Global Supply Chain Crisis 2021: Megathread - A cozy thread for watching the supply chain fall apart just in time for the holidays

[Super-Chevy454]

Yes and no. Imagine the normal bullshit, just amped up massively.

I won't be surprised to see more videos of the normal BS being posted on WorldstarHipHop.

 

[Captain Fitzbattleaxe]

I don't know why but it's been fucking impossible to get certain spices where I live for almost 2 months now. And I don't talk about shit like star anise or other "weird" spices. It's shit like oregano and last week paprika vanished from the store shelves. Is this how it starts?

 

[Michael Wade]

Ive noticed my publix has been pretty good when it comes to supply, but I cant speak for all the others.

 

[Snack Cracker]

I live in a metro Midwest city and one of the hardest things that seem to be hit are school buses for lack of drivers.
Kids are 1-2 hours late for school routinely in some districts now and same way when they get dropped off back home.

Also there doesn’t seem to be nearly as much in stores for spooky season, this is probably the most bare Halloween I’ve ever seen.

Plus chicken and pork are increasing in price (or the sections are empty with a tag), so are canned vegetables and foods.

Weirdly specific but my favorite brand of hummus (which is the one sold pretty much everywhere nationwide) was completely out the other day at the store. And I don’t mean just one flavor, the whole branded section.

Produce prices have increased.

We’ve been stocking up on non perishables for months but I’m a little worried about the produce prices continuing to increase.

 

[Puff]

We are short on parts made from various grades of stainless steel. I highly doubt the vaccines are stainless steel, especially if they are magnetic like you see on those videos posted on /pol/.

Well, only very specific kinds of stainless steel are non-magnetic. It's been.... a while... since my sophomore materials science class, but only one of the phases (microstructure types determined by composition and temperature) of iron isn't magnetic. You need a particular mix of chromium and nickel to make it do that at room temperature. The two main types of stainless we get aren't magnetic, but that's mostly because the use cases require it.
Lot's of stainlesses used outside of food and medical fields are magnetic.

 

[I am the Muffin Maker]

Fun fact for you both, Food harvesting in the USA is nearly totally reliant on machinery if you haven't got the power to run those machines the crops wont get to the table, America also mono crops like no other so while corn will be available it wont be available all over the USA same with of grain crops, same with some vegetables etc. To be able to rely on domestic local production you need to have a diverse local food eco system, and not many places do local agriculture like that any more, and the places that haven't have been shagging the soil raw to enable that easily with the over use of fertiliser and pesticides a lot of farmers haven't ever grown food without heavy machinery or fertiliser before so would struggle to make the change.

That's why I say if anyone can grow there own food even just a little bit they should and if they can use older varieties of seeds not only is the food you grow better tasting they are also better for the environment and are less reliant on pesticide and fertiliser use.

Yea, I agree with this. Also, I got into hydroponics for a few years. It is shockingly easy to grow more salad greens than you can comfortably eat with very little equipment. Runs into the problem of needing power, but if we're to the point where there is no food, no power, and no parts to fix anything. You have bigger problems than needing your salad greens.

 

[Billy Beer]

Kraft Heinz says people must get used to higher food prices

The boss of the food giant says rising prices are partly due to pandemic disruption.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Ishtar]

I wonder if this will lead to more people adopting a “buy and store” approach-that is whenever stuff is in stock, you rush to buy it and then preserve/ration it as long as possible.

Whether that be soft drinks, computer chips, or next year’s Christmas list.

If enough people start getting the mindset of “I want this and its stock, it may not be again for a long time-I’m going to get it now and hold onto it as long as possible”

That’s got to effect an economy based on planned obsolescence and throwaway consumer culture.

Panic buying might even become routine-people will compete to get the last item on the shelf, which will further increase prices and put strain on the supply chain as the consumers at the other end gobble it up whenever it reaches the store.

 

[1Tonka_Truck]

America also mono crops like no other so while corn will be available it wont be available all over the USA same with of grain crops, same with some vegetables etc.

Monocropping only happens in the eastern corn belt with continuous corn and in the western states where all they can grow is wheat. Anywhere that has a market for canola, they are adding that to rotation. 90% of the vegetable crops are grown in California and Florida because they don't have this pesky thing called winter.

That's why I say if anyone can grow there own food even just a little bit they should and if they can use older varieties of seeds not only is the food you grow better tasting they are also better for the environment and are less reliant on pesticide and fertiliser use.

It is fucking October. Nobody north of 30°(or in CA) is growing shit without a greenhouse.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

Food shortages dont just happen because countries happen to run out of food. They happen because the country is more invested in exporting food to other countries than having any interest in their own country.
Do you think the people in charge believe in putting america first? really? after the last few years?

Nah it's the simple "free" market where your country's farmers need to compete against every third world country that uses literal child/slave labour. The reward for this is food that's so cheap people get fat and waste the rest of their money on healthcare/merchandise. The only worthwhile crops remaining are luxury foods that will help no one when the shortages come in.

 

[Jimbobaggins]

I live in a metro Midwest city and one of the hardest things that seem to be hit are school buses for lack of drivers.
Kids are 1-2 hours late for school routinely in some districts now and same way when they get dropped off back home.

