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‘People Are Hoarding’: Food Shortages Are The Next Supply-Chain Crunch

  • Denver schoolchildren, restaurants contend with shortages
  • Grocers warn of intermittent delays across product categories
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Supply Chain Crunch Empties Food Store Shelves

In Denver, public-school children are facing shortages of milk. In Chicago, a local market is running short of canned goods and boxed items.

But there’s plenty of food. There just isn’t always enough processing and transportation capacity to meet rising demand as the economy revs up.