No one ever talks about it, but the supermarkets still have a lot of empty shelves.
Is it covid? Poor management causing workers to quit? Who knows. Lots of vegetables that I've never had trouble getting, are suddenly unavailable for the whole month... It's creepy.
I am seeing it in the United States as well. I think it isn't talked about because :stonks-down: but I've seen consistent unmentioned empty shelves in specific parts of the grocery store for months on end... and more shelves are becoming bared over time.
Portions are also smaller as prices are going up. Again, almost no mention anywhere. It's just... happening. :doomer:
Shrinkflation is getting very noticeable. Lots of packaged foods getting smaller and smaller by weight.
Shrinkflation was annoying, when they'd just shrink product but keep the price the same. Fuckers are shrinking AND charging more for it, dopey bourgeois government is just like "no windfall profits tax or price controls" even after they have back to back record profits.
The price for a pound of pasta has more than doubled since the pandemic :(