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Originally Posted by JustRalph
Not just households
I sat on a conference call today, trying to solve supply chain problems. Our food distributor has broken down and started their own training school for drivers. But!
They are learning that a shitload of 18-20 yr olds are applying. The jobs pay 70k to start. But the Federal rules say under 21 drivers cannot cross state lines (I didn’t know this) to make deliveries. They have made requests to the Transportation Dept to allow waivers. The Biden boy Buttisomething said no.
My beef prices are going up 12% on Jan 1st.
Coffee is way up.
Milk expected to rise 9% in 22
Shrimp may rise so high that nobody will be buying it.
Shrimpers are starting to go out of business due to prices and some kind of health crisis in the shrimp themselves
I get some stuff from overseas, new charges at the docks are so high some places are throwing fish and other refrigerated stuff off the boats while at sea. The buyers are backing out due to the costs.
There is a tea shortage. Coca Cola owns the tea market for sales to restaurants in the U.S. as of last Friday at noon they had no tea at all in the U.S. Their number 1 seller, Gold Peak is out of stock for the next 2 weeks. Guess what I use………?
Flour resources are getting low. Due to transportation issues.
Believe it or not the potato suppliers are having problems too.
3 days before Thanksgiving 2 trucks carrying 2000 Butterball Turkeys disappeared while traveling across the northern mid west. No sign of the birds or the trucks yet………guess what company they were delivering to………yep….you’re right.
I’m buying from local retail outlets if I can afford their prices. There is a Sam’s club 500 yards behind my business. It’s been a godsend
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How can an 18-21 go in the service, fight in a war, but can't cross a state line for a delivery, what is the reason for this stupidity?
