In the supermarket near Boston where we shop, I’ve been noticing growing shortages of canned cat food. Not shortages of dry cat food or dog food, but empty shelves for Fancy Feast and non-fancy wet food, too.
I’ve been ordering our cat food through Chewy.com and there are some shortages there too, resulting in our Purina Pro Plan order for Joan being cancelled. I ordered other canned cat food yesterday, and that’s on the way.
Shortages are puzzling to me and I certainly wouldn’t want to contribute to panic buying in any way, but I was curious about other people’s experiences, so I posted this on Twitter yesterday:
Some people responded YES, others NO, and some shared they had heard the shortage was caused by a shortage of aluminum cans.
Because there is a raging snowstorm as I’m writing this, I’m assuming there are other shortages — of milk, bread, eggs, shovels, flashlights, etc. — in the markets here now.
In the article that I just linked to above (https://patch.com/massachusetts/boston/amp/30367460/why-ma-snowstorms-spark-a-run-on-milk-bread-and-eggs-only-in-ma), I discovered the interesting trivia that shortages of milk, bread, and eggs before snowstorms are specific to Massachusetts! Because I’ve had a shortage of pre-snowstorm shopping experiences anywhere else, I assumed there were panic runs on those items elsewhere, too.
When you visit this blog, I promise there will be no shortages of things to see, so here are more images for today.
Well, I did say shortages were puzzling to me, so Happy National Puzzle Day!
Here’s a short video of what’s causing the shortages of bread, milk, and eggs locally:
As you can see, there are no shortages of wind, snow, and waves outside my window.
There is no shortage of videos about shortages on YouTube, so I’m choosing to share this video instead:
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