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
No, no, no. We have reached Peak Cream Cheese and must switch to a Green alternative now to save the planet! We can no longer consume cream cheese and ignore the effects on our fragile planet! Excess cream cheese consumption could be the tipping point from which the planet will never recover! Time to boycott bagels! After all it’s for the children!