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‘People are hoarding’: Food shortages are the next supply chain crunch
Seattle Times ^ | 10/20/2021 | Leslie Patton, Kim Chipman and Brendan Case

Posted on 10/20/2021 7:25:28 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

n Denver, public-school children are facing shortages of milk. In Chicago, a local market is running short of canned goods and boxed items.

But there’s plenty of food. There just isn’t always enough processing and transportation capacity to meet rising demand as the economy revs up.

More than a year and a half after the coronavirus pandemic upended daily life, the supply of basic goods at U.S. grocery stores and restaurants is once again falling victim to intermittent shortages and delays.

“I never imagined that we’d be here in October 2021 talking about supply-chain problems, but it’s a reality,” said Vivek Sankaran, chief executive officer of Albertsons Companies, who echoed the laments of other retailers. “Any given day, you’re going to have something missing in our stores, and it’s across categories.”

‘Whack-A-Mole’

In Denver, broken parts at the milk supplier’s plant affected shipments of half-pint cartons, on top of disruptions at one time or another in cereal, tortillas and juice.

“We’ve been struggling with supply-chain issues with different items since school started,” said Theresa Hafner, the executive director of food services at Denver Public Schools. “It just continues to pop up. It’s like playing whack-a-mole.”

In Chicago, Dill Pickle Food Co-Op ran out of certain dry goods because its two main distributors haven’t been sending orders in full in recent weeks.

“Early in the pandemic, panic buying was the cause of many of the out-of-stock situations that grocers experienced,” general manager I’Talia McCarthy said in an email to store owners this month. “Although the food industry was able to somewhat rebound, the sustained nature of the pandemic, combined with the slow pace of vaccination globally and the recent surge caused by the delta variant, have resurfaced the problem.”

The shortages aren’t as acute as they were earlier in the pandemic.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
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To: Psalm 73; Daffynition

It looks like our yard on occasion

We counted 20 deer one day and have a few flocks of turkeys that average 18-20.


101 posted on 10/20/2021 3:13:12 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: Sawdring

I read the book.

It was awful.

Not just the story line, but it was very repetitive, not much plot, and just plain tedious to get through.

I thought One Second after was much better. Alas Babylon was good too, but rather dated.


102 posted on 10/20/2021 3:14:58 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: redgolum

Old testament God himself doesn’t agree. I’ll stick with him over some Medieval theological theorist hundreds of years later.


103 posted on 10/20/2021 3:24:17 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: Sacajaweau
I'm in Upstate NY...and ALWAYS stock up for winter so I'm ahead of the game. Coffee, sugar, soups, even spam this year, beans, macaroni & cheese, canned spaghetti sauce etc etc

Yup, lessons learned living in the snowbelt, but by surprisingly few people based on the panic shopping and stripped bare shelves every time a storm rolls in.

You’d think they’d never seen snow before.

And of course, I carried the prepping mentality to NH where we get socked with nor’easters, which are lake effect on steroids just not as often.

But people here are far more prepared. Power goes out and all you here is generators running everywhere.

And in house hunting, we saw some impressive emergency electrical panels set up. Power goes out and you just flip a switch to run off the generator. People are proud of them here and often you’ll see them in the reality pictures of the house.

104 posted on 10/20/2021 5:48:40 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin; Tilted Irish Kilt; Roman_War_Criminal; Pollard; greeneyes

As I was folding the laundry this evening and musing on the worn out condition of some of mr. mm’s undershirts, it hit me that one thing that has not been mentioned for long term prepping is clothing.

We have socks, jammies, underwear, shirts, that are not new and could use replacing in the next year or so.

But can we do it?

What about shoes and boots? Winter coats and gloves? Bedding? Towels?

Survival is more than food, water, heat, and ammo. You need to keep warm on top of it.

I figure the time to buy is now while the goods are still available, we have the money, and it’s still worth something.


105 posted on 10/20/2021 5:55:30 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: metmom; Pollard; CottonBall
metmom :" Survival is more than food, water, heat, and ammo. You need to keep warm on top of it.
I figure the time to buy is now while the goods are still available,
we have the money, and it’s still worth something."

Most, or many undergarments are made of cotton, or of a cotton blend.
The price of cotton is at a 10 year high ,
so I would advise you to buy now to escape the price increase.

106 posted on 10/20/2021 7:25:20 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: Psalm 73

I think it was the winter B4 last.


107 posted on 10/20/2021 8:39:40 PM PDT by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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To: Sawdring
Kiss your arborvite good bye. Its a a pain, but you can cover them w/ burlap.


108 posted on 10/20/2021 8:42:51 PM PDT by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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To: metmom

Well, the Summit of Mt. Washington & the Presidentials, had a nice snow cover....they must have have had some inches. Looked pretty.

After the rut, the snow will fly and the doe will yard up.

A few of the doe are so funny....*bossy*. They all have personalities.

Turkey are plentiful too, as well as the bayah. I think b/c the weather has been so mild, they haven’t gone in to hibernation yet.


109 posted on 10/20/2021 8:49:06 PM PDT by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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To: JoSixChip

started to build up my supplies on hand because I knew 20 months ago that the supply chain was in danger because of governments reaction around the world to covid. I actually thought problems would hit at Christmas time last year. I did not realize how robust and extensive the supplies on hand were. at this point the problems are critical because of incompetence with in the Brandon administration and incompetency in California state government .


110 posted on 10/20/2021 8:53:29 PM PDT by PCPOET7 (`)
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To: Sawdring

The deer will provide you with the most interesting pruned looking arborvitae you have ever seen, as high as they can reach.

It must be like candy to them.


111 posted on 10/20/2021 11:09:19 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: PCPOET7

Canning jars are in short supply again.

The lady at Runnings said they had a lot but people have been buying them out recently.

WM was out, too.


112 posted on 10/20/2021 11:12:36 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: JoSixChip

“as the population increases by millions of illegals”.

Who use water, transpotation, food, energy, and add to pollution.


113 posted on 10/21/2021 12:48:34 AM PDT by Does so (USA is run from 2446 Belmont Rd, NW, DC, (Kalorama). Why else the 9/11 deadline for Afghanistan?)
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To: metmom

When my neighbor’s generator flips on, every room in our house lights up!


114 posted on 10/21/2021 12:54:10 AM PDT by Does so (USA is run from 2446 Belmont Rd, NW, DC, (Kalorama). Why else the 9/11 deadline for Afghanistan?)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

LOL. For me, I hate making pie crust. What I do is take the leftover chicken, open a can of mixed veggies, add a can of cream of chicken soup-mix it all up and put some biscuits on top. Ain’t quite as good as the pie crust though.

Sometimes, I think ahead enough to buy a couple of rolls of pastry dough - and that works great.


115 posted on 10/21/2021 1:52:17 AM PDT by greeneyes ( Moderation In Pursuit of Justice is NO Virtue--LET FREEDOM RING)
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To: metmom

My son in law bought a generator last year. Here in my Town, they open up the rec center, have cots and anyone can go there. Most of us try to tough it out.


116 posted on 10/21/2021 3:34:23 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: metmom

*SLOW CLAP*

Well said, Mom! :)


117 posted on 10/21/2021 9:27:34 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Aw, shucks….


118 posted on 10/21/2021 9:33:59 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: metmom

Good point on clothing. Both of us own too much as it is, and we’re more than equipped for life in Wisconsin in the winter months.

BUT - still a good reminder.


119 posted on 10/21/2021 9:41:46 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: metmom

There are so many good apocalyptic movies. Dr. Strangelove was at the top of the heap if you ask me.


120 posted on 10/21/2021 2:14:54 PM PDT by Sawdring
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