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.
Well the part if a catalytic converter for a Honda so it is made in Japan. However, I got the impression, maybe wrongly so, that the part is here somewhere in the US but it might take a while to get to my dealership. The girl told me she should get a tracking number tomorrow so she'll have a better idea then. I did ask about whether she knows if it's in stock anywhere in the US and we just have to wait for the transit time. That's when she mentioned that what used to be 1 or 2 days might now be 1 or 2 weeks for delivery.