Community Care Thorold says they are starting to feel the pressure of the pandemic, that as of Monday morning saw three cases in Niagara.
On Monday morning, only three people, including branch manager Maxine Hutchins were serving the clients.
“Normally we are 12 with our volunteers,” she told Thorold News over the phone.
Over 20 households visited the food bank, a larger than normal number for a Monday morning.
While they are asking those able to donate to hold off on things like household items or clothing due to understaffing, food items are needed.
“Fresh fruits and vegetables, and canned meats and pasta, things like that, would help a great deal,” Hutchins continued.
Just before the weekend, area stores were heavily hit by an onslaught of shoppers stocking up on food and household items, in particular toilet paper and hand sanitizer.
On Sunday, several shelves at the Pen Centre Walmart were still visibly thinned out with several items out of stock.
Niagara residents even turned to wholesalers of hygiene products and emptied out shelves, leaving them with empty supplies before the weekend.
One sales associate at a Niagara Falls retailer of hygiene- and paper products, normally serving restaurants, bakeries and institutions said he had “never seen anything like it.”
“People were coming non-stop.”
During a press conference on Monday morning, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he has been in contact with the major retailers in the provjnce, who are assuring their supply chains remain intact amidst the high pressure.
