Supply chain disruptions?

Went to Aldi this afternoon and there were lots of empty spaces. First time I could not find everything on my list. I had been told their truck comes on Tuesday evening so maybe I'll go back later in the week.
 

This morning at the grocery store where I work, I was invited to listen in on a conference call from a rep that works for four of our manufacturers where we get our food. Bob Evans, Oscar Meyer, Hillshire Farms and Jimmy Dean. According to what she was telling us the reason that we are not having our orders filled was because the manufacturers cannot obtain their packaging needs. The packaging companies that supply the packaging for these companies is saying that the reason they cannot produce the needed packaging is because they cannot access the necessary raw materials. OK, that makes sense.
 
Family Dollar and Dollar General have had major shelf emptiness for months. The grocery stores aren't far behind. One disadvantage of living in the "boonies" - store delivery is concentrated on getting to the major population hubs. Then if they have anything left, they progress to further destinations.
 

Walmart shelves are quite consistently short on certain items, I am looking for a certain item at dollarama, they have not had it in for months, I am told supplies are not getting through. Groceries are edging up but they were always higher than the mainland, probably because they have to be ferried across.
 
katlupe said:
At Walmart and Aldi's yesterday and both seemed to be stocked. I found everything on my list. At both stores, employees were stocking while I shopped.

I read that the shortages were due to not enough truck drivers. Truck driving jobs are plentiful around here right now.
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I buy few groceries at a time to prevent spoilage. And I personally shop very often (Have never used delivery/pickup). Kroger, Walmart, Sprouts, Target and Aldi are all fully stocked. I haven't had to use a substitute for anything on my lists.
 
Walmart was out of several brands of dry dog food. Completely out of Alpo in any size and its what my dogs like. I did get one 13 pound bag of Gravy Train. They were out of several things I normally order but was able to substitute with other brands, higher priced of course. ☹️
 
Lawrence00 said:
I wouldn't know what to feed cats, besides mice, and fish, but you can cook for the dogs, rice, some type of protein, sneak in some vegetables, and even their medications ... it will be consumed in seconds.
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Mine get carrots or green beans daily, just a small amount as a dietary supplement, no salt, and because they both are spoiled rotten. They always get a bit of left over boneless chicken, beef roast and lamb. But who can afford lamb now? 🤪 Or roasts even!
 
I do a lot of ordering from Sam's club about 15 miles from me. usually get it in 3 days if it's in stock. Well 2 weeks ago I ordered the extra-large super rolls of Charmin T.P. from Sam's they had it in stock they said. I'm tracking my package now, it left Denver Co. last Wed. Been down to Atlanta, & now back in Indiana but still 70 miles from me. I got the Cascade dishwashing pods 2 days later.

This is what you call a s-l-o-w delivery system.
 
Went shopping at a store today I normally do not patronize, but I needed groceries and I was passing by. It's a well-know regional chain here in the northeast U.S.
RECEIPT SHOCK!!

I bought 2 boxes of cold cereal, a box of cheese crackers, two 2-liter botles of lemon-lime soda, a bag of salad mix, a bag of grapes and 2 boxes of tea, a 2 pound bag of yellow potatoes, a jar of pickles and a few bags of microwave-in-a-bag rice. Came to just over $50.
 
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The health food store is still out of most frozen foods as of this morning. They have spinach and cruciferous veggies which no one really wants right now but when things get really bad, those will be gone too. A lot of baked goods were out of stock, and a creme I use for bruises in the homeopathy section. Some sections of their fresh produce were depleted but a kid was stocking that up while I was there so that is good. :giggle:

I went to the shoe store to get boots which I have needed for almost 2 years but have been unable to get because of the pandemic and thank God I got a pair. They were well stocked at Famous Footwear even in my size which is very average, so I did okay. 🤗

Will go to a regular grocery store tomorrow and get some trash bags and household cleaners and see what their frozen food section is like. If it's no good I'll try for canned. :confused:
 
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