Food Supply Chain Shortage

[Absolute Zero]

Anybody else running into this?

Some of favorite fast food places are closing around here. I guess they are saying there is a labor shortage which is making it hard to get food supplies.

 

[82CardsGrad]

Anybody else running into this?

Some of favorite fast food places are closing around here. I guess they are saying there is a labor shortage which is making it hard to get food supplies.

Tons of Help Wanted signs at fast-food joints, as well as seemingly every restaurant in the Phoenix area looking to hire for all positions.
But haven't seen any closures due to the labor shortage...

 

[Dback Jon]

Anybody else running into this?

Some of favorite fast food places are closing around here. I guess they are saying there is a labor shortage which is making it hard to get food supplies.

Many food production workers were immigrants (and yes, many undocumented). That labor source dried up, and yet the alleged rushing of Americans to fill those jobs never materialized.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Tons of Help Wanted signs at fast-food joints, as well as seemingly every restaurant in the Phoenix area looking to hire for all positions.
But haven't seen any closures due to the labor shortage...

Same. All sorts of businesses, but especially fast food places and restaurants are desperately looking for workers. Offering employment bonuses and decent pay, too. That's across several states we have traveled to/through recently. Some have reduced their hours and others have put up signs apologizing in advance for a less than normal level of service due to short-staffing.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

It's okay. The robots will serve us.

California restaurant turns to sassy robot for extra help as it struggles to hire workers

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[Absolute Zero]

Last week told at Taco Bell, "we are out of tortillas". This week, they are closed, except for drive through. Found this article.

Taco Bell latest fast-food chain to face supply shortages

They’ve gone from “Live Mas” to “Live Menos!” Taco Bell appears to be the latest fast-food joint to get hit by nationwide supply shortages. The company, headquartered …

nypost.com

Mod Pizza same kind of thing.

We are also having a worker shortage too, lots of help wanted signs, etc. like @82CardsGrad was saying.

 

[Devilmaycare]

Anybody else running into this?

Some of favorite fast food places are closing around here. I guess they are saying there is a labor shortage which is making it hard to get food supplies.

I've seen it with the Starbucks by me. They're missing a lot of menu items and they close earlier, like 3 pm instead of 9:30pm, on certain days now. It's supposed to be a combo of the supply shortage and not having enough staff to cover the old store hours.

 

[Dback Jon]

Went to Circle K for a soda. They had no cups

 

[MrYeahBut]

Went to look at some repairs in a US Foods distribution warehouse last week. Their business is largely restaurant and public school food supply. Their business is waaay down, but that's ok... they don't have all the products and no drivers for their delivery trucks.

Two side notes that may interest only me... no one there was wearing a mask, not in office or forklift drivers. If you ever have to go in a food distribution center, bring a jacket... it's always freezing in there.

 

[Ronin]

Some restaurants close on Monday and Tuesday over here

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Went to Circle K for a soda. They had no cups

Did you just guzzle from the nozzle?

 

[jf-08]

Did you just guzzle from the nozzle?

 

[Dback Jon]

Did you just guzzle from the nozzle?

Lol. Nope

 

[Finito]

Did you just guzzle from the nozzle?

no wheeeeezing da juice

anyone? Anyone?

 

[Brian in Mesa]

no wheeeeezing da juice

anyone? Anyone?

Ha !! Encino Man !!

 

[thirty-two]

no wheeeeezing da juice

anyone? Anyone?

Shuuuuuuuush!

 

[Absolute Zero]

Good article discussing how the supply and labor shortages are slamming restaurants

Southern Oregon small business struggles amid nationwide supply shortages

As many businesses struggle with acquiring their products, one Southern Oregon small business owner said the effects of the nationwide supply shortage have forced her to cut back on her menu. The owner of Thai Bistro, Sandra Buakhieo explained after more than two decades of running a successful...

ktvl.com

 

[Beaver]

We stopped in a Buffalo Wild Wings last week and they were out of WINGS and hamburger...

 

[Absolute Zero]

Looks like the problems are not limited to food.

The shipping crisis is getting worse. Here's what that means for holiday shopping

The vast network of ports, container vessels and trucking companies that moves goods around the world is badly tangled, and the cost of shipping is skyrocketing.

www.cnn.com

 

[Absolute Zero]

Good explanatory article on azcentral.com today.

Supply chain challenge: Shortages, shipping woes, staffing issues could dim holiday shopping season

AZ businesses have been grappling for months with shortages, delayed shipments and price hikes. It's not going to get better around the holidays.

www.azcentral.com

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Root causes of the shortages​

Many of the delays are the result of pandemic factory closures in 2020 and earlier this year. Delays and shortages have been especially acute with automobiles, computer products and other items that depend on semiconductors, including toys."

This is going to impact holiday shopping for sure.

 

[Mainstreet]

The labor shortage maybe one of the most perplexing problems especially with the increase in wages.

 

[Absolute Zero]

The labor shortage maybe one of the most perplexing problems especially with the increase in wages.

See Great Resignation.
I think a lot of people have bailed on their jobs, started questioning why they are in their job or career, and many businesses have gone under since COVID.

Also, younger generations have a different attitude than when I was their age. Many are not pursuing the traditional work work work, student loans...college... career...mortgage, debts... family... babies .... health problems... retirement...death tract that my generation has followed. ( I'm 56).

If you look at the climate change projections, and many or them are, I don't blame them.

 

[Mainstreet]

See Great Resignation.
I think a lot of people have bailed on their jobs, started questioning why they are in their job or career, and many businesses have gone under since COVID.

Also, younger generations have a different attitude than when I was their age. Many are not pursuing the traditional work work work, student loans...college... career...mortgage, debts... family... babies .... health problems... retirement...death tract that my generation has followed. ( I'm 56).

If you look at the climate change projections, and many or them are, I don't blame them.

I can see people changing jobs but one still has to work to put food on the table, a roof over head and clothing or so I thought.

One thing for sure, COVID has messed with everybody's clock. I know my routine has changed.

 

[Dback Jon]

I can see people changing jobs but one still has to work to put food on the table, a roof over head and clothing or so I thought.

One thing for sure, COVID has messed with everybody's clock. I know my routine has changed.

Remember, we are in the midst of the peak Baby Boomer retirement bubble. 3.2 million retired in 2020 alone. And many retired years before they were planning on because of the stress/strain of the pandemic and questioning why they are still working at age 65+

The pandemic drove these Americans into early retirement. What to know before making the leap

The pandemic may have tipped many older workers into early retirement. Still, many retirees lack the necessary savings or income. Experts cover what to know.

www.cnbc.com

 

[Brian in Mesa]

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