stock up while you can because here are 10 items you might not find in your grocery store Hershey's
milk chocolate and candies any Hershey bars normally the best time to load a stash of
Halloween candy is in the Danes following spooky season when it goes on sale but this year it
might be best to get ahead of schedule lingering supply chain issues for classic milk chocolate
ingredients like cocoa edible oil and dairy have been an issue for the famous manufacturer of
Hershey's line of sweets and the busiest time of year for the manufacturer is of course Halloween
and the Christmas holidays Hershey's typically manufactures over 40 percent of all chocolate
sold in the United States and Halloween alone accounts for about 10 percent of the company's
annual sales during shortages they've had to decide if they want to meet the demand
for year-round chocolate production or put more effort into their seasonal treats being ready for
the holidays the company had officially announced in July that it had decided to focus on keeping
up with its normal sales and therefore would be unable to meet the Halloween and Christmas demand
but panicked chocoholics didn't have to stress very long the pennsylvania-based Chaco Empire and
now announced a milk chocolate Miracle two months later Hershey officially retracted their earlier
statement after they made adjustments to their production lines that would allow their Factory to
meet Halloween demand alongside keeping everyday treats on store shelves so whether it's a shortage
or sold out you may or may not see Hershey products on the Shelf the thought of having
no chocolate for trick-or-treaters might just be the scariest Halloween ever carbonated beverages
everyone loves a bubbly beverage as long as it can be found from Craft Beer to cold soda from
a fountain or vending machine a burst of bumbles is always satisfying but the carbon dioxide Supply
that puts the Fizz in your drink fountain has been dwindling for some time and continues to do so
the main shortage started much like other supply chain issues during the early peak of the global
pandemic production of ethanol slowed when fewer people were commuting which meant a reduction
in one of ethanol's important byproducts carbon dioxide while Brewers managed to survive a bigger
obstacle arrived in the summer of 2022 adding to the ethanol issue and naturally occurring
contamination in one of America's largest CO2 sources meant that the gas got even harder to
find discovered in the 1970s a 200 square mile underground area known as the Jackson Dome is
the largest natural source of CO2 east of the Mississippi River the CO2 produced from these
deposits are so pure that they routinely test a at an amazing 98 positivity rate that Purity
level was disrupted however by the discovery of an underground volcano that was spewing enough
toxic gases that it ended up contaminating the carbon dioxide Supply carbonated drinks don't
just get their tongue tickling Sensation from CO2 but manufacturers and sellers needed to move beer
between kegs tanks and canning lines it's also used to remove excess oxygen from production
tanks while the shortage hasn't caused any disruption for products in major markets if
it continues there might be fewer sparkling beverages on the shelves Sugar Sugar remember
that drop in ethanol production that limited the supply of carbon dioxide it's responsible
for another decrease in our beloved drinks and snacks and it's the biggest ingredient of all
sweet sweet sugar the sugar is important to more than just sweet snacks since it's also an additive
in salty foods used to Accent the flavory tastes the first go around in ethanol issues was from a
decrease in production but this time it's been a drastic increase in production that's driving
this shortage of sugary sweets due to a need for ethanol fuel during the energy crisis sugarcane
Mills in Brazil have decided to dedicate more of their sugar cane Supply to ethanol production this
means of course that the sugar cane used to produce actual sugar has been cut drastically
it's actually a common practice as the Brazilian supply of sugarcane either goes towards making
sugar or exporting ethanol depending on which one will make more money at the time in May of
2022 markets had predicted a long-term swing towards the ethanol side that would jeopardize
sugar production indefinitely but that prediction changed quickly when the Brazilian government cut
fuel taxes which lowered the price of ethanol so sugar production is back in a big way Brazil
produced five percent more sugar this August than it did last August which is an overall two
percent shift of total sugar cane use away from the fuel side even if two percent doesn't sound
like much each percentage Point represents 700 000 tons of sugar How Sweet It Is sriracha sauce
moving from sweetness to spiciness another item running short in Supply is the famous
sauce with the big red rooster Sriracha hot sauce is typically a staple in Asian restaurants and is
splashed on everything from Pho soap to Ramen noodles to banmi sandwiches manufactured by hoi
Fung Foods in the town of Irwindale California for over 40 years this is the first time in those four
decades they'll be canceling all orders for their Sriracha a press release from the company notes a
severe shortage of the peppers they use to make the chili portion of the sauce and they don't
expect to be producing any more until sometime after September of 2022. one Vietnamese restaurant
in Los Angeles has gone viral stating that their customers consume 300 bottles of the stuff per
year and that they are willing to trade free food for unopened bottles to top up their dwindling
Supply the low quality crop of red jalapeno peppers has been attributed to an ongoing drought
in Mexico and California which has been the driest on record as they entered the third year of the
struggle for moisture recent heat waves have approached or hit 105 degrees at their Peak which
is the specific danger zone for fruits and flowers to collapse under heat stress it's a cruel irony
that the supply of hot sauce that brings the heat is in Jeopardy because of heat itself tomatoes
potatoes that's severe drought in California and Mexico is doing damage to another familiar red
fruit crop besides those red jalapenos and it has an even larger impact than the hot sauce Market
the commonplace tomato touches food consumption well beyond being an ingredient in salads or on
top of cheeseburgers the ketchup that goes on French fries the sauce that goes on Pizza the
marinara and The Bolognese that coat spaghetti dinners and the salsa that game day nachos gets
dipped in all tomato based and all in trouble the water shortage from this ongoing drone is
