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.”
“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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In third world socialist nations like the US preparing = hoarding.
Never had it growing, up though we were dirt poor. We very much lived on game, rabbits and deer especially. That included snagging the fresh roadkill, which had the advantage of being pre-grilled.
**Suburban ordinances**.....no such thing up here.....no zoning laws; you might be surprised how free it is in Vermont. Where we are, Nobody, and I mean nobody cares what you do on your property.
Intelligence and knowledge is also being hoarded, but by Christian Conservatives, while knowledge and intelligence is in short supply on the left.
Yeah, but I always what I really mean is ever since I bothered to actually check the price. And that wasn’t until the ‘80s. I’ve always seen it as probably a low-cost alternative. But then when I actually priced it I went who the heck pays this much for this kind of meat? I certainly don’t. 😆
Utter bullshit. If they managed under the Trump economy, they should have no problem with the limp biden/covid economy.
Does that strike anybody else as absolutely hilarious? The most poisonous gas on earth that is going to wipe out mankind by turning the earth into a cinder is in short supply! LOLOL.
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Mayor Pete adopted 2 children. One wasn’t enough to start with.
> In Denver, broken parts at the milk supplier’s plant affected shipments...
I try not to be one of “those people”, but, affected?
I’m in Upstate NY. My daughter and hubby just got back from Ma with coolers full of fish...and I got mine!!
Thanks Mr. Biden.
You don't eat spam now. You save it for a time you will be grateful to have it.
FJB: “What’s the plan?”
Dr. Evil: “First it’s $12/Lb bacon, then sliced ham will disappear, then we take their ice cream, soda and chicken! Then their coffee and diapers! Next their Fish Sticks and pot pies! followed by Rice Krispie Treats and finally their toilet paper! Damn the working poor!”
FJB: “Like witchraft! Excellent! Damn the working poor indeed.”
Import the third word and become the third world.
Worth recalling this gem from 1918: https://first-aid-store.com/blogs/first-aid-store/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/NY-Times-Food-Hoarding.pdf
Bunkers are always in a handy spot saves walking time.
First “they” told us 3 days was the minimum to be prepared for disasters. So when some of us took that to heart they turn around and call us “hoarders”.
The only way to win this stupid game is to not play.
And I’m done playin’.
Just sayin’.
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I don't see the problem.
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