka kweepesenti ezingama-60 kwiintengiso zephepha langasese kwixesha elide leeveki ezili-11.

Iinyanga ezizayo zasehlotyeni ziye zakhawulezisa ukuthengiswa kwezinto zokugcoba ezifana ne-hotdogs, i-hamburgers kunye ne-buns, ngokohlalutyo lwebhanki yotyalo-mali iJefferies.

Kodwa ukutya kwelizwe kuhlala kuyinkxalabo kwishishini legrosari, emva kokuba amaza e-coronavirus ebethe izityalo ezipakisha inyama kwi-Midwestern states.

Ukudityaniswa kweshishini lokupakisha inyama kuthetha ukuba nokuba izityalo ezimbalwa zingasebenzi kwi-intanethi, isixa esikhulu sokubonelelwa kwenyama yehagu, inyama yenkomo kunye neenkukhu kunokuphazamiseka.Iimeko zokusebenza kwizityalo, apho kunokwenzeka ukuba kubanda kwaye abasebenzi beme kufutshane iiyure ekugqibeleni, zibenza babe ngamathuba akhethekileyo okuba i-coronavirus isasazeke.

"Ngokucacileyo, inyama, inkukhu, ihagu yinkxalabo ngenxa yendlela eyenziwa ngayo loo mveliso," kusho uStern."Ukuphazamiseka kolu thungelwano lonikezelo kunokuba nzulu kakhulu."

Abantu baseMelika babonakala besingatha ukuqhambuka ngenye indlela: Ukuthengiswa kotywala kunyukile kwezi veki zidlulileyo.Iyonke intengiso yotywala ingaphezulu kwekota, intengiso yewayini inyuke phantse ngama-31 epesenti, kwaye intengiso yotywala inyuke ngaphezu kwesithathu ukusukela ekuqaleni kukaMatshi.

Akukacaci ukuba ngaba abantu baseMelika basela utywala obuninzi ngexesha lokuvalwa, utshilo uStern, okanye ukuba bathatha indawo yotywala ebebebuthengile kwiibhari nakwiindawo zokutyela ngotywala ababusela esofeni.

“Ukuthengiswa kwegrosari kunyukile kwaye ukusetyenziswa kwindawo yendalo kusezantsi kakhulu.Andazi ukuba sisela kakhulu utywala, ndiyazi nje ukuba sisela utywala obuninzi ekhaya,” utshilo.

Kwinto enokuba zezona ndaba zithembisayo, ukuthengwa kweemveliso zecuba kunqabile, uphawu olunethemba ebusweni bentsholongwane yokuphefumla.Ukuthengiswa kwecuba kuye kwaba ngaphantsi kwamanani onyaka-onyaka kwiinyanga, ngokutsho kwe-IRI Consumer Network Panel, isifundo seveki sokuziphatha kwabathengi.