To leave this out of the story is disingenuous - or perhaps it's because the suppliers are not now mentioning that their shortage is due to the Gov't buying up their entire stock and ordering tons more. (And they are NOT ordering to stock public supplies. The companies are no longer mentioning the gov't and it seems the net has been scrubbed of the information. I'm now angry at myself as, when clearing of excess icons on my desktop - JUST LAST NIGHT - I deemed the story of this as not necc., thinking I could search it up anytime. I should have looked first! the net is clear and I suspicion the suppliers have been told to shut up.). It's not that supplies are in such demand that there is a lengthily delay that bothers me - it's WHY is the gov’t suddenly beefing up it's emergency food supply to such a rate?
Getting ready for a national emergency - that will be brought on by them (but not appear so) requiring Martial Law? Maybe within 6 months of the election - thereby stopping the election?
I suspect our next national emergency will be horrific - remember, the people who have been plotting to bury our freedoms and capitalist Republic for totalitarian rule, also have an actual number of citizens they deem ‘expendable’ in order to bring about their take over.
In the meantime, There are many foods/supplies you can plan for without mail order - and cheaper.
First off, get a garden going. Learn how to preserve foods.
Fill glass jars with sprouting seeds: alfalfa, lentils, mung. Ditto those little packs of dried soup vegs in the grocery store. Dried beans, including pintos, dried peas, jars of broth - paste or cube. Corn meal (breakfast cereal, fritters and corn bread), cooking oil (coconut, grape seed, lard - learn to make ghee (from butter - it will store for months) - Learn to forage plants native to your area.
Learn to do things our grandparents did as a matter of course: make maple syrup, keep honey bees, raise chickens for eggs and meat and rabbits for meat and fur.
Etc etc - Do not put your trust in the gov’t and with the current thugs in control - believe nothing.
Become as independent as possible as to your daily needs. And remember: your local super market has enough food for your area for ONE DAY. If the trucks don't roll - no food. It can stop overnight. Think on this: the motto of despots through the ages is "He who controls the food, controls the people." Our current 'rulers' have no qualms about nationalizing businesses, as we have seen. What you have NOT seen is that gov't has been, through rules, regs, gas prices, etc., been systematically putting the independent owner/operators OFF THE ROAD. And in the last 2 years, thousands of smaller trucking companies have gone belly up. Climbing up to a half million truckers have lost their jobs. The trucking companies are being whittled down to a the "Big Ten." - Play ball with the gov't or go under. NOW, when they get them all in line - very easy to take over. And then they control the food. Think it can't happen? Have you had your eyes open in the last 2 years?
Plant your gardens NOW.