Experts warn that, due to the supply chain crisis, food shortages in supermarkets will continue for the next 4 to 6 weeks due to Omicron

The COVID variant has infected personnel in these supply chain-related industries, which in turn delays the arrival of products on the shelves.

If you go to stores like Trader Joe’s, Giant Foods and Publix to buy groceries, you may find empty shelves and shortages of products such as bread, milk, meats and even cleaning supplies.

The supply chain problem that has been impacting the U.S. since last year has been compounded in recent weeks by, among other things, an increase in cases of the Omicron variant of IVOC and unstable weather conditions associated with recent snowfall.

The contagious COVID strain continues to affect employees in these industries who are responsible for transportation and logistics functions, which in turn delays the arrival of products on the shelves.

“We can expect supply chain challenges for the next four to six weeks”

Albertsons CEO Vivek Sankaran said on a press call Tuesday that the situation is impacting access to various products.

I think, as a business, all of us have learned how to manage it. All of us have learned to make sure that the stores remain presentable, and give consumers as many alternatives as we can.

Vivek Sankaran, Albertsons CEO, quoted as saying by CNN.

However, he anticipated that the problem will continue for at least another four weeks. “We can expect supply chain challenges for the next four to six weeks,” he estimated.

Most members of the National Grocers Association, at the moment, are less than 50% staffed

While there is a lot of food in the supply chain, we anticipate that consumers will continue to experience sporadic disruptions in certain product categories as we have been seeing over the past year and a half due to supply chain and labor challenges.

Greg Ferrara, president and CEO of the association.

In addition, truck driver shortages are delaying deliveries to businesses nationwide.

Recent storms in much of the Midwest and Northeast are complicating and delaying highway transportation, noted SuperMarketGuru.com analyst and editor Phil Lempert.

The expert further highlighted the fact that many people are now cooking and eating more at home as a result of the pandemic.

We don’t want to be eating the same thing and are trying to vary our cooking at home. As we do this, we are buying even more food products.

Phil Lempert, SuperMarketGuru.com analyst and editor.

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