Many grocery stores faced shortages in meats back in April and May. In July, that’s not so much of an issue anymore.
Still, there are some shortages at grocery stores. Market in the Square owner Brian Kusmierski said they never had an issue with meat since they purchased enough early on. However, they are still short on cleaning supplies and items from private labels.
“The manufacturers of these products are having trouble getting containers to actually pack the product in,” Kusmierski said. “One of the major beverage companies told us they will not be supporting any ads involving ads because they cannot get the aluminum cans that the beverage comes in, so that’s going to be in short supply so we can’t advertise those types of things.”
Kusmierski assumed that cleaning supplies are following the same struggles of not meeting the demand by customers. He guessed that cleaning supplies won’t get back to normal until the fall or early winter.
“I’m thinking that as manufacturers, as soon as the packing materials come back into stock, they will go back to full force,” Kusmierski said. “You had the toilet paper companies that were out of stock for a long period of time, then they were working 24/7 producing toilet paper so we’re back in stock. It may not be the same variety as before the pandemic.”
Kusmierski said supplies are slowly getting back to its levels pre-pandemic.