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

October 21, 2021

(Bloomberg) -- In Denver, public-school children are facing shortages of milk. “We’ve been struggling with supply-chain issues with different items since school started,” said Theresa Hafner, the executive director of food services at Denver Public Schools. Price PressureMany food suppliers are planning for these hiccups and shortages to last. “The challenges in the supply chain continue to be issues such as driver shortages, labor and congestion at the ports,” Chief Supply Chain Officer Yone Dewberry said in an email. The problem is so bad that at least one U.S. meatpacker has tried to lure new employees with Apple Watches.