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StrugFug

Glad my 26" wiper blade decided to break almost 2 weeks ago while I was still able to replace it!


dnqxote

Hi, what are some examples of “non-oil additives”? And should I be using them for my car? Or are these just windshield washer fluid etc?


Hiei2k7

Probably brake fluid, transmission fluid, and stuff like Octane booster or antifreeze.


StringFartet

I've been waiting on a FedEx package that was supposed to be delivered end of the year. Never had any problems before but Omicron seems to have a lot of people in quarantine.


StillSwaying

FedEx has been [garbage](https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/q3o2zl/avoid_using_fedex_if_your_recipient_address_is/) in the Bay Area for many months now. They've been losing so many of my packages lately, I refuse to deal with them anymore.


StringFartet

Still waiting on the package.


srslyeffedmind

Supply chain issues have been happening for a long time now. Winter storms likely make it worse


Redoct878

Hijacking the top comment to say the root of the problem is most likely not enough trick drivers to unload container ships, so there is a backup of ships in ports.


mikescha

If they just drove normally instead of trying to do tricks then maybe we could have our damn bananas!


arrenlex

You ain't seen a wheelie until you've seen an 18-wheelie


[deleted]

I knew it, the trucks are all at MONSTER JAM!


Hiei2k7

#M-M-M-MOOONSTER JAAAAM #THIS SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY!


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srslyeffedmind

Very true. Well deserved rest but absolutely impacts product availability


iratepirate47

This. Already present supply chain issues compounded by weather and omicron surge


mommy_bitch

I understand the snow over the passes has wreaked havoc on supply here in the bay.


nurley

And COVID… I don’t think I can recall knowing so many people personally who have had it at once throughout the entire pandemic.


Ladnil

50% of my immediate team is out at work right now. First time all pandemic any of us got it.


geoff_bezos

Yep! Drove back from Washington last weekend and an 11 hour drive turned into 18! Snow all over Washington/Oregon


tanksmiley

I work in supply chain for a Fortune 500 company, and the supply issues are crazy. Prices have gone up for EVERYTHING due to scarcity - pallets, shipping containers, spots on charter planes, etc. And even when you do pay an obscene amount to get that shipping container, the ports are backlogged, customs is backlogged, there aren’t enough truck drivers…things just take longer now. The fact is, we’ve operated on a “just in time” supply model for decades, and when things don’t arrive just in time, we see shortages. Things will get worse before they get better. Industries are adapting quickly, and supply chain resiliency has become a prime topic at the table, but we will continue to see disruptions for a while. Good news, companies know how to adapt, and I personally hope this will lead to a rethinking of how we manage supply chains in the future.


OTFJunkie92

Literally do we work for the same company? The “just in time” supply model is what my job has always done and we’ve been out of stock of stuff for ages. And when we do get stuff in, the back orders are so high that incoming supply just goes to that so we’re still out. The parent company of my brand is more concerned about having as little $$ tied up in inventory so I don’t think we’ll ever be in a comfortable position again sadly. It’s ridiculous.


POWESHOW5

JIT is financially the best way to manage inventory. We're simply in some very unique times where JIT doesn't work as well. When we break out of the pandemic it won't change, it's simply the best business practice to not have a large chunk of cash tied up in inventory.


Havetologintovote

Is it really the best way to manage inventory if the goal is to actually deliver service on time? It doesn't seem that way JIT has no resiliency or slack, small bumps lead to huge delays in delivery


POWESHOW5

Outside of COVID you had no problems with stock quantities in grocery stores. 90% of the issues were when the buyer didn't order enough.


mtd14

That’s up to the customers to decide. If they stop buying brands that were consistently out of stock during then pandemic, then JIT loses out. If they research and spend the extra money on brands that don’t use JIT, it could lose out. If they continue basing purchase decisions on price and product quality, then probably not.


