Anyone experiencing shortages of stuff at grocery stores? It seems like most supply issues are in big cities and up north more so than the south.
We produce fruits and vegetables in the south and in Florida in winter. No real trucking problems like in California with their new laws. We also have far more port cities on the east coast and the Gulf coast than the 4 major ports on the west coast.
I read on another forum than their Wal-mart had bags of potatoes, but no frozen french fries or Tater Tots and potato chips. Hmm. Easier to ship bags of potatoes and cut out the middle man processors pre-cooking and bagging the fries, tots and chips. Covid makes for fewer employees working and maybe temporary shut downs.
Another thing I read was before Covid, 60% of food went to restaurants and cafeterias at schools, hospitals, etc. With more people working from home, or staying at home and not working, more people using up the 40% of food processed for family use. This increase of people cooking from home makes for supply chain problems. The canning and food processors don't want to retool because when covid is over, they think it will get back to the way it was before.
Anyway, you can always buy the restaurant size boxes and bags from Sam's or Costco and rebag at home. I went in to Sams a month or two ago, and they had no eggs, but had boxes of 15 dozen, so I bought one. We ate them up in 3 months with no bad eggs. They were also cheaper per dozen than the regular eggs they sold. Just and idea. We buy the 10# box of bacon and repackage it in vacuum seal bags and freeze. It too is cheaper than the smaller packaged bacon. Just some ideas for you guys if you are experiencing any shortages.
