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Costco shoppers better stock up

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Posted on September 24, 2021 at 06:16:01
AbeCollins
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 The full article is linked below. And it's not just toilet paper. Supply chain transportation issues.
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business
Updated 8:04 AM ET, Fri September 24, 2021

New York(CNN Business) Costco is once again placing limits on purchases of toilet paper, paper towels and cleaning supplies. The Delta variant continues to spread across the globe, sending demand for those items higher. But that's not the only reason why Costco is limiting purchases. The warehouse store is also having trouble finding trucks, drivers and shipping containers to get the items to its stores.



 

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Problems with food supply..., posted on September 24, 2021 at 07:49:43
Victor Khomenko
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 ...will take care of same with paper products.


 

I like your logic Victor !! - nt, posted on September 24, 2021 at 08:25:05
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RE: Costco shoppers better stock up, posted on September 24, 2021 at 08:37:58
Inmate51
 Aw, heck, I've got enough paper towels and toilet paper to last me til the rapture.

Bleach? You wanna talk about BLEACH?! I gotcha some bleach. Drink it every day. Cleans me out just fine.

;)

 

RE: Costco shoppers better stock up, posted on September 24, 2021 at 08:55:35
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 This is no joke. The lockdowns are literally starving the third world and it's spreading worldwide.

 

Visited Trader Joe's and Harris Teeter Thursday and ..., posted on September 24, 2021 at 11:05:44
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 both had missing items. At Trader Joe's bread and ice cream shelves were pretty bare. At Harris Teeter, some cleaning supplies and pumpkin puree were MIA.

 

Victor, what happened to your flying eagle GIF? Used to tag along w/ your posts. Now it's a broken box. (nt), posted on September 24, 2021 at 11:07:43
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Oh man ..., posted on September 24, 2021 at 11:15:05
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 if there is no ice cream I'm not going.

 

You and Nancy Pelosi! [nt] ;-), posted on September 24, 2021 at 14:43:17
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It must have gone somewhere..., posted on September 24, 2021 at 14:57:23
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You mean the flying bat :), posted on September 24, 2021 at 15:05:30
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 No idea... one day it was just gone. And I could not find the original file. I liked it... so I almost cried. :)


 

seriously though, posted on September 24, 2021 at 15:13:17
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 I've been "hearing" that the number of severed supply chains has only been increasing. And will get worse.

Food and medicine at risk. Stock up now.

The alarmist say the supply chain will cease. I hope that never happens but the probability is not zero.

 

The effects of the pandemic are FAR FROM OVER..., posted on September 26, 2021 at 14:41:15
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 ...on many levels.

Supply chains are still "broken". Manufacturing facilities are still playing "whack a mole" with localized restrictions/lock-downs that are hampering production volumes.

Here in the US, despite the ending of supplemental unemployment benefits, workers are not returning to work--and many never will. A lot of those that were left unemployed or voluntarily left jobs during the pandemic were retirees, or those eligible for retirement, and many are choosing not to return, leaving a "wake" in the labor pool. Some positions were temporarily filled with school/university students, but with the re-opening of schools/universities, they have left to resume in-class education.

"Product diversion" and "altered demands" are also factors. Chips needed (now) by automakers were diverted to other consumer products that were in-demand. Paper-pulp, needed for toilet paper, etc., was also needed for shipping boxes and to-go packaging.




"And today is for sale and it's all you can afford. Buy your own admission. The whole things got you bored. Well the Lord chooses the good ones, and the bad ones use the Lord"--a very dear friend for decades Michael Stanley (Gee)--RIP

 

Don't forget that ship that got stuck in the Suez Canal (lotsa paper pulp, supposedly) [nt], posted on September 27, 2021 at 01:50:06
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RE: Costco shoppers better stock up, posted on September 27, 2021 at 10:55:16
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 Was at my local Costco last Friday, packed with people as usual, but yes there are limits for paper products again. At least the disinfecting wipes and sprays are available, I'd better get some next time.

 

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