Supply Chain Woes Pressure Bay Area Retailers as Holidays Loom
Small businesses are working on plans to survive the holiday season as global supply chain disruptions plague producers, retailers and shoppers.
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Small businesses are working on plans to survive the holiday season as global supply chain disruptions plague producers, retailers and shoppers.
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Amid a backlog of ships waiting to be unloaded in Southern California, a shipping terminal at the sprawling Port of Oakland stood vacant last week for the first time in history, a symbol of the complexities of the nation's supply chain woes.
As the supply chain crisis continues, leaders in the shipping and logistics industries met in San Francisco on Wednesday, warning the backlog overwhelming ships and ports could linger for a very long time.
While freighters languish in the waters off the Southern California coast, Port Of Oakland officials issued a plea Tuesday to shipping companies, asking them to reroute their vessels to the docks of their massive facility.
Retailers are sounding the alarm on the upcoming holiday shopping season due to serious supply chain issues that are slowing shipments of manufactured goods around the world.
Shoppers are getting hit with purchase limits and, in some cases, higher prices at Costco but unlike during the pandemic, this time it's not driven by hoarding or panic buying.
Supply chain problems during the pandemic has caused soaring prices at the grocery store. The price hikes, and the growing demand for food is taking a toll at local food pantries.
Shortages and higher prices could remain common, as companies struggle with their supply chains and try to predict post-COVID demand during a surge in spending.
There are new concerns these days about the security of the nation's food supply chain. Last week, several major meat processors closed their doors due to coronavirus infections among workers, affecting people all across the country.
With a major meat processing plant in the Midwest closing down over the weekend due to a coronavirus infections among its workers, concerns have been raised about the national food supply chain.
Bay Area residents still trying to replenish some elusive supplies during the COVID-19 outbreak may find their best bet for tracking them down is just around the corner from their house.
After struggling with high demand and panic buying earlier in the week, on Thursday the shelves on some North Bay grocery stores appeared to be recovering.
Greg Johnsen is the CMO of GT Nexus, an industry leading Bay Area company that manages a cloud supply chain platform and hosts of one of the top supply chain events in the country.
Petitions were delivered to Apple stores in San Francisco and other cities around the world Thursday calling on the tech giant to do more to improve working conditions at its factories overseas.
