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Report: Sick Employees, Truckers to Blame for Empty Shelves in Grocery Stores
Breitbart ^ | 01/12/2022 | Penny Starr

Posted on 01/12/2022 11:23:19 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Although President Joe Biden’s policies on ending the coronavirus pandemic and fixing supply chain problems are failing, the media are blaming American workers for empty shelves in grocery stores.

“Empty shelves have returned at supermarkets as grocery employees call out sick and truckloads of food arrive late,” CNBC said in a report that said nothing about Biden’s policies or Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s responsibilities.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: employees; shelves; sick; truckers; unvaxxed
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

Everyone who works at Costco has been injected with the experimental gene therapy.


21 posted on 01/12/2022 11:52:36 AM PST by Disambiguator
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To: Bob434

No, the troubles DID start under Trump, thanks to this fake emergency. There was plenty hysteria and cowardice then, too, which led to lost jobs and thus other shortages.


22 posted on 01/12/2022 11:54:09 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

I haven’t noticed any slowdowns on the thru-ways either-


23 posted on 01/12/2022 11:57:23 AM PST by Bob434
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To: Cowgirl of Justice
My jaw dropped and I bolted from the store.

Thank goodness you avoided a potential runny/stuffy nose and 3-day cough.

24 posted on 01/12/2022 11:58:38 AM PST by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’m a trucker for a medium sized grocery chain. Our shelves are full. Our people are coming in to work. Warehousemen are getting the trailers loaded on time. Mechanics are keeping the trucks tip-top. Drivers are getting the deliveries done on time. We’re not having to go to the lengths that were necessary during the original COVID lockdown/meltdown.


25 posted on 01/12/2022 12:01:29 PM PST by Iowa Slim
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To: ChicagoConservative27

And let me guess..truckers being sick is the reason why the honey my Mom buys on amazon fresh that a few weeks ago was going for 6.99 is now going for 15.99 on the same site..its called Inflation but the commie media will do anything to protect their beloved demented child molesting buffoon


26 posted on 01/12/2022 12:01:47 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: mikelets456

You have “muh narrative” down perfectly.


27 posted on 01/12/2022 12:03:54 PM PST by Luke21
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Keep messing with the truckers. Eff around and find out.


28 posted on 01/12/2022 12:04:29 PM PST by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Well, I think they were telling us just a few weeks ago, that the empty shelves were due to the economy taking off, and so many people experiencing new-found wealth, that people were buying out the stores, just because they now had so much extra money.

I wonder what happened to that theme?


29 posted on 01/12/2022 12:05:56 PM PST by NEMDF
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Man made pandemic, man-made shortages. How much more will Biden blame on something else but his policies? Biden's handlers are thinking we citizens are stupid to go along with the drivel. Biden and Kamala need to go.
30 posted on 01/12/2022 12:06:01 PM PST by hoe_cake
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To: mrmeyer

I thought heels up harris said no one was to blame?


No, I believe that was Howard Jones.


31 posted on 01/12/2022 12:06:44 PM PST by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: Iowa Slim

I drove for Werner for a few years. Truckers are not the problem but if they keep screwing with them then anything is possible.


32 posted on 01/12/2022 12:06:45 PM PST by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: MichaelRDanger

I know, and please don’t tell my cat. So far, we have been able to keep the food coming, but things are not looking so good for the long-term. I might have a big can of mackeral in the cabinet...


33 posted on 01/12/2022 12:07:39 PM PST by NEMDF
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

‘... everyone here is sick. ...’

Im in Georgia. I just dont see this ‘sickness’. I must be blind, or else too busy making a living to pay attention. Karma tells me if I can covid, I will feel differently. I object: I will understand the temporary downtime, but that’s all. This is so fear-driven.


34 posted on 01/12/2022 12:09:47 PM PST by hoe_cake
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To: the OlLine Rebel

I blew the piston on my Stihl Chainsaw in May 2020.
They ordered the new piston, rings. It finally came in this week. 8 months

I called Stihl customer service and gave them crap about two weeks ago. Then the part suddenly arrives at the dealer.


35 posted on 01/12/2022 12:11:38 PM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: Col Frank Slade
> Didn’t Biden say he used to drive a truck? <

Yes. And my sources at the White House tell me Biden is going to get behind the wheel again. He’ll do anything to help out!


36 posted on 01/12/2022 12:16:09 PM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I don’t care what is causing it, just FIX IT.


37 posted on 01/12/2022 12:16:43 PM PST by Singermom
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To: Wilderness Conservative

I don’t know about anywhere else. We pay our people decently and treat them extremely well. It’s the outfits who don’t that are always on the bleeding edge of the driver shortage/turnover problem.


38 posted on 01/12/2022 12:18:48 PM PST by Iowa Slim
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To: Leaning Right

He never drove a truck, he rode in one to see what is was like and now he tells you he was a truck driver. Just like Golda Mier called him to help after the 6 Day WAR IN 1967, AND DON’T forget HIS battle with Cornpop.


39 posted on 01/12/2022 12:19:55 PM PST by Captain Peter Blood (https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3804407/posts?q=1)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

It took over a year for the damage to show up from Trump and his actions.
While I still like Trump, I am not sure I would support him again if he ran, unless he were the only choice.


40 posted on 01/12/2022 12:21:27 PM PST by Captain Peter Blood (https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3804407/posts?q=1)
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