Labor Shortage And Surging Shipping Costs Are Biggest Drivers Of US Food Inflation

[Peter1469]

Labor Shortage And Surging Shipping Costs Are Biggest Drivers Of US Food Inflation

Setting aside the ever-present issue of the global supply chain crunch presently gestating in the PROC, where factories and ports are struggling with the most restrictive lockdown measures since the (Fauci-funded) "China virus" first burst forth out of Wuhan, the US is still facing serious shortages of workers and critical goods like foodstuffs and medicine.

The US labor market disappointed once again in December, while November's similarly disappointing number was revised up only slightly. Meanwhile, those who are working are struggling with the fact that inflationary price pressures are hammering real wages. And regardless of what the Fed does next, it appears kinks in the economy created by COVID and the federal government's response to COVID will continue to push food prices higher for the foreseeable future, as Reuters reports.

Citing three critical factors, high demand for groceries, soaring freight costs and "omicron-related" labor shortages, Reuters projects that prices for "food and fresh produce" will continue to climb for the foreseeable future.

High demand for food? Have we had a significant increase in the requirement to eat?

Already, growers across the West and Midwest are paying 3x the freight costs from before the pandemic - all to guarantee shipment of perishables like berries and lettuce before they spoil.

Some companies are even holding back on shipping certain goods (like long-lasting onions) to see if shipping costs might ease.

Much of the high freight costs have to do with the high cost of gas and deiseal along with the unreasonable regulations, particularly in California.

[RMNIXON]

Without disruption the distribution of food in this country is free market steady. I would be skeptical of some of these claims that are being used to make excuses in the Biden Administration.

In the weeks after mid March 2020 I took the time to actually thank our local Ralphs stock boy that goods were beginning to get back to normal levels for most items. He said there was never an actual shortage of goods. It was just that all the panic buying cleared shelves faster than they could order, ship, and restock.

[MMC]

Yeah setting aside that supply chain issue that has got worse under Deviant Biden and Biden getting Coercing Businesses to fire employees that wont get the vaccine.



But dont forget Jen Psaki said Joe Biden saved Christmas.