INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
staple food flying off the shelves and long lines outside grocery stores.From the US to Canada and Australia, reports of overseas Indians
stocking up are going viral
Some shops have imposed buying limits, while others hiked prices to cash in on the frenzy
Indian restaurants worry about a shortage.Rice is vital to the diets of billions in Asia and Africa
started buying maybe twice as much rice as usual
The store is now allowing customers to buy only one 5-kilogram bag of rice each
Bloomberg could not independently verify their authenticity
Some South Asian grocery stores in Toronto have also implemented buying restrictions and increased retail prices, according to
Rice as India bans export
