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“Take Only What You Need:” DC Asks People To Limit Supermarket Purchases As Empty Shelves Persist
Zubu Brothers ^ | 1-23-2022

Posted on 01/23/2022 3:46:11 PM PST by blam

“If you’re hitting the grocery store to prepare for winter weather, please just buy what you need and leave some for others! You may have noticed empty shelves in some stores due to national supply chain issues, but there is no need to buy more than you normally would.”

Above is a recent tweet from the DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (DC HSEMA) completely contradicting what President Biden told the nation last Wednesday that images of empty store shelves in supermarkets are fake news.

Biden, talking about his Build Back Better legislation, said, “First fix the supply chain… We heard dire warnings about how these supply chain problems could create a real crisis around the holidays. So we acted.”

The president preceded to tell the nation, “eighty-nine percent” of supermarkets “are full, which is only a few points below what it was before the pandemic.”

He said the images Americans see on television of empty shelves are misleading.

Suppose supermarket shelves aren’t empty, as Biden explains. Why would DC HSEMA issue a notice to area residents about empty store shelves and ask people not to panic hoard ahead and during adverse weather conditions this winter?

Something is amiss here, and it seems the delusional 79yo president might be a little out of touch with reality.

For a dose of reality, the internet has been washed with social media users pointing out bare shelves at supermarkets around the country.

Last week, Phil Lempert, an editor of the website SupermarketGuru.com, told NPR that supermarket shelves are bare again. He called it a “perfect storm.”

Industry experts, such as Conagra Brands’ CEO Sean Connolly warned its US plants could be constrained for at least the next month due to Omicron-related absences.

Another expert, the CEO of Albertsons, is anticipating continued supply chain woes “over the next four to six weeks.”

So if the nation’s food supply is under stress and store shelves are going bare as DC HSEMA tells residents not to panic hoard, then why in the heck is the president misleading the public about how everything is okay?

Ah, yes, the midterms are coming up.


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: biden; groceries; inflation; neanderthaljoe; shortages; supplychain
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To: blam

I do so love it when stupidity meets consequences.

As for the rest of us, it’s time to prepare and the hour is late.


41 posted on 01/23/2022 6:19:23 PM PST by RKBA Democrat (Cultural separation and cultural divorce. )
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To: blam
The District of Corruption is a Satanic cesspool.

The fact those losers have nothing to eat is an interesting twist.

Perhaps all these years of lies, mayhem, and murder are finally catching up to those psychopaths from Hell.

42 posted on 01/23/2022 6:38:27 PM PST by Prole
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
I was in a Maryland Giant supermarket today. There were empty spaces all along the shelves. Many refrigerated section doors and shelves had signs saying "Sorry for the lack of _____. We are experiencing supply chain problems." A huge entire section of bagged salads was totally empty, as well as plenty of the freezer section, orange juice section, all over the large store.

Just pathetic.

43 posted on 01/23/2022 6:38:29 PM PST by EinNYC (1)
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To: blam

Buncha naysayers. Bread lines are great, they’re a sign that everyone has so much money they can afford to stand in line all day. Praise Brandon!


44 posted on 01/23/2022 6:39:31 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: blam

Sounds like a good time to block unjabbed truckers from entering the country.


45 posted on 01/23/2022 7:02:16 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: EinNYC

SMH.

We are in the SE and are experiencing some items bare.


46 posted on 01/23/2022 7:50:33 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: blam

I went stock up shopping this past Saturday and Sunday leaving with a full cart each time. Hey, it is what I need!


47 posted on 01/24/2022 3:24:23 AM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: blam

The he’ll with that.


48 posted on 01/24/2022 7:35:47 AM PST by moovova
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Well that’s enough for me. I’m going right out to stock up.


49 posted on 01/25/2022 4:50:18 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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