Thanks. I’ve noticed a few empty shelves, but of seemingly unrelated items. All last year, drain cleaning solutionslike Drano seemed to be in short supply. The other day, my store was out of tomato juice and regular V8. Chicken bouillon was also in short supply. A nearby 7-11 was short of frozen products like ice cream and pizza. And I’m once again seeing reduced supplies of paper products - toilet tissue, paper towels, and paper plates, although it still isn’t as bad as last year.
Yeah—the weirdness was what we saw in the Carter years—seemingly no rhyme or reason—and the retailer would be just as confused as everybody else.
The trick is that there will be overstocks of some items because of the craziness—and that is the time to grab more than you need if they are durable—because six months later they may be unavailable.