A chain of events are leaving some grocery store shelves empty.

“You’re feeling all of these areas impacted that we’d never had problems in due to sickness, because of shortages, I mean these are very interesting times,” Cailey Locklair, President of Maryland Retailers Association, said.

Whether you’re looking for eggs or meat, you may have a hard time getting your hands on these items. A lot comes down to COVID-19 and supply chain issues.

“When the pandemic first hit, everybody was going to the grocery stores and we had a lot of out of stocks at that point some of the manufacturers began shutting down due to the pandemic,” Gerry Hocker, the Vice President of Hocker’s Supermarket, said.

Three key pieces make up the food supply chain, production, processing, and retail. Each one has been slammed by the pandemic.



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