Social media sites are full of photos of empty grocery shelves. The head of one of the biggest U.S. supermarket chains says the situation will take weeks to improve.
Follow a container of board games from China to St. Louis to see all the delays it encounters along the way.Omicron is exacerbating disruptions in food supply chains that are already stressed. A rise in U.S. infections means more workers are getting sick at farms, factories, distributors and retailers, crimping the flow of goods to shoppers just as the variant prompts people to eat at home more. Port congestion and winter weather in parts of the country aren’t helping, either.
Online searches are surging for basic products, reflecting consumer anxiety over supplies. As of Tuesday afternoon, the list includes chicken, potatoes, spinach, pasta, meat, lettuce, eggs, cream cheese and cat food. Shortages appeared most acute for food compared with packaged goods such as cleaning and beauty supplies, according tofrom Chicago-based market research firm IRI for the week that ended Jan. 9. States with the biggest shortages of food and beverages included Alaska, Alabama, Hawaii, Mississippi and West Virginia.
The Consumer Brands Assn., which represents makers of packaged goods, called on the government to facilitate more coronavirus tests.As coronavirus spreads, the Los Angeles Times visited grocery stores and supermarkets throughout the L.A. area Friday between noon and 3 p.m. Here’s what we found. “The supply chain is fragile and unable to absorb further shocks — whether winter storms or, far more impactfully, Omicron — and that’s showing up as empty shelves,” said Geoff Freeman, the trade group’s CEO. “In the near term, that means supporting workers who are essential to supply chain continuity. Testing is the most critical need.”
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