/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Palm oil aside, shortages happen when something fucks the infrastructure.

A month ago there was a shortage of Lactaid, Almond Breeze, ans Planet Oat. Their parent company (HP Hood) suffered a cyber attack and shut down plants for a while.

It's one thing for grocery stores to order more shit, but distribution centers will scratch orders when product has run out or there aren't enough staff to pick it and load it up.

The price of eggs recently shot up and dozen packs are moving fast. Orders of private label (store brand) dozen eggs are being scratched.