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How grocery shipping amid coronavirus was snarled by America’s high-tech delivery networks, weak national response

After two weeks of warnings, why is there still no rubbing alcohol at our local ShopRite? Why is the Acme in the next neighborhood so low on chicken, and Giant’s paper-goods aisle so barren?

A shopper walks down emtpy aisles at a Stop & Shop supermarket in North Providence, R.I. earlier this month.
A shopper walks down emtpy aisles at a Stop & Shop supermarket in North Providence, R.I. earlier this month.Read moreDavid Goldman / AP