My first big trip to the grocery store after the coronavirus:

1) All of the front windows were boarded up with plywood, with "WE ARE OPEN" spraypainted on top of it.

2) Signs were up on the automatic doors that said that state law said that you had to wear a mask in order to be able to go inside, and a worker was seated on a stool by the entrance to check everyone who was going in.

3) Lentils were up like a third (like $1.29 a pound versus $0.99), and other dried legumes were as well (e.g. split peas were at more than a buck for just a pound bag).

4) Refrigerated cases of beer seemed extraordinarily low, although that might have been due to some sale that was going on.

5) Tape on the ground marked out where you could stand to get into lines, though not a ton of people were by the checkout area and so no-one really used it.

6) The (young) (Latina) checkout girl said that a lot of people had been saying to her that the price of lentils and beans were up, and that she had noticed it too since she knows how much everything costs, and that the prices had gone up after the initial coronavirus outbreak panic and then had just stayed there. She also said that like right after the looting had started more people had come in than usual and they had bought more than usual, but then crowds and purchasing had died right down to the new normal levels that are typical nowadays.

7) Checkout people no longer help customers bag groceries, though it seems there's now more cashiers on hand, perhaps to cut down on the lines that can form since people have to bag all of their own groceries now.