Ice-cream is not an essential food given its limited nutritional value. It is associated with leisure and celebration and is often enjoyed socially, such as at a birthday party or among friends at the beach. For these reasons, ice-cream consumption may have fallen during the period of limited social gatherings due to the global covid-19 pandemic and the national regulations that were past limiting such gatherings in many states. Ice-cream is also more expensive than staple food items, such as rice and beans. Therefore, consumers may have avoided purchasing ice-cream during a period of economic uncertainty.
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