A friend of mine outside of Philly said they have no sugar on the shelves. That's crazy. We still have plenty here outside Baltimore. Did not notice whether there is flour here, since thankfully I have enough in the pantry.
I read an article last week that explains the flour outages. The panic hoarders are making their own bread. There’s not a bread machine for sale anywhere now. LOL. Not that this is a bad thing mind you.
Also many seed companies have shounted ‘uncle’ and shut down for a while to work through backlog.
The owner of the little local store has been keeping a small stock of things only for locals. If he knows you, and everyone knows everyone around here at least by sight, and you come in and need something he will either pull it out of the back room or put your name on the list. When the shipment comes in he sets it aside for you.
I think he could run for government supervisor, (sort of our equivalent of a mayor) and win in a landslide.
It's a bit on the lean side maybe but no one is doing without.