Chico Co-OP shares how they have been coping after one year of the pandemic

1 year ago, the stay-at-home order made certain jobs essential for public survival.

1 year ago -- the stay at home order made certain jobs -- essential -- for public survial..

Grocery store workers were high on that list.

New at 5-thrity -- action news now reporter dani masten shares how one local market coped with this crisis.

Nats of check ou* joey haney/brand manager at co-op "it was unparalleled."

Dani masten here at the co-op in downtown chico - the beginning of the pandemic for the store was nothing like they have ever seen before.

Joey haney is has worked at the co-op for nine years...*nats of him talking on interco* he tells action news now everything started to change after the stay at home order.

Joey haney/brand manager at co-op "the later half of march we started to see bigger increases in sales.

People stocking up, people panick buying.

We saw people being advised to have two weeks worth of groceries."

Dani masten haney tells me items like flour would disappear from the shelves within hours.

Joey haney/brand manager at co-op "running out of a lot of staple products things like bread, flour, canned goods.

All that stuff started clearing the shelves.

And then, once you couldn't buy bread anymore, then things like flour active dry yeast, things to make bread, those started flying off the shelf."

Joey haney/brand manager at co-op "sold out all the time.

We had item restrictions on them.

You could only buy two or four cans of beans at a time."

Now, one year later he's breathing a sigh of relief joey haney/brand manager at co-op "things are less hetic now..people aren't panic buying which is good.

People are just buying what they need.

The food supply chain has leveled out a bit and it is not those huge shocks to the system.

Although shopping at the store is still a different experience haneys main goal is to continue to keep customers safe.

Dani masten haney tells me the store does not require its staff to get vaccinated but says a majority of their staff is starting to receive their first doses of the covid-19 shot.

Reporting in chico - dani masten, action news now, coverag you can count on.

Haney tells action news now he has received his first dose of the covid-19 shot and will receive his second one next week.###