Empty Shelves Have Consequences, Canadian Multinational Business Groups Ask Government to Quickly Reverse Trucker Vaccine Mandate

Source: Last Refuge Date: 1/24/2022 The support for the Canadian trucker protest is already getting results.   As we shared previously, ‘the absence of food will change things‘, and the reason is simple, it focuses priorities. In the bigger picture, a grassroots protest from Main Street (truckers) forces the multinationals to a position of vulnerability.  The multinationals control the politicians, so any pressure applied directly to the multinationals ends up being transmitted to their beneficiaries, the government officials. In the modern era, the professional left has used this...

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Global food prices hit 10-year high amid supply disruptions, factory closures & political tensions

Source: RT Date: 11/5/2021 Food prices have surged to a new global peak, hitting their highest level since July 2011 and extending the 30% increase recorded last year, according to the latest United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks the international prices of a basket of food commodities, found that in October, the cost of a basket of food was up 3% on the previous month. The prices were reportedly pushed by high commodity prices, worldwide disruptions to supplies, and factory closures, along with political tensions. The...

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Martin Armstrong: Are The US Supply Chain Disruptions Deliberate?

Source: ZeroHedge Date: 10/24/2021 Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo may have accidentally leaked the cause of America’s supply chain issues.  “The reality is the only way we’re going to get to a place where we work through this transition is if everyone in America and everyone around the world gets vaccinated,” Adeyemo admitted in an interview with ABC News. Starve them out, let the dissenters suffer, and those who bought into this agenda will turn against them. Adeyemo said that the Biden Administration has already provided “the resources the American people need to make it...

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‘People Are Hoarding’: Executives Issue Warning on Possible Food Shortages

Source: Republican Daily Date: 10/22/2021 Some executives are issuing warnings that there might be food shortages nationwide due to supply chain bottlenecks, coming as a number of school districts have reported they haven’t received shipments of key items like milk or chicken nuggets. In the past several weeks, school officials in Denver to Chicago to parts of Alabama have reported that schools are running out of lunches or breakfasts, calling on parents to pack lunches for their children. Some lunch staff have been forced to buy their own cooking and cleaning supplies. “I never imagined...

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Shipping Costs Surge: $17,000 to Ship Container to California from Asia, Up from $3,800 in 2020

Source: Breitbart Date: 10/21/2021 Shipping costs are surging around the globe, causing the price of sending a container from Asia to the West Coast to increase many times over. When Donald Trump was president in 2020, the price to ship a container from Asia to California was $3,800. That price spiked to $17,000 in October of 2021, according to supply chain technology company Freightos. Freightos also revealed that shipping to the east coast is more expensive than the west coast, with rates reaching $20,000. The increase in shipping cost is primarily due to the supply chain crunch,...

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RED ALERT: America’s 9 Meals Away From Anarchy! Planned Massive Civil Unrest!

Source: True Reporter Date: 10/22/2021 Widespread food scarcity is already planned, and it’s only a matter of time when it will become so evident that even the MSM can’t hide that. We are in front of the Dark Winter. Famine has started knocking on American’s doors, and many people have lost their jobs. Besides famine, we will witness energy collapse, hyperinflation, and medical martial laws. In the following months, we will struggle with: Food riots in Democrat-run cities Government-enforced rationing of food purchases at retail (welcome to Amerizuela) Some sort of food rationing enforcement...

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Supply chain crisis leading to food, supply shortages in schools nationwide

Source: Fox Business Date: 10/19/2021 The supply chain crisis affecting the U.S. economy has now hit school cafeterias and lunchrooms nationwide. Many schools are struggling to feed students as delays and supply shortages still continue. Dimtra Barrios, the director of food service at the Ridley School District, said, "it’s a daily battle" for schools. "We are hoping that deliveries arrive so that we don’t have to adjust our menu to ensure that our students receive meals," she told FOX Business' Jeff Flock. Nutrition is a vital necessity for students of all ages. With a lack of food, students'...

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Supply Chain Woes Lead to Highest-Ever Numbers of Ships Stuck Waiting at LA Ports

Source: Newsweek Date: 10/19/2021 Global supply chain woes continue to escalate as major California ports are reporting their worst unloading backlogs ever. As of Tuesday, 100 container ships are stuck waiting to unload their cargo at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, a record-breaking number. The previous record, 97 ships, was set only last month. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ports would typically see an average of around 17 anchored ships at a given time, local news station ABC 7 reported. In an effort to ease the backup and tamp down the inflation that comes with it, President...

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Why some say the worst of the supply chain woes are near an end

Source: CNN Date: 10/19/2021 Forget about The Grinch: It looks like supply chain disruptions may steal Christmas this year. But will these problems be resolved by early 2022? Several retailers, manufacturers and economists have all warned that global supply chain constraints will lead to not only fewer discounts during the holidays but also result in a potential dearth of products on store shelves. Still, some executives and market experts think the worst may be over in just a few months. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said during an earnings call with reporters last week...

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White House has weighed tapping National Guard to address mounting supply chain backlog

Source: Washington Post Date: 10/19/2021 White House officials have explored in recent weeks whether the National Guard could be deployed to help address the nation’s mounting supply chain backlog, three people with knowledge of the matter said. The idea appears unlikely to proceed as of now, the people said, but reflects the extent to which internal administration deliberations about America’s overwhelmed supply chain have sparked outside-the-box proposals to leverage government resources to address the issue. Inside America's broken supply chain The people involved in discussions stressed...

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Opinion: Don’t rant about short-staffed stores and supply chain woes

Source: Washington Post Date: 10/18/2021 For more than a century, business experts have been trying to dial up the United States’ efficiency. Ever since Frederick Taylor published “The Principles of Scientific Management” in 1911, companies have focused on doing things more quickly, and raising consumers’ expectations as a result. But Taylor’s ideas didn’t take into account the havoc a pandemic might do to supply chains — and how that would blunt what a few months ago seemed like a looming resumption of modern daily life’s zippy pace. Across the country, Americans’...

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Former Walmart CEO Blasts Biden Over Supply Chain Crisis: A ‘Mess From Start to Finish’

Source: Resist the Mainstream Date: 10/16/2021 Former Walmart CEO Bill Simon slammed President Biden’s response to the supply chain crisis. As dozens of cargo ships remain stranded outside of California ports, Biden suggested that White House partnerships with private companies could address shipping and processing bottlenecks. However, social media users have been posting images of empty store shelves along with captions such as “Bare Shelves Biden.” Bill Simon — who led Walmart from 2010 to 2014 — agreed that the situation is a “mess from start to finish.” “I’ve never seen it like this,...

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Nearly 80,000 shipping containers are piled high in the Port of Savannah, a report says, as the supply chain crisis shows no sign of stopping

Source: Business Insider Date: 10/11/2021 The Port of Savannah is overwhelmed with shipping containers as the supply chain crisis continues. There are nearly 80,000 containers stacked up on the docks, The New York Times reported. The head of the Georgia Ports Authority said some ships were waiting for nine days before getting a slot. The Port of Savannah, like other ports around the US, is approaching crisis point, according to a report by The New York Times. It has nearly 80,000 containers - 50% more than normal - stacked up, and the person that oversees the port says...

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