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TACO BELL AND STARBUCKS WARN ABOUT SHORTAGES (supply chain)
Restaurant Business ^ | 7-19-21 | Jonathan Maze

Posted on 07/20/2021 6:54:47 AM PDT by dynachrome

Supply chain problems continue to plague the restaurant industry, leading big chains Taco Bell and Starbucks to warn consumers on Monday that some items may not be available.

Starbucks told customers on its app that “due to supply shortages, some items are temporarily unavailable.”

That echoed warnings that have persisted at the chain’s locations for months. Consumers have complained on social media channels about periodic shortages of items such as green tea.

At Taco Bell, customers are complaining about a lack of hot sauce. The Mexican fast-food chain’s website warns customers that not all items are available at the moment.

The company, owned by the Louisville, Ky.-based Yum Brands, blamed transportation problems for the shortages.

“Due to national transportation delays happening throughout most of the industry, we may be temporarily out of some items,” the company said in a statement. “Apologies for the inconvenience and we hope to feed fans’ current Taco Bell cravings again soon.”

Restaurants have faced shortages of everything from sauces to pickles to chicken wings in recent months due to a host of issues—including weather problems in Texas and intense demand from consumers coupled with supply limitations.

(Excerpt) Read more at restaurantbusinessonline.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Food
KEYWORDS: oodaloop; shortages; starbucks; supplychain; tacobell; transportation; workershortage
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To: dfwgator
We know how this turns out.


41 posted on 07/20/2021 8:09:47 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Larry Lucido
One of my all-time favorite movie scenes:



You got that right. See, according to Cocteau's plan, I'm the enemy. Cause I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech and freedom of choice. I'm the kind if guy who wants to sit in a greasy spoon and think, "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecued ribs with the side order of gravy fries?" I want high cholesterol. I want to eat bacon, butter and buckets of cheese, okay? I want to smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in a non-smoking section. I wanna run through the streets naked with green Jello all over my body reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly might feel the need to. Okay, pal? I've seen the future, you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sittin' around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake singing "I'm an Oscar-Meyer Wiener". You wanna live on top, you gotta live Cocteau's way. What he wants, when he wants, how he wants. Your other choice: come down here, maybe starve to death.
42 posted on 07/20/2021 8:12:05 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dynachrome

Yep - the free market isn’t being allowed to function. This is communism by default, just encourage the workers to not work by paying them not to.

This will have a much larger effect on the economy moving forward then anything. Then tax receipts will plummet and the ability to keep paying. The only options being to print or borrow money, more inflation to come.

Equality of misery for all.


43 posted on 07/20/2021 8:20:49 AM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: z3n

We not having a direct deposit government freebie check so you can sit on your butt instead of getting a job shortage.


44 posted on 07/20/2021 8:42:54 AM PDT by bgill (Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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To: dynachrome

Charred sawdust (Starbucks) and dog food in a tortilla (Taco Bell). PASS


45 posted on 07/20/2021 8:51:04 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck ( COVID lockdowns are the Establishment's attack on the middle class and our Republic )
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To: All

My teenage kids work at Starbucks. They were told that most of the supply shortages were “due to the storms in Texas.” They now have a surplus of rude customer stories.


46 posted on 07/20/2021 9:13:50 AM PDT by philled (If this creature is not stopped it could make its way to Novosibirsk! )
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To: z3n

They won’t have a problem finding people if they pay enough. Of course, that will lead to price inflation.


47 posted on 07/20/2021 9:27:08 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: z3n

...which is probably what they want (to monetize the debt).


48 posted on 07/20/2021 9:27:37 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: dynachrome

Aren’t willing to adequately pay for and train workers and drivers for supplies.


49 posted on 07/20/2021 9:28:23 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: dynachrome

When did TACO BELL start selling food and STARBUCKS selling coffee been there never found any.


50 posted on 07/20/2021 9:37:23 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: dynachrome
Shortages of green tea, hot sauce and pickles...

Please file away in the "first world problems" folder.

51 posted on 07/20/2021 9:40:33 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (Give me a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer)
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To: CarmichaelPatriot

Same here and cheaper.

Proud to say I’ve never ordered a $5 mocha latte with just a whisper of cinnamon or whatever the latest Starbucks’ craze is. Folgers out of a cheapo Walmart coffee maker hits the spot.

Frying or baking some tortillas with my own nacho toppings is cheaper and easier than wasting an hour to go Taco Bell. Their bean burrito is $1.19 vs. homemade for about 13 cents. Those dollars quickly add up.

There are all kinds of restaurant clone recipes on the internet so you aren’t paying into leftie ideas. And you don’t have to worry when the last time the restaurant employees washed their hands or if your order was coughed or spit on.

Same thing as a crunch wrap but wrapped in a different shape. http://texascookin.blogspot.com/2012/04/taco-bell-cheesy-gordita-crunch-clone.html

Hands down the best, costs waaaay less than the drive thru window price and it’s still warm when you sit down with it. http://texascookin.blogspot.com/2012/04/if-you-like-schlotzskys.html

Forbes shows restaurant mark ups as high at 600+ percent with pizza at the highest. I made pizza from scratch last night for pennies on the dollar and no tipping for delivery.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/priceonomics/2017/04/07/how-much-do-the-ingredients-cost-in-your-favorite-foods/?sh=4dbf2dc111ed


52 posted on 07/20/2021 9:47:46 AM PDT by bgill (Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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To: dynachrome
Can't find workers and drivers for supplies at the wages being offered

Fixed it.

53 posted on 07/20/2021 9:51:45 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Mathews

Our Walmart still has limits and items out of stock.

The lawn mower broke and we’re waiting on back ordered parts for weeks.


54 posted on 07/20/2021 9:52:21 AM PDT by bgill (Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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To: z3n

Pay more than the government stipend... Now there’s a thought....


55 posted on 07/20/2021 9:52:25 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: cableguymn

Hey don’t you get it? There is no free market for labor, the laws of supply and demand don’t apply to labor. That is what these fat-cat capitalistic/hypocrites tell me anyway.


56 posted on 07/20/2021 9:54:54 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: GSWarrior

The corporate cheap labor mafia is refusing to budget on wages. We all suffer. A pox on both houses.


57 posted on 07/20/2021 9:56:30 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: cuban leaf

If we pay McD workers $25.00/hr a 1/4’er hamburgers will cost $5000000000000000000000000000000000.00 each!!!! //sarcasm.


58 posted on 07/20/2021 9:58:35 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: dfwgator

I wonder how much of that is just stream of consciousness Denis Leary. He probably just opened his mouth and it all came pouring out.


59 posted on 07/20/2021 10:02:26 AM PDT by tnlibertarian
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To: tnlibertarian

I’m sure it was.


60 posted on 07/20/2021 10:15:03 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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