Background: Throughout history, the world has witnessed natural disasters affecting businesses and societies with varying degrees of disruption COVID-19 (henceforth C19) constituted a significant system shock and a stark reminder of the fragility and sensitive nature of supply chains The pandemic has exerted considerable societal and economic pressure and has had an adverse impact on food supply chains in particular Many food processing operations were forced to alter activities or close temporarily due to outbreaks Societal lockdowns, travel restrictions, business closures and quarantine have led to structural changes in the productivity of economies and impacted the mental health and financial wellbeing of citizens Methods: We present a critical review of the literature to explore the impact of C19 on the food supply chain We collected data from journal articles retrieved from a leading scientific database (i e , Scopus), books, chapters, conference proceedings, reports, and a variety of Internet websites For the literature search, we used the following words;"COVID-19" and "food" Results and conclusions: The findings of the review suggest that the C19 pandemic poses unprecedented challenges for food supply chains We reveal that C19 has raised food insecurity and food safety concerns, increased supply chain and logistics costs and radically changed consumer behavior On the positive side, the pandemic has improved awareness of food waste and the importance of self-grown foods We generated nine research propositions to foster future academic research Our study also highlighted the need to advance this literature and calls for increased attention from the supply chain management and logistics community to further analyse and quantify the impact of C19 on the food chain © Wyższa Szkoła Logistyki, Poznań, Polska
Covid-19 and the food chain? Impacts and future research trends