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Our local Cheesecake Factory won't sell any food that isn't pasta or cheesecake due to shortages in necessary ingredients. The grocery stores in my area (Portland, Oregon) have inconsistent inventory -- lots of some things, practically zero of others. And some I don't really understand -- I had to go to three different stores to find heavy cream a week ago. WTF?

I expect this disruption is driving a lot of the spike in grocery prices.

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The cheeses shortage (cream, yougurt, etc) has been blamed on a cyberattack in October.

>In October, a cyberattack against the largest US cheese manufacturer contributed to a nationwide cream cheese shortage shortly before the holidays, Bloomberg News reported, endangering holiday treats for millions. Bloomberg reported the attack targeted plants and distribution centers. As a result, Wisconsin-based Schreiber Foods was unable to fully operate for several days — just as it was heading into its peak busy period before the Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Christmas holidays. The company is one of the country's largest marketers for dairy products, including cheese slices, yogurt and the all-important cream cheese, with annual sales of more than $5 billion.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/18/business/cream-cheese-cyberat...

WTF, I live in Portland and the only supply chain issues I see are that WinCo is the only place I can get diet orange soda at.

What the heck are you talking about? I've seen heavy cream in literally every grocery store I've gone into. Supply chains for food are not screwed there.

I'm glad you've had a better experience than me. I only checked the two closest Fred Meyers and Safeway, not Winco.

Plenty at Trader Joe’s in CA.

Two days ago at least Whole Foods here (SE Portland) was pretty messed up. No meat, almost no butter, produce bins were cleared out, some brands of yogurt were gone, etc.

New Seasons was better, so maybe just an Amazon thing. But that’s at least one screwed up supply chain

Have you been to a Fred Myers recently? It's amazing how much stuff in the meat and dairy sections are not available anymore.

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