I remember someone posting a week or so back about grocery shelves being more empty lately, or at least that's what I think was posted. I've noticed that also. Seems the grocery stores near me aren't stocked up as much as usual. I assumed it was some sort of trucking issue or supply chain issue, but I haven't heard about any national trucking issue. I just needed to take my car in for repair and they said they need to order parts. They said it used to be a day or two to get the parts and now it could be a week or two. She mentioned something about shortage of truckers.
So I'm wondering what's going on? I haven't heard of any trucking strike/slow down. I doubt the truckers are moving, en mass, to a new profession. Is it the increase in gas prices? I can understand how that would lead to higher prices of goods but not slowdowns in delivery.
I have been noticing this for a long time now. At first I thought it was due to "China flu shortage" - TP, hand sanitizer, rubbing alcohol, bleach, bullets, etc. As time passed, I thought it was because President Trump cut America from buying from China. Now, President Trump is not in office & there is still a shortage every week of one type of product or another in any store. Doesn't matter if it's a grocery store or department store, the products are skimpy. Start noticing the car dealerships, too, they're looking skimpy. They might look full but look past the front & you'll see skimpy. I keep thinking they're slowly getting us used to what socialism feels like until we hit communism.
Yeah, I heard new cars coming off the assembly line are way down due to chip shortage. However, my part has no chips in it. Seems that it's getting delayed due to some nation wide delivery issue.