August 31, 2020
Because our banana supply could be obliterated, we will have to adjust to a replacement that might taste somewhat different.
August 24, 2020
The airlines need to solve airfare pricing problems because their algorithms depend on historic data that is no longer relevant.
August 19, 2020
In addition to Dr. Pepper and toilet paper, we now can place pepperoni shortages on a list of the products that have been hit by the pandemic.
July 27, 2020
Sometimes like a roller coaster, the change in prices that cause an oil boom and bust can transform drilling towns and cities.
July 3, 2020
When the ownership rights of a $3.1 million John Constable painting are unclear, no one can buy or sell, display, or conserve it.
June 26, 2020
Very different under normal conditions, peanut butter and butterflies become rather similar during a coronavirus lockdown.
June 16, 2020
Invisible to most of us, the fish farms that produce almost half of our seafood are figuring out how to cope with less restaurant demand.
May 18, 2020
Global lockdowns have created supply problems for Belgian French fries and French cheese because households cannot make up for decreased commercial demand.
May 7, 2020
When we lose close to 40 percent of our pork processing capacity, the pork supply chain breaks in a direction that you might not expect.
April 15, 2020
April 12, 2020
Because of state mandated lockdowns, dairy farmers are responding to less demand from restaurants, schools, and hotels by dumping milk.
April 10, 2020
It's easy to assume that the toilet paper shortage in the U.S. is caused by panic buying and hoarding but there really might be a supply problem.