Grocery Sector and Distribution Center Operations
The grocery industry employs nearly 3 million people to provide tens of millions of food, beverage and household products supporting your communities every day. This daily capacity far exceeds what the government and non-profit organizations can provide during disasters using temporary distribution networks.
By supporting the restoration of private sector commodity flows, emergency managers can expedite community recovery and direct government-managed relief supplies to the most at-risk and in-need areas.
Download Materials
- Restoring Flow of Private Sector Lifelines: Partnership Guide for Grocery Distribution Centers
- Restoring Flow of Private Sector Lifelines: Operational Strategies for Emergency Managers
- Restoring Flow Placemat: Food & Fuel
Explore Other Resources
The following is additional material to help provide a greater understanding of the concept of critical lifeline flows, supply chain resilience and the importance of strengthening relationships between the public and private sector before a disaster.
- FEMA 2019 Supply Chain Resilience Guide
- 2020 National Academies of Science Engineering and Medicine Study: Strengthening Post-Hurricane Supply Chain Resilience - - Observations from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria
- FEMA Independent Study 0238, “Critical Concepts in Supply Chain Flow and Resilience”
- FEMA PrepTalks: Dr. Jarrod Goentzel, "Aligning Public and Private Supply Chains for Disaster Response"
- FEMA PrepTalks: Dr. Yossi Sheffi, "Private Sector Resilience: It Is All In The Supply Chain"
- Center for Homeland Defense and Security Supply Chain Resilience Self-Study Online Course