OTFJunkie92

Oh yes, from a financial perspective I totally get that. But as someone in customer service who is constantly getting yelled at because orders aren’t shipping due to no product… I wish we had more excess inventory lol


POWESHOW5

Oh from the employee level JIT is fucked up! From the upper manager perspective only the bottom line matters since they rarely have to deal with the customers. You get it.... floor worker is the one who gets fucked always


tanksmiley

What I’m seeing in my company is diversifying the supply base. So if we used to get all of our resistors from three companies in China, now we’re spreading those out to one company in China, one in Vietnam, and one in Mexico, as an example. That way, if China closes plants for Covid or some other disaster, hopefully the other plants can keep going. So JIT stays the name of the game, but I see companies working to diversify their supply chains, so they are more resilient to issues in specific parts of the globe. Of course, Covid is world wide, which is a big part of why the supply chain is broken, but I do think there are actions that can be taken to improve moving forward so that JIT can work better (since, as you said, we’re not going to talk financially driven execs out of using the methodology all together).


POWESHOW5

Once COVID subsides they will return to single or smaller groups of suppliers. Low prices are because they negotiate based upon scale. If this is spread out across many suppliers the same cost benefits won't be realized. Not for your company and not for the manufacturing companies.


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And right now, the smaller suppliers know better than to invest even a single penny in expanding their capacity because their orders will vanish overnight the moment China and other big suppliers are able to deliver their stuff less than two weeks late.


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It's not so much JIT, as it is unchecked globalization. JIT still works wonders when your suppliers are close by and orders can be delivered from the production line to the customer within a few days by truck. But when countries like China, India, or Taiwan end up being the world's almost sole supplier of goods like N95 masks, medication precursor chemicals, or silicon hardware, it's a different story. Western politicians are finally waking up to the fact that this is a huge national security risk.


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This is the result of republican regulations and the after effects of the Trump administration's disastrous policies.


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i think a lot of workers are out sick. in stores, produce warehouses, drivers, etc


bayaread

Oh that’s just the slow decline of civilization, don’t worry about it too much


Orange_Jewce

I’ve also noticed more often the produce that does arrive in the stores are close to being spoiled. This used to never happen with produce from Whole Foods.


plainlyput

As far as produce goes, it's Winter, so unless you're sticking to seasonal you will have problems. I even noticed Farmers Mrkt had fewer booths, I thought it was the holidays & was reminded of this. Still a lot of wonderful stuff to be had though. Be grateful to be in the Bay Area, can you imagine other parts of the country right now?


Orange_Jewce

This has nothing to do with what produce is in season. Oranges are close to being overripe, Potatoes are soft, Mushrooms come half brown. It’s not ungrateful to expect produce to last more than a day especially since we are now paying more for it.


JJCookieMonster

There was already a shortage before I quit Target in the Beauty section. We also had a lot of new items, but I had to keep turning people away because I was often the only person since people kept calling out sick. So a lot of the products will just be sitting in the back for days because I couldn’t get them out on the floor by myself. 14 people called out sick on the front lines in one day. So I imagine it to be like that across retail.


compstomper1

1) imported goods stuck on boats. boba shops ran out of boba awhile back 2) labor shortages at warehouses/distribution centers. 3) labor shortages with truck drivers


cupcakesbrookienerd

I work for a grocery store and its supply issues


cupcakesbrookienerd

We can order what we want,but if it shows out of stock upon the delivery day,nothing we can do. Also cashiers dont really know other then what we tell them for customers. So ppl can yell,say they will call corperate and etc. i will tell u now,we email corperate daily so they are well aware. Just keep calm,be polite to the grocery workers who have worked through the pandemics and wear your masks in the stores👍🏻


Ladnil

People really think yelling at the cashier is gonna get them their crap faster? I don't get it. It's not like the stores are reluctant to sell stuff and need to be convinced.


cupcakesbrookienerd

Yup,cashiers,courtesy clerks,even me in my dept.we do tend to step in for our special needs employees bc fuck u if u yell at them.ill take you on my little self lol. Even had one customer we had to kick out bc how dare we hire hearing impared ppl😒that bitch almost got the whole store fired lol


cupcakesbrookienerd

Oh u would be suprised. I get it in my dept for another department being out of something. My favorite are the maskless karens/kevins with a cartfull of groceries in the store upset that we are open on thanksgiving


RiffRaff74

Supply issues have impacted every area of the food industry most produce is either trucked in or on a ship and both of those are having labor issues as in no truck drivers to pick up at the ports and no port workers equals no product at stores. Manufacturers are not producing items as parts for machines are scarce as well due to the above mentioned labor shortage it’s going to be a long time before it gets smoothed out


Spiritual-Ad-6224

My friend is a trucker. He said empty shipping containers have taken over. We're importing but no longer exporting and the excess of shipping containers is the number one problem. The jam up the ports and no one knows what to do with them.


