WELLINGTON: New Zealanders' grocery shopping over the past few years has focused on the latest "superfood" or diet and lifestyle craze, but this year research commissioned by the United Fresh showed on Wednesday the significant impact of Covid-19 in supermarket aisles around New Zealand.

Empty shelves, food shortages, masks and socially distanced queues make the weekly shop seem like something from a sci-fi film compared to the "old normal" before the pandemic and the Nielsen IQ study completed in June this year showed just how far New Zealanders have shifted from the carefree days before Covid.

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