Empty shelves in the supermarket: These products have been becoming increasingly scarce for weeks
Created: 10/18/2022 10:22 am
Empty or sparsely stocked supermarket shelves - an image that consumers will have to get used to (symbolic image).
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Factors such as Corona, war and hamster purchases mean that many supermarket shelves are empty.
Which products are already missing where?
Munich - Ukraine War, energy crisis or the lack of packaging bring people a noticeable shortage of various products.
In recent years, consumers have had a variety of foods from a wide variety of brands to choose from.
Now they are increasingly standing in front of empty or sparsely stocked shelves.
Empty supermarket shelves – some cat food is not available at Edeka
Anyone who wants to buy food for the kitty at the moment can find themselves in front of empty shelves at some Edeka supermarkets.
In Munich, for example, the customers in the Edeka market on Theresienhöhe are already familiar with this.
There you will only find a few Sheba cans, some types of wet cat food are completely sold out.
The first customers are already complaining on Facebook, writes
morgenpost.de
.
"When will cat food be available from you again?" A customer asks Aldi Süd via Facebook: "The 100 gram bowls from Cachet have not been available in the surrounding markets for weeks." The answer from the discounter : "There are currently supply bottlenecks for cat food.
Unfortunately, we can't yet say when these will be fixed." There is already a shortage of cat food at Lidl or in the pet store chain Fressnapf.
Empty supermarket shelves - mayonnaise is running out at Aldi, Lidl and Co
Sauces, dips and mayonnaise could also soon become scarce, reports the
Westfälische Anzeiger
, among others .
The reason for this: The mayonnaise, which serves as the basis for the production, is missing.
Much of the ingredients for the white cream, such as sunflower oil, come from Russia and Ukraine.
But the war prevented the necessary imports.
No sunflower oil, no mayo.
Bounty, Snickers and Mars - shortage of sweets at Edeka and Rewe
The Edeka company has been affected by the Mars delivery stop for three months.
Now the group has also interrupted deliveries to Rewe.