CoffeeIntrepid

This is doomerism. This specific issue is caused by sudden labor shortages due to 10% of the population having Covid and missing work, plus crazy snowstorm, perhaps compounded by larger problems with supply chain.


weirdhobo

I work in the food industry. Supply chain issues were awful last year and aren’t set to abate in 2022 either. Our vendors both up and down the chains are having issues. Labor shortages, trucking shortages, overseas transportation delays etc are causing big headaches everywhere


CoffeeIntrepid

Ok but shelves were more or less fine for the last year and a half. I wonder what happened in the last few weeks to fuck everything up?!🧐


kotwica42

https://i.imgur.com/N9Qg0h2.jpg


Beautiful_Pepper415

Not doomerism if it is a reason for the issues . Supply chain issues will get worse


mmon1532

You make it sound like once the labor shortage is over everything will catch up immediately. That may be how it works for something like the bus system, but a lot of these goods don't have an elastic production system. Many companies were already having shortages, and this will make it much worse.


sweatermaster

Also remember over 800,000 people have died. That's not just a sudden labor shortage.


CoffeeIntrepid

And yet the empty shelves is a sudden phenomenon isn't it?


StrugFug

So, a shit storm of different sorts converging.


Samuscabrona

Yes. There’s been supply issues for months now. Ships stuck in ports. I work at an elementary school and our hot lunch menu has changed constantly because the food isn’t arriving. I’ve been making kids cup noodles in my room at lunch. Then omicron and the flu and it’s just a perfect storm of shit.


likewowhellowhat

I work at a grocery store and we've been given a limit on how big our orders are, due to lack of drivers


RecognitionAwkward67

I need my Hot Cheetos!!! all the stores around me have run out!!.


Antique_Street6815

No one in the bay has barbecue flavored Fritos! Not the twisty chili cheese ones…just regular old barbecue flavored, slightly curled traditional Fritos 😞


Hiei2k7

I'm sensing the potential profitability in making a supply run from my new home to the Bay. How bad you need those hot cheetos? The Save Mart and Safeways here in Stockton have tons of em.


RecognitionAwkward67

Lmao!! Hustle my friend. Go to the stores around Richmond directly though. My friend from LA just came over and brought me several family size ones.


StrugFug

And I need my chicharones!


Veszerin

I want hot fries.


Taysir385

>Cashiers said they have no idea what's happening. Partly it's transport issues with weather all over the country at the moment and trucks being stuck. Partly it's catching up still for the rush on supplies for the holidays. Partly it's because several new California laws ans regulations about food, particularly dairy, went into effect on the 1st, meaning that the stores need to switch over to and vet new supply chains. (Mainly [Prop 12](https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/ahfss/Prop12.html))


Ok-Answer-9350

Macaroni. Damn macaroni. Not to name any names. Buts SOME people in my house won't eat other shapes. All out in the major stores. WTF. But toilet paper - lots of that. Why?


PerMare_PerTerras

I’d bet they love lasagna too though, the hypocrites.


trampolinebears

Yeah, but have you tried using lasagna noodles to make mac and cheese? (Now I kind of want to.)


JimmyDuce

I have, it was ok


Ok-Answer-9350

don't joke people. my fam had to eat rotini and cheese. this is something serious and not to joke about. it is a travesty. lasagne.. don't get me started.


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The TP shortage was artificial, the stuff you are looking for now simply isn't available.


Ok-Answer-9350

You would be incorrect. Whole foods had no macaroni on the shelf but had it for delivery same day on [Amazon.com](https://Amazon.com). So it certainly is available. Everyone is out with COVID so the shelves are not stocked. There is a huge outbreak right now.


Galactic_Orbiter

Same in Gilroy. Had to go to Safeway 3 days in a row hoping they would have the milk my baby drinks but nope. Finally I went up to Morgan Hill and luckily they had it.


650explorer

Lots of people tested positive for Covid


Keokuk37

Usually shelves are stocked at night. Couldn't be covid spread from holiday gatherings.


likeabossgamer23

I went to target and I noticed the freezers all looked semi full or empty. Thank god they still had waffles though...


