Can't find this item lately. And I notice price-gouging...

[Paula N]

Originally Posted by bzar

a few months ago, canned cat food was non-existent on shelves. after searching on google, it sounded like cans for manufacturers were experiencing a supply issue. canned cat food is now back in stock.

i also read that car manufacturers are severely behind schedule in output because microchips are behind schedule.

I heard something similar about last year's flour shortage.The problem was primarily due to a shortage of retail flour bags. Restaurants, cafeterias, and retail bakeries receive their supply of flour in different packaging, not the little 2.5 kg bags we see at the grocery store. I was always able to buy flour at a local bulk food store (mind you, they did the scooping, not the customers!). Same reason why thousands and thousands of eggs had to be destroyed at the beginning of the pandemic - no way to quickly pivot and distribute them to grocery stores in little cartons instead of to restaurants.