COVID-19 continues to impose a series of unique challenges on the food retail and food service sectors in Canada. In May 2020, the expectation was that the public health crisis shutdowns of the restaurant sector would be temporary. Although we may still be in a much longer temporary than was originally envisaged, it is becoming clearer that permanent restructuring may also have happened. Grocery stores have solidified their changed realities through an increased focus on multiple channel retailing rather than a complete choice between either bricks and mortar or online. Increased costs, resulting from the pandemic, are continuing to filter through the food system and we have a growing problem with food security for some Canadians given that employment in January 2021 was found to be at its lowest level since August 2020. Unemployment moves directly with lockdowns that are varied across the country.

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COVID-19对加拿大食品零售和食品服务的影响：第二次评估

COVID-19 继续给加拿大的食品零售和食品服务行业带来一系列独特的挑战。2020 年 5 月，预计餐饮业的公共卫生危机关闭将是暂时的。尽管我们可能仍处于比最初设想的更长的临时阶段，但越来越清楚的是，永久性重组也可能已经发生。杂货店通过更加关注多渠道零售，而不是在实体店或在线店之间做出完整的选择，从而巩固了他们不断变化的现实。大流行导致的成本增加继续渗透到食品系统中，鉴于发现 2021 年 1 月的就业率处于 2020 年 8 月以来的最低水平，一些加拿大人的食品安全问题日益严重。