Also there doesn’t seem to be nearly as much in stores for spooky season, this is probably the most bare Halloween I’ve ever seen.

I've been seeing the same thing in the upper Midwest as well. Constantly on the news about the shortages or cutting lines. Or paying parents to drive their kids to school as well. Even years ago they were always advertising for drivers so I'm sure its only making it worse. Though I will say Halloween stuff is pretty good around here. I even saw on the national news about Pumpkin shortages but around me there's a shit ton of them.

 

[FarmerKhourtney]

I was thinking the same about the Halloween stuff. Usually there’s a ton of it starting in august .

I live in a metro Midwest city and one of the hardest things that seem to be hit are school buses for lack of drivers.
Kids are 1-2 hours late for school routinely in some districts now and same way when they get dropped off back home.

Also there doesn’t seem to be nearly as much in stores for spooky season, this is probably the most bare Halloween I’ve ever seen.

Plus chicken and pork are increasing in price (or the sections are empty with a tag), so are canned vegetables and foods.

Weirdly specific but my favorite brand of hummus (which is the one sold pretty much everywhere nationwide) was completely out the other day at the store. And I don’t mean just one flavor, the whole branded section.

Produce prices have increased.

We’ve been stocking up on non perishables for months but I’m a little worried about the produce prices continuing to increase.

 

[OttoWest]

Apparel industry is getting fucked as well.

With China doing their rolling blackouts, it means the textile factories are only running at a 30-40% capacity. A factory can operate four days a week but then is required to perform a mandatory three day shut down.

Vietnam, a major hub for garment construction, has their government shut down work for a week in late September to battle the coof.

The factories in Central America seem to be doing okay labor wise, but the materials shortage from China and India are trickling down. Materials not just as in fabric, but trims, rubber for elastics and soles, buttons, etc.

Stock up on your fave undies, socks, shirts and shoes now. You might be wearing them for a while.

 

[Sped Xing]

ITT: People who think they're "in the country" when the buildings are less than 15 stories tall bloviating about agriculture.

 

[Fliddaroonie]

There were some minor shortages where I live for a bit but funnily enough the big slabs of meat and packets of mince were 100% fine (stupid microwave only cunts )
Speaking of takeout, I've always wondered what's going to happen with fast food places like maccas. Will they run out of food?


I'd eat other people before I'd eat my pet.

I genuinely hope the shit-tier take aways and fast food joints close and go bust.

If anyone wants proof that the shutdowns were about anything other than your health, just consider this: they shut the gyms, they imprisoned you in your home, they took away the right to go out and exercise, but they let you order shitty, crap, nutritionally void fat and sodium rammed shit to your doorstep, to cram in your maw without being able to offset the harm,


Best thing that could happen is the take aways closing and a total failure in their supply chains. I've a friend who is a teacher and one of the kids she works with, his mom had to use a food pantry when things shut down (that's not my issue, no judgement from me for that).

What bothers me is she, a woman in her 30s, who has 3 kids, could not cook a single fucking thing with any of the stuff she was given. it was all tinned and canned stuff, some fresh veggies, tomato paste, pasta, soup. And she wanted money instead to go buy take outs.



Edited to say: I honestly have no issues, at all, with Christmas being pared down massively this year. None whatsoever. Christmas is now a rampant season of gluttony, excess and grotesque, rampant materialism. It's actually sickening. worst bit is seeing the piles and piles of garbage, wasted food, packaging, and shite being tossed out for the garbage collectors, to go to landfill the week after. It's obscene

People could benefit from a pared down festive season and with re-evaluating the things they hold dear. Kids will benefit from not getting every single expensive thing on their want lists and learning we never get all we want in life. it'll be the single best thing to happen to people, the long, long over due slap on the backside society has been owed for decades.

 

[FatalTater]

I think everyone should go watch The 1940's House. Maybe buy a bag or two of dried beans and some corn meal. Learn to boil a potato or two.

Also be prepared for November when LOTS of huge American fatties will be interviewed crying while they're in line at food banks to get Thanksgiving dinners. Last year it was one of the best laughs I got from the news, they would show the cars backing traffic up around places where food was being given out, and if you looked IN the cars, they were full of morbidly obese folk.

 

[What the shit]

Looks like eggs and hotdogs are on the menu again.

 

[Aqua Panda]

For all the physical media fans, the shipping issue is causing major delays on the records and bluray/dvd front. Lotta stuff is being pushed back and might not make the holiday shopping rush.

 

[Jump]

I wonder if this will lead to more people adopting a “buy and store” approach-that is whenever stuff is in stock, you rush to buy it and then preserve/ration it as long as possible.

To bad there is massive wait times on most appliances now. I wonder how hard it is to get canning stuff.

 

[The golden neckbeard]

My Save-a-lot is fine.

I buy most of my stuff from Save-A-lot except my meat, which i buy from a butcher shop...which is all locally sourced. Even my Save-a-lot store brands are locally sourced the way their distribution and manufacturing works. The Hub is only 300 miles from my house.

Publix and Winn Dixie are fine.

Tho the walmart in my neck of the woods is a hot mess. Empty spots all over the place. May be a strange christmas for those looking to drop coin on stuff.