date:May 14, 2020
t workers -- including social distancing in the packing plant and mask use.
The demand for citrus is also about shelf life. People are buying things they can store for a while, Richey said. We've seen a 60-percent uptick for citrus every week since March. The only exception was lemons, he said, which primarily go to restaurants, bars and food-service establishments.
Some orange juice sales destined for food service were lost, especially to breakfast restaurants, said Andrew Meadows, director o