America's everything shortage: Supply
chain bottlenecks lead to bare shelves
in retailers and pharmacies while cargo
ships wait to dock and truckers struggle
to keep up with demand
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Jennifer Smith
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
10/11/2021 11:34:09 AM
A series of supply chain bottlenecks has created a monumental shortage of goods across America, with shelves in pharmacies, department stores, grocery stores and more sitting empty while cargo ships, freight trains and trucks struggle to distribute goods quickly enough to keep up with demand.The shortage is not down to a lack of goods - they have been produced. But backlogs at shipping yards and rail yards across the country, combined with a lack of workers means the items aren't being offloaded quickly enough and distributed across stores. Dozens of cargo ships are waiting to dock in California and further up the West Coast,
Reply 1 - Posted by:
reefdiver 10/11/2021 11:45:26 AM (No. 941910)
Elections have consequences.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Catherine 10/11/2021 11:54:24 AM (No. 941919)
Especially stolen elections, # 1. They have no one to answer to. If they want a war, having a country run out of food, when it's sitting at docks waiting to be unloaded is the best way to go.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Krause 10/11/2021 11:55:10 AM (No. 941921)
Trump would have a plan to alleviate the backlog. biden would look at all the backed up ships and say...'Good, I like it.'
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It's all because I'm not vaccinated. I'm sorry.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
BocaLaura 10/11/2021 12:16:25 PM (No. 941949)
Gov. DeSantis has invited the ships to Florida ports.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Highlander 10/11/2021 12:23:01 PM (No. 941966)
Democrats muck everything up. They're incapable of running the country right.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
SavageRider 10/11/2021 12:23:54 PM (No. 941967)
The grocery shelves remind me of photos from communist country stores. I still can find fresh produce, dairy, meats, coffee and TP, so I am good so far. Prices are higher and some brands I like are in short supply. No one is going hungry yet, so I haven’t pushed the panic button so far. My backup plan is communal living.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
chance_232 10/11/2021 12:24:29 PM (No. 941969)
The backlog of ships seem to be in California and the New York area. The southern ports are humming right along. So I'm more inclined to question the policies in those states.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
SavageRider 10/11/2021 12:25:16 PM (No. 941973)
Aren’t the US west coast ports run by the Chinese? I haven’t seen any discussion of this part of the problem.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
formerNYer 10/11/2021 12:48:33 PM (No. 942002)
try buying cold cuts.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Northcross 10/11/2021 12:52:05 PM (No. 942006)
Bernie and AOC are ecstatic. Empty shelves. Clear signs that socialism is here!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
mc squared 10/11/2021 12:55:18 PM (No. 942015)
There was actually a photo of empty shelves in a Sears store? Get out much, Daily Mail UK?
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 10/11/2021 1:17:23 PM (No. 942036)
I haven't seen any shortages here in Georgia. Everything is higher. My favorite ramen noodle cup has gone from a buck to $1.29. A small thing maybe but everything we buy is going up.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Corndoggies 10/11/2021 1:26:13 PM (No. 942047)
We brought a driver to the yard for a new bumper. Our regular shop said he has 60 on backorder. Went to Chrome Shop Mafia (online) and they’re 8 weeks out. We were fortunate to find one 2 hours away. This should not this big of a deal.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
bad-hair 10/11/2021 1:27:20 PM (No. 942048)
Haven't actually seen any hard numbers but the Port of Houston seems to be humming right along. Not sure where you're at 10 but I just bought cold cuts at my local Kroger. The selection was same as usual, including the deli, for meats and cheese and the price was about usual. In Texas we have a lot of people moving in so we have to figure out how to keep the food coming.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
skacmar 10/11/2021 1:45:32 PM (No. 942069)
Just part of Biden's Build Back Better plan. He is getting us used to life under Communist/Socialist government and endless government control of everything. Everyone will be equal! Isn't socialism/communism great!
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
ROLFNader 10/11/2021 1:45:42 PM (No. 942070)
Nothing says Happy Holidays like the Biden administration.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Daisymay 10/11/2021 1:53:17 PM (No. 942074)
Add another reason Biden has po'd the American Public. Keep reading. Article after Article about Planes and Trains not running because the people who work for them do not want to be Vaccinated. Then there is the article about heating cost going 100% higher than last year because Biden shut down all of OUR fuel! It goes on and on. I don't have any idea HOW the Democrats expect to get elected to anything in 2022! One wonders why THEY aren't all over Biden to do SOMETHING! Imagine when this next wave of Illegals come crossing the Border, 60,000 of them! It might be the LAST STRAW!!
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
kono 10/11/2021 2:15:01 PM (No. 942101)
It seems to me that the lack of workers is a side effect of the measures ostensibly aimed at reducing covid infections, but really aimed at reducing the scope of the West's consumer society and the prosperity derived from it. Socialism's attempt at a kill shot against Capitalism.
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I’ll be anxious to see the annual news story about the year-to-year change in food costs for the upcoming Thanksgiving meal. Wonder how Baghdad Ginger will put a happy spin on that tale.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Muguy 10/11/2021 4:43:25 PM (No. 942279)
With so many generic maintenence prescriptions coming from China, its a good thing our last President made some deals with India to take over-- the problem is going to be getting them here by air freight instead of shipping.
A MANUFACTURED "Crisis" is brewing in the health care industry over this, and only now are people beginning to realize this is ALL ON PURPOSE to bring down this country and replace the free market it with SOCIALISM--BY DESIGN.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
DVC 10/11/2021 6:08:46 PM (No. 942371)
THIS is why you make your "stuff" in your own country.
Never buy foreign made if you can buy US made.
Support US factories and farmers.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
mifla 10/12/2021 6:37:18 AM (No. 942792)
The vaccinated are sitting at home getting paid not to work and the unvaccinated are being fired, hence the shortages.
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