Hi Kelly :) Good to see you here! I think COVID has really impacted a lot of inventory and markets since business have closed down, and employment to keep up with mass productions have reached a new low. Trading has probably been restricted too which means less resources are being shipped and transfered from place to place.

i've been shopping at farmers markets to avoid this issue

I can't usually tell if it's because of a food shortage, or a shortage of motivated employees to restock the shelves. Seems our local store has many managers but very few working employees. 🤷‍♂️

YES!
...and the stuff that is available is just the stuff that no one else wanted.

no but i've noticed prices are higher

Creepy Joe (Brandon) intends to punish the US ( citizens) over the vax .

Some shelves are empty and the prices have shot up with certain things. However I did manage to get 6 bottles of Gordon's gin on offer at Asda for £10 a 700cl bottle. So I won't go thirsty for a long time.

Here in the UK it’s a lack of delivery drivers causing shortages. The money being offered now is very generous to attract new ones.

I usually get my groceries with the store PU service. Every week there are items that are substituted or not available. These shortages are temporary. Usually if they don't have them one week, they will be there the next. Prices are rising rapidly as well. Milk from 1.09/half gal. to 1.59. Dozen grade A large eggs from 1.09 to 1.39. Beef prices are obscene.

All that aside I don't think any of this is long term. It does seem that the days of almost limitless variety on supermarket shelves are gone. At least we are able to get something similar to what we are looking for.

Not where I am luckily. But most stores still have the quantity limitations so to avoid bulk buying.

Supply chain issues I hear.. I don't shop often enough to notice. I only go like once a month..

No... but if we keep up this chatter the shelves will be empty because of hoarders.

Mostly vegetables. Hahah I did see a sign a few ago they put a sign on the ice machine. "Due to the pandemic only one per customer" 😂 like who the eff has an ice shortage

No but prices are high

There's been talk of booze shortages coming up. I stock up at the start of each month. There have been some other shortages as well. I've been stocking the freezer the last month will sales on meats.

Not personally, but my wife says when she goes shopping she's noticing shortages of some thing plus there are brands she's never seen before on the shelves. And of course, cans are smaller or less full, but prices are higher even though you get less.

Yes, unusual inflation.

Not yet but prices are going way up. I bought 12 pieces of Fried Chicken yesterday cost me 25 Dollars. It was 17.99

The liquor stores are half empty as well.

Apparently there is a glass bottle shortage as well 🙄

I’ve noticed it here. That and it takes a good two weeks to replenish those shelves, sometimes longer.

Yeah but I think it a management issue. Cause the next county over isn't have those issues.

Same here. You can tell which foods are the most over priced, they're the last ones left on the shelf.

Not here, I'm in the UK.
There have been some things I couldn't get though. Gaps in the shelves.

Yep
Supposed to get even worse
Interesting timing coming into the holiday season

Shelves are very low. A lot of items have been out for weeks

In certain items yes, but most items no...

Of course part of the problem is that just in time supply chain model, which reduces storage, inventory and saves money in theory if you can time everything up correctly.

Which of course everyone's been going to for the last decade... But covin shows it's huge weak spot, if you and your suppliers have no storage or inventory, then you're absolutely screwed if you can't time everything just right...


So it's not just covid it's not just local supply chain it's the money saving model but everyone has been going to for the last decade, which is absolutely the worst case scenario model for something like covid.


With that in mind covid actually hasn't been that bad considering it's the worst case scenario...

That being said they should probably be hedging their beds and splitting models, doing some of both models and finding out what's best for the during covid and post covid worlds.

Nope. Everything’s just quadruple in price

They are getting that way here too.

Yep! No chibani yogurt for me

Luckily, Los Angeles is a manufacturing and transportation center. So, no shortages here. I’ve noticed prices going up on certain items at the big grocery stores, but I go to specialty stores who haven’t had any change in price.

Good luck to those who are having a hard time.

The only shortage I noticed so far is cat food.

Dosen't seem to be an issue here

Only at Walmart.

My neighbours are starting to look delicious 😋

A bit hit and miss .. but more empty spaces in general

No not here

Not really, but I saw a $4.00 increase in the price of a small piece of steak I often purchase. Most shelves and other areas of the s/market I use, seem pretty full.

Some spaces in the shelves, I couldn't find men's deodorant, the coffee I usually buy and the vitamins. There was a few other spaces.

I've noticed intermittent shortages of cat food, beef and paper products..
Also frozen foods.

No, I haven't really noticed that. I've noticed that sometimes, particular items aren't available. But nothing on a large scale.

The only thing we can't get is Asda's own-brand oatcakes. We tried Tesco's but they're not as nice 😟. May have to up-grade to Nairn's 😱😆

I really haven't noticed any shortages although I did notice Oreos wear on sale the four column package for 299

No. Not since the first panic of COVID. Resembling the day b4 the apocalypse.

Think about it , food shortages!
In America. It didn’t take them long did it ?

Not yet but I expect we will before the end of the year

yep but not bad here in uk ,no porridge on our supermarket shelf yesterday !!

Low on pasta and chic peas