Why is the supply chain all jacked up and how can we repair it?
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A family friend called me the other day asking why it felt like she was paying twice as much for groceries as last year and why she couldn’t always find some of her favorite items. I’ve also noticed some local grocery chains are raising prices, but they are also running 5-10% out of stocks on a weekly basis. In particular, the smaller, local stores that do not have the volume-based, priority agreements that seem to be affected most.
This week we will look at the most visible aspect of the supply chain crisis, and that is labor. But this is not about
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