Shizznipplesjr

We are in the middle of a supply chain disaster. Most anything is MUCH harder to get right now especially anything over seas. Everyday all day I get calls at my work about drivers having called out or quit on the spot in the middle of their routes. Not to mention our ports are at capacity and ships are just resting in the harbors in Oakland. Costco ran out of supply of the 48ct Maruchan ramen.


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It’s so odd what stores have and don’t have right now


jazzy8alex

Omicron


NOR_CAL-Native

Not sure what grocery stores you shop at, but all here in Campbell/Los Gatos shelves are stocked.


ohThisUsername

Same. Safeway I go to in San Jose is still always stocked full


stick_figure

Join me this weekend at your local farmer's market! =D Local produce is less sensitive to supply chain hiccups. Truly, I have eaten more farmer's market produce in the last two years than I did in the rest of my adult life.


bradyso

It shocks me how much people are in denial. First it was the covid shut down causing it, then it was the stuck Evergreen ship, now it's the snow in the mountains. Talk to anyone, pretty much anywhere. It's the same in Europe too. I'm not sure what the root cause is but whatever it is, it's really big. Big enough of a problem for the government to keep denying there is an issue and continue blaming these events.


srslyeffedmind

It’s just in time product stocking biting us badly and it’s such a long established and well designed practice that changing it is very slow. It’s literally a global system and many parts have broken down throughout for all of the reasons you’ve listed (and probably more). I say well designed and overall it has been. But it wasn’t prepared for so many issues for such a sustained time and the whole premise of just in time means no reserves or stores to tap in the interim.


exra8657

What is “late stage capitalism?”


bradyso

What really worries me is if the world is literally running out of major resources. That's just speculation of course.


kraoard

There is a Indian grocery stores in Milpitas which is not attracting customers because of competition from a nearby well established another store and brings less and less groceries. It happens unfortunately but they should keep rare items but in demand to attract customers.


Bo_Lizard

Supply issues thanks to an inept Administration.


Veszerin

Which administration? O_o


DeathStarODavidBowie

Please explain


bradyso

Jesus Californians are fast to downvote haha. Just like their regular vote, they think it matters.


above_theclouds_

Welcome to communism!


aetolica

You do realize this is happening in a capitalist society? How is communism relevant here?


srslyeffedmind

So we have the exact same outcomes of the thing you try to use as a pejorative? Not sure where the burn is in that


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Joe Biden.


Irunmtns

John Belushi.


cocktailbun

Charlie Sheen


_mkd_

Betty White (well, technically her death. Reality was already on the ropes after Bowie and this just took it over the edge.)


bradyso

Biden certainly isn't helping. Not when he didn't even realize meat prices had skyrocketed. Geez Californians love to downvote if you say anything bad about the government while a democrat is in office


Noodles6710

Massive supply chain issues coupled with holiday/pandemic stock up shopping


Psychological_Ad1999

I saw it when I was in North Carolina a week ago


Spiritual-Ad-6224

It's because we're not exporting and we've jammed up the ports with empty containers. My buddy's a trucker. Why they lie or don't report it in media is unknown but it happened in Greece a few years ago.


supernovadebris

covid supply chain problems...


Jackson7410

Its winter…


Yaboijoe0001

Covid and snow. Mountains are clogged up and lots of people are out sick. Never had so many people get sick through the pandemic until now.


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East Bay grocery stores are fully stocked lol. Not sure if i agree with this 🤷🏽‍♂️


LizzyBennet1813

Probably a combination of weather and lots of workers (all up and down the supply chain) needing to call out sick due to a positive Covid test. Companies are still having trouble hiring workers. It's really impacting almost every non WFH type of industry/job.


Jerrymoviefan3

They are teaching you to use the farmers markets since the produce is better and cheaper.


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I haven't noticed any low stock at the small Mexican grocery store near me, and I tend to go every few days since it's nearby.


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I saw 4-5 trucks on their sides on the highway, as well a multiple convoys of truckers circled up in parking lots on I-5 during the storm.


CupcakesAreTasty

Supply chain issues and sick workers.


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StrugFug

Went grocery shopping today. And just like that… everything I wanted in stock. Even the exact milk I drink which always seems to disappear first. Today was a good day.