Supply chain worker urges patience as grocery stores struggle to stock shelves

by JILLIAN SMITH, The National Desk

Fri, January 21st 2022, 2:31 AM UTC

Shelves that held Chef Boyardee products are partially empty at a grocery in Pittsburgh, on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. Shortages at U.S. grocery stores have grown in recent weeks as new problems — like the fast-spreading omicron variant and severe weather — have piled on to the supply chain struggles and labor shortages that have plagued retailers since the coronavirus pandemic began. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

JAN. 13, 2022 - Ahead of the winter storm forecasted for Jan. 15-16, employees at grocery stores, like Hopey and Co. Grocery, and hardware stores, like ACE Hardware, in the mountains were continually stocking shelves Thursday, Jan. 13 and continually seeing supply of items wane as customers stocked up themselves for the winter weather. (Photo credit: WLOS staff)

Shelves sit empty at a Walmart in Anchorage, Alaska, on Jan. 8, 2022. Shortages at U.S. grocery stores have grown in recent weeks as new problems — like the fast-spreading omicron variant and severe weather — have piled on to the supply chain struggles and labor shortages that have plagued retailers since the coronavirus pandemic began. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

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Shelves that held Chef Boyardee products are partially empty at a grocery in Pittsburgh, on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. Shortages at U.S. grocery stores have grown in recent weeks as new problems — like the fast-spreading omicron variant and severe weather — have piled on to the supply chain struggles and labor shortages that have plagued retailers since the coronavirus pandemic began. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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