supply chain issues?

In our cell therapy lab we have issues with acquiring sterile plastics, like bottles and seroligical pipettes. Also some drugs for transplant patients will be unavailable. Another one....media to grow the stem cells for transplant.

I’ve been having issues getting the clay I use to make earrings since I started in July. Most online stores, including several Etsy shops, as well as big box stores have been out, or low for months due to the factories being shut down last year, and even though the company is back to 199% production, they are having issues getting the containers from the ports. A couple colors have finally started trickling in, but very slowly.

There have been delays, or partial orders being received for scrapbook companies as well.

My dd applied for her first passport mid July and hasn’t received it. She doesn’t need it urgently and did the normal.

I keep getting notices in the mail that the Ford dealership REALLY wants to buy back my 2017 Escape. Nope. It’s paid for and they don’t have anything I could replace it with.

I haven’t been able to find the shampoo I like in stock anywhere for months, and I haven’t been able to find anything else that works with my hair type.   

I get most of our groceries at Costco and haven’t really noticed any major shortages of the stuff we usually buy. But now that others have mentioned it, I have noticed that the spices section at Target has been wiped out looking for quite some time.

So many of the things we are reading about are convenience items, or preferred brands. But this is really scary.

The one thing I have not been able to find for months and is driving me crazy is shallots. What the heck happened to all of the shallots?

We’ve always stocked paper goods, hygiene items and cleaning supplies. After March last year when things became readily available again we just started stocking more of them as we have the room and fortunately have been able to afford it. Though I do watch for sales and try to stock up then since the need for them is not urgent.

We also purchased a freezer (like many, not the one we wanted and we still had to wait ages) and had been buying proteins when they were on sale. But the last many months, there has been very little of the outside aisle stuff actually on sale. So now we just keep a decent supply of our favorite items stocked without waiting for them to go in sale. And we make extra meals when we cook and freeze them, that’s come in handy a lot. 

It’s interesting reading different things going in and out of stock around the country, wondering what if any will be impacted here, and especially learning about issues from those of you in the business. I like getting a heads up because we can slowly purchase things ahead of time that might become an issue, so it’s been a nice buffer for us. I appreciate the reminders about potential Thanksgiving issues, I’ll start adding a few items each trip. Including that nasty cranberry jelly DH loves  And Christmas toys for children for sure! 

I visit a number of stores every week for my job. I have noticed a lot of empty shelves and a lot of shelves with just one row of products across the front with nothing behind. Whether it is staffing, supply chain, or I don't know. But it is certainly contributing to my growing anxiety. I always try to stay stocked up on our must have items, particularly things the cats need.

Grandma Brown's?? 

I work at Wegmans. The customers are constantly asking for them.

The industry I work in is severely affected by supply chain issues. We have to address it in every contract we draft and it is THE hot topic in contract negotiations right now. I imagine in a couple of years it will be the subject of many of my litigation cases.

Meanwhile, DH has been having a heck of a time finding a new car stereo due to chip shortages.

I'm in Minnesota.  The stores I visit are Targets, Walmarts and assorted grocery stores.  I've been seeing the out of stocks in all the stores, in basically every department.  

Yes, cars! When we bought out Miata last month, they said they usually have about 600 cars on the lot, and they had 40. They had one Miata, which was exactly what we wanted. The next closest dealer with an automatic was about 500 miles away.

I also know that in HI people were renting Uhauls for a rental car because cars were limited and expensive.

I think this is a big problem all over. I want to say that our 5 gallon bottled water delivery has been delayed every month for at least the last six months because the company can’t find and/or retain route drivers. One of the drivers I talked to a couple months ago said that the last few people they hired didn’t last a week.

DH works for an engineering firm that does a lot of mixed use building designs. Investors Ave companies that are paying for the construction are running into budget issues between raw material not being available and staffing on the crews. A project that should've been done by now is sitting at 75% done because of various shortages and delayed shipments. A few projects are being delayed completely because of funding and more building material shortages.

We're planning on getting a new washer and dryer soon. While I've been wanting a smart washer, we've been talking about just buying something that is currently in stock, no ordering of anything. We are going to give the washer and dryer to a cousin who needs them so we don't want to make her wait 7 months just because we want something fancy.

On the grocery store side, we've been seeing certain stuff being out of stock for a while now. We love Meijer's hash brown patties but they've been gone for a couple months at a time. We check every time we go. The last time they were in stock, I bought 3 packages and bought one every time until they disappeared again. We've gone through our stash and can't find a decent replacement. DH uses a certain brand of hair wax. He had tried a few others and found that this one is the one he likes best. It's been out at nearly every store that sells hair products. I found two at a Walgreens and grabbed them. He dreading having to find a new one if this one is discontinued.

DS recently sold a computer part for more than what he paid because it's completely out of stock in places. DH and I both want to upgrade our laptops but can't.

My local hospital (on an island, the next nearest is an hour on a ferry) has 10 days’ worth of tubes left for blood tests. All non-critical tests are cancelled.

We have had big chains in the UK run out of chicken. I haven’t personally been affected but the Uk is experiencing quite a lot of shortages at the moment news.sky.com/story/why-are-uk-businesses-being-hit-by-shortages-at-the-moment-12391233

I'm a scientist. We are currently having supply issues with pipet tips and cell culture flasks. Pretty much anytime I need to place an order I get a notice that it's backordered for at least a month out....when the month is up, I get another email extending it for a month. I ordered pipet tips in Feb and they are back ordered until Feb 2022