Short supply: packaging, not product
Another sleepless night. I know that I did hear the cuckoo, several times. In between, my brain played through the various ways I could attach PVC piping and small metal rods together, allowing me to mount a new (and yet to be procured) antenna to the side of the house. Somewhere along the way, my recollection of what was already in place proved faulty. When I wandered over there, this afternoon, I realized that engineering done in the fog of insomnia is hardly practical. In the real world, I don’t think they encourage such effort.
No matter. That’s for another day. Back in the real world, I spent my afternoon doing what I do (not much). Good thing I don’t have to pay myself.
Today I learned why bread yeast is in such short supply. I mean, it’s due in part to an uptick in consumption, but the real reason is that the producers can’t get packaging. Those nifty little jars? They come from India, and the plant is closed for the moment. So much for my imagining that all of my neighbours were making bread, all the time. They wish! Flour is also selling well, and “Robin Hood” is starting to run out of bags. That firm is turning to generic packaging (come on, yeast people; a solution).
I had wondered (a little) why the local store had switched to very large white bags. No, it’s not a throwback to the time of my grandparents. Just an industry trying to deal with a broken supply chain. And, I don’t intend to rush out and get enough flour to last me through the apocalypse. Bread isn’t the foundation of my diet.
