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Not sure when I started to notice shortages. I am home with health issues depend on online shopping. S/O does the weekly grocery shop. First was 1 or 2 items not in grocery shop then more. Less veg/fruits in packages higher prices. On youtube see shortages videos of food at grocery shops. A parents forum at site College Confidential has a thread on College Food Shortages. Has anyone noticed this too?
As a parent I worry.
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See www.reddit.com/r/Shortages/

https://talk.collegeconfidential.com/t/ ... 3572423/17

Pagan related shortages candles low stock or sold out, higher prices.
Spell candles here also sold as christmas tree candles right after last Xmas/Yule was 0 stock.
Oakmoss e.o last time bought cost was ukp 5.95 /usd 8.22 now it costs ukp 19.75 /usd 27.32
Lavender e.o. doubled in price.
Garden centre willow wreath euro 19 last year cost was 12 euro.
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There are shortages and shipping delays. It doesn't take a whole lot to make things get ugly real fast.
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Just went to three different stores for pickled beets for mom. Bare shelves, which makes me think they did not plant last year during the beginning of the pandemic.
Also floral supplies, was at my distributor a couple months ago who said much of the products are in shipping containers still at the docks and with short staff to unload.
Time to get creative!
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Corona and the weather cause issues. Stuff got way too expensive for things like fruits and veggies,and even bread.
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Not much of a coffee person so drink the instant and so last week put on grocery list one extra, when I ask s/o was shelf full he say no like 12 bottles he take 2 and move away other person take 3.
The polish pickles shelf was empty, he just 2 years ago try these and liked them more than local pickles.
Last 2 years no chestnuts, no fresh no vacuum pre-cook from France only the sweet chestnut paste in tin.
So I say to him maybe the foreign foods section has them, he look for picture and see small packets from Turkey.
The polenta usually there is 2 types but now only 1 type.
Uncle Ben rice imported from USA was out of stock often this year only 3 box bought, normally buy 1 box every 3 weeks. Several weeks no beef meat for stew. Very few people cook that here is hours slow cooking get it fork tender. Then eggs too were short supply on and off. The quality of veggies fruits is lower and like a packet tomatoes 1 big 1 medium and the 4 dwarfs used to 4 big and 2 medium in it. The chicken it shrink in oven lost a ton of water.
The U B rice box contents shrink was 1.15 kg now 1 kg and in smaller box. Here it cost euro 3.87 = usd 4.57
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There has been a name change for that rice, Don't know if that has anything to do with it. Now called Ben's Original rice, because the other was determined to be racial.
No mothers brand cookies when shopping yesterday, many other empty spaces on the shelves as well.
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Went to see www.reddit.com/r/Shortages/ just now.......
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