A combination of severe weather in recent weeks and supply chain headaches linked to COVID-19 have once again left some U.S. grocery store shelves bare.
The omicron variant has exacerbated pandemic-era stocking challenges by spreading quickly through workforces at every level of the industry, just as it has in professional sports, on Broadway and in the airline industry.
President and CEO of Conagra Brands Sean Connolly warned investors last week that the workers who help prepare frozen vegetables, Slim Jim snacks and other products have been hit hard by the virus. Connolly said that omicron-related absences are expected to slow U.S. plants for at least the next month.
Supermarket chains like Stew Leonard’s, which has locations in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut, had four times as many sick or quarantined employees – roughly 200 – last week as they usually do, CEO Stew Leonard Jr. told the Associated Press.
The end result has frustrated shoppers searching for various items, Google found, but it varies by state when it comes to these trending searches last week: “cream cheese shortage,” “chicken shortage,” “potato shortage” and “hot Cheeto shortage.”
Thank BIDEN for ALL of it !!!!!! Everything was WONDERFUL when Trump was in office > Remember That !!!!
Next time allow NO COUPS to take over American GOVT !!!! No NON-ELECTED in office !!!!
TOILET paper is # 1 all 50 states baby !!!! Just Like 2020 !!!!!
Sat morn, ACME in OC, a truck arrived and they are fully stocked!!!
Noticeable today in store I frequent: No cream cheese of any sort. No frozen potatoes of any sort.
Beer was stocked completely.
They have their priorities, you have yours.