Why are store shelves still empty?
It's been almost two months since the panic buying began. Why can't stores keep their shelves stocked? Are people still buying more than normal or is the problem farther up the supply chain? Are there genuine shortages? Why hasn't production of things like bleach and lysol ramped up to meet increased demand?
Why are store shelves still empty?
Grayson Adams
Connor Fisher
There's a delay between supply and stocking. May will have shortages because of supply chain issues for food producers.
Leo Wilson
The mass shopping hasn't stopped. People are cooped up at home and just want to eat all day
Nicholas Miller
Some stores have already run out of bags.
Aaron Gutierrez
because United States is unironically a shithole country
Benjamin Martin
Oliver Phillips
The toilet paper thing is just weird. At first it's understandable because everyone's buying it, but the supply of toilet paper is the same as its always been, and there aren't more people shitting. There can't be that many people shitting in public bathrooms and work bathrooms normally, can there?
The only explanation I can think of is that people are still panic buying and hording as much as possible. And eating more since they're all inside, and even working from home you're still eating more snacks.
Less people buying fast food and going out means more groceries too, and a lot of people are just eating sandwiches because apparently that's survival food to them, but it's also just really easy during a time when you have no idea when things will reopen.
Other than that, I have no clue.
Justin Ramirez
Why bags?
Unless supply chains have actually collapsed and we just aren't being told, then there shouldn't be shortages of everything.
Asher Hill
what is weirdest to me is paper plates being completely out of stock at every store.
Cooper Hall
It's a disaster that is hitting everything at different times. Production in China is still in the shitter, you'd be surprised what is broken in the supply chain and preventing things from getting to the shelves. Bullshit like missing packaging boxes, or a needed chemical to process something, a missing dye for a lable. On top of that, processing facilities are getting hit with COVID infections running through staff, employees too scared to work, shut down issues, fuck, everything is getting fucked. Big fuck up is that most food was geared to restaurants. So that massive supply chain is impossible to adapt to the regular consumer. So all that demand is squarely on the grocery store, with people still stocking up.
It's getting dangerous. Massive reallocations need to be done, NOW.