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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
KEYWORDS: chat; chatforum; fakenews; fearporn; food; hoarding; shortages; supplychain
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To: teevolt

In third world socialist nations like the US preparing = hoarding.


41 posted on 10/20/2021 7:58:58 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: goodnesswins

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.


42 posted on 10/20/2021 7:59:41 AM PDT by ferret_airlift
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To: Dr. Franklin
It sure is! We are fortunate to have a good supply, if needed.....wild turkey and bayah.

**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.

43 posted on 10/20/2021 8:00:29 AM PDT by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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To: SeekAndFind

Intelligence and knowledge is also being hoarded, but by Christian Conservatives, while knowledge and intelligence is in short supply on the left.


44 posted on 10/20/2021 8:01:18 AM PDT by patriot torch
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To: goodnesswins

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. 😆


45 posted on 10/20/2021 8:01:37 AM PDT by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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To: SeekAndFind
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.

Utter bullshit. If they managed under the Trump economy, they should have no problem with the limp biden/covid economy.

46 posted on 10/20/2021 8:05:10 AM PDT by Pollard (PureBlood)
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To: SeekAndFind
"We almost certainly will be faced with a global shortage of CO2..."

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.

47 posted on 10/20/2021 8:05:49 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Everything Woke turns to shit.” ~ President Donald Trump)
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To: fruser1

48 posted on 10/20/2021 8:11:03 AM PDT by Pollard (PureBlood)
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To: Daffynition
LOL! Love it. Me, too! Meet, 'Weber.'

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49 posted on 10/20/2021 8:12:17 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: Nathan _in_Arkansas

Mayor Pete adopted 2 children. One wasn’t enough to start with.


50 posted on 10/20/2021 8:20:47 AM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: SeekAndFind

> In Denver, broken parts at the milk supplier’s plant affected shipments...

I try not to be one of “those people”, but, affected?


51 posted on 10/20/2021 8:21:24 AM PDT by Do_Tar (Let's Go, Brandon)
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To: Dr. Franklin

I’m in Upstate NY. My daughter and hubby just got back from Ma with coolers full of fish...and I got mine!!


52 posted on 10/20/2021 8:29:02 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: mware
last year 6 gal was $14. This year 6 gal is $20.

Thanks Mr. Biden.

53 posted on 10/20/2021 8:30:29 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: cuban leaf
That’s why I haven’t eaten spam in decades.

You don't eat spam now. You save it for a time you will be grateful to have it.

54 posted on 10/20/2021 8:33:19 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the left, truth is right-wing extremism.⭐⭐)
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To: SeekAndFind

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.”


55 posted on 10/20/2021 8:34:49 AM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (Why allow a government of thieves, liars, braggarts, traitors, cowards and perverts?)
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To: Starboard

Import the third word and become the third world.


56 posted on 10/20/2021 8:37:21 AM PDT by Levy78
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To: SeekAndFind

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


57 posted on 10/20/2021 8:39:03 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (All worry about monsters that'll eat our face, but it's our job to ask WHY it wants to eat our face.)
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To: Daffynition

Bunkers are always in a handy spot saves walking time.


58 posted on 10/20/2021 8:39:14 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: Noumenon

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’.

L


59 posted on 10/20/2021 8:42:10 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Do_Tar
...but, affected?

I don't see the problem.

60 posted on 10/20/2021 8:43:39 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the left, truth is right-wing extremism.⭐⭐)
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