“Truly a transient shortage, unless something other than milk (like a packaging material) is holding up production rate.”
Most likely transient and will clear, probably with some decent price hikes - but as the one guy noted, first time in 30 years. And lots and lots of these stories, since Brandon took over.
The COVID shutdowns from about two years ago have all sorts of side effects.
Sudden opening of air travel, for example, caught car rental companies, and prices jumped. They’d sold off vehicle inventory. Travel resumed (pretty suddenly), and suddenly not enough rental cars.
https://marketrealist.com/p/why-is-there-cream-cheese-shortage/ <- Oct. 28 2021