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We have a shortage of farm labour for instance, which may soon turn into a shortage of fresh produce and into massive food price inflation. We have a shortage o
by fauigerzigerk 7y ago
We have a shortage of farm labour for instance, which may soon turn into a shortage of fresh produce and into massive food price inflation. We have a shortage of home delivery capacity.
If stuff doesn't get manufactured for months, we will have a shortage of many other things as well. Obviously we have a lack of demand for other things at the same time.
I don't think there is that much unreasonable stockpiling. People are no longer eating out. Kids are no longer eating at school. So people buy more at supermarkets. They also buy for a week, quite sensibly, to avoid making a trip to a crowded supermarket every day.
Combine that with finely tuned just in time logistics and you get a bit of a crunch. There's simply a misalignment of capacity right now, but there could be a real shortage of some essentials soon.
- CSSer 7y agoWhere did the restaurants and the school get their food from? I know that means a great disruption, but I’m still not convinced that means a shortage.
- nitrogen 7y agoSysco and the like. It's probably a distribution rather than a supply issue.
- sokoloff 7y agoExactly. Typical container size in foodservice distribution is a #10 can, packed 6 to a case. Each #10 can is 3 quarts. Fairly few households are interested in buying canned tomatoes 18 quarts at a time.