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Major product shortages affecting America

Supply struggles
Sanitary products
Sanitary products
Chili peppers
Chili peppers
Cooking oils
Cooking oils
Soy products
Soy products
Baby formula
Baby formula
Meat products
Meat products
Eggs
Eggs
Wheat
Wheat
Canned goods
Canned goods
Sand
Sand
Chlorine
Chlorine
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Supply struggles

​Empty shelves have become a common sight across America since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the start of 2022, Reuters reported that US retailers faced "out of stock" levels of 12%, and now a host of factors, ranging from the Russian-Ukraine war to the ongoing chip shortage, are compounding global supply chain issues.

Read on as we take a look at the vital products Americans are running out of and find out why they're so hard to come by.

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Alice Cattley

15 June 2022

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