Why are we Seeing Bare Spots on the Shelves again?

[corbe]

   I don't shop much but here lately I'm seeing a pattern that I recognized from last year, about this time.
   I'm open to suggestions.

[libertybele]

   I don't shop much but here lately I'm seeing a pattern that I recognized from last year, about this time.
   I'm open to suggestions.

People still don't want to get up off their butts and work and no employees equals businesses shutting down or hindering production. 

Biden's economy is screwed up and you can bet our $$ are going to feed the refugees here and also to assist in helping Afghanis. 

Keep stocking up as things aren't going to get any better.  Products are shrinking, prices are rising and Joe still doesn't know where the heck he is.

[Smokin Joe]

It's supply issues, right down the food chain. https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/restaurants-remove-crabs-menus-due-skyrocketing-prices

Is just one example, and container prices for shipping have risen sharply.

[Cyber Liberty]

The leftist gummint is stampeding the sheep into being scared about the Plague again.  High prices are showing up in weird places.  Not long ago you could buy a Betty Crocker box of cake mix for a couple of bucks.  I saw Walmart and Kroger selling that same box for $15.00 last week.  Only certain flavors.

[DB]

The leftist gummint is stampeding the sheep into being scared about the Plague again.  High prices are showing up in weird places.  Not long ago you could buy a Betty Crocker box of cake mix for a couple of bucks.  I saw Walmart and Kroger selling that same box for $15.00 last week.  Only certain flavors.

When prices are increasing rapidly people stock up on things to avoid paying even more later.

[libertybele]

The leftist gummint is stampeding the sheep into being scared about the Plague again.  High prices are showing up in weird places.  Not long ago you could buy a Betty Crocker box of cake mix for a couple of bucks.  I saw Walmart and Kroger selling that same box for $15.00 last week.  Only certain flavors.

??? Just looked on line at prices around here...going for about $1.39 a box...are you sure it wasn't for cases?

[libertybele]

It's supply issues, right down the food chain. https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/restaurants-remove-crabs-menus-due-skyrocketing-prices

Is just one example, and container prices for shipping have risen sharply.

Shrimp prices are high as well.  Fishing industry is gone??

[libertybele]

When prices are increasing rapidly people stock up on things to avoid paying even more later.

I've been stocking up for years. Now that we have an additional freezer, I've been stocking up on meat. Our local store has put notices of limited supplies and to please buy only what you need so your neighbors can have some.

I truly feel for families trying to put food on the table.  Between rising food prices and housing things are beyond ridiculous.

Gas around here just jumped to $3.10/gal

[sneakypete]

It starts in the farm fields,and works it's way up the food chain to the retailers. Nobody can afford to pay 20 bucks an hour for field laborers,canners,packers,loaders,stock boys,and then cashiers,so the supply is going to be less and less with each month that passes.

Sooner or later,even the big chains will either close or have reduced hours. Which will further reduce the stock on hand and raise the prices.

It is an economic death spin.

[Gefn]

It’s not only food, check for things like vitamins and OTC things like Tylenol, Advil and other drugs. They’ve really gone up. There’s a lot on the shelves in my Walgreens, the prices seem to be going up by twenty or thirty cents every month.

[mountaineer]

A local radio guy posted a photo of bare shelves at one of the nearby Walmarts. Apparently, dozens of workers at the Walmart distribution center (in the same county) had called off, so nothing was being loaded onto delivery trucks. I don't know whether it was some organized action on the part of labor.

[Cyber Liberty]

??? Just looked on line at prices around here...going for about $1.39 a box...are you sure it wasn't for cases?

I'm sure.  I did not pay that much, though.  I just located a better price on Amazon.  "Regular flavors" are still reasonably priced (yellow, white, chocolate) but Cherry Chip was outrageous.