not only creating trouble for the crops to grow but the tomatoes that do survive need
water too California is estimated to produce around 25 percent of the world's tomatoes and
most of those need to be processed in ways like preserving them in cans and jars or pureeing them
into sauce and that requires water too but the state of California issuing water usage
restrictions it's been estimated that the cost of growing and then harvesting a single acre of
tomatoes has doubled from 10 years ago raft Heinz company are America's ketchup Kings and they also
depend on tomatoes for salad dressings and pasta sauces they have issued media statements noting
that they don't predict any gaps in Supply that would affect production considering they crank
out nearly 2 billion bottles of ketchup a day hopefully they are true to their word pot born
supply chain woes may be more common when it comes to snacks but let's not forget the times
during the last few years when just going out to get those snacks was a challenge no restaurants
no pubs not even movie theaters were open due to restrictions and without a fun night out
of catching a flick people were missing out on the best part of the whole experience hot
and fresh buttered popcorn with a return to in-person movie going popcorn no doubt tops
the list once again as the go-to munchie at a theater but the salty snack is becoming another
victim of supply issues and there may be less and less of it soon and because less corn and
therefore less popcorn was hitting the market the suppliers of things like serving bags Lids
containers and tubs cut back on their production too so even if theaters can find a solid popcorn
Supply they might not have anything to serve in it the culprit seems to be the intentional
reduction in corn crops since farmers were making less money from it when they were stuck
selling less corn during recent times the United State's Department of Agriculture has estimated
a four percent drop in Corn Harvest compared to last year to put that into perspective over
15.1 billion bushels of corn were produced in America in 2021 and that's a 1 billion
bushel increase from 2020. that's a lot of popcorn missing from the mouths of Snackers
baby formula baby it's not just people who eat snacks sauces and sweets that are affected by
shortages in this case it's affecting a part of the population that only consumes one thing babies
and the baby formula that those little bundles of Joy subsist on is also in short supply these
days Similac is the nation's number one selling brand of baby formula and it's manufactured by the
Abbott company which introduced the product way back in 1925 and has expanded to selling it in 96
countries all over the world but in February 2022 production dragged to a halt reports of illness
and even death in infants were linked to the formula prompting inspections from two government
agencies they found the factory in Michigan to have seriously unsafe food manufacturing
conditions including cracks in the storage tanks several leaks in the roof and employees not
using proper hand washing and glove procedures a shutdown led to an immediate 40 drop in available
baby formula across the USA a and the industry hasn't yet fully recovered some are flooding and
storms shut the factory down again in June and the shortage kept getting worse to this day it's
believed the stock of baby formula is still more than 20 below what would be considered a steady
supply and it might be a long time before the situation is resolved Sabra hummus stop knowing
what I like another food shortage linked to poor hygiene practices at the point of manufacturing
is hitting the USA this year and this time it's a snack for grown-ups hummus is a protein-packed dip
that's great with almost anything from parties to binge watching to a quick snack at work it
even ranked as Americans fifth most popular dip in a 2022 poll but one of the country's largest
manufacturers has committed a crime worse than double dipping the Sabra Factory in Virginia
has had on and off issues dating as far back as 2016 that led to recalling Hummus that was
contaminated with salmonella that happened again and in 2021 and this time the factory was ordered
by the Food and Drug Administration to temporarily shut down and literally clean up its act it costs
them a 32 percent drop in sales and a 16 loss of their market share and although Sabra expects
to be back in production in late 2022 they figure it'll have lost them a total of 17 million dollars
mustard mustard on my sandwich imagine heading out of the ballpark on a sunny afternoon grabbing
a couple of hot dogs and realizing the entire stadium is out of mustard it's a terrible scene
that is starting to unfold in parts of the world and soon could hit grocery shelves in America a
few unfortunate factors have come together to cause a seed shortage and much like other crops
on this list the recent droughts and hot summers are one of the biggest reasons why the planet's
two largest Mustard Seed crops located in Nepal and western Canada have suffered due to extreme
weather that has caused most mustard producing factories to drop production by one-third and
they've been unable to keep up with normal demand and when word got out in France where
the average person consumes two pounds of mustard a year Panic buying set in the stories of mustard
jar hoarding from across the pond make the 2020 toilet paper shortage look like a Sunday drive
so between overbuying and undersupplying mustard is in higher demand than ever next time you're
out at a ball game make sure to enjoy that mustard on your pretzel while you still can
likely the biggest and most Troublesome of any shortage has been one involving a staple food
of the world great golden wheat because wheat is a key ingredient in so many foods it is one
of the planet's most consumed Commodities with 787 billion metric tons of it eaten in the last
two years 37 million of those tons were consumed in America alone it's in crackers bread cereals
pastas pizzas pretzels pancakes and waffles it's hard not to find some form of weed in your
breakfast lunch or dinner so when it comes hard to find it's a cause for concern all over the
world as Russia and Ukraine become embroiled in an ongoing conflict the global supply has
suffered since both nations are mass exporters of wheat recent treaties have allowed both of
them to start shipping out again with Ukraine's first boat leaving port on August 1st in addition
other countries increased wheat production to compensate during the break and those are
harvests will help boost the short-term Supply while it'll be some time before everything else
gets back to normal remember to be grateful when that loaf of bread finally gets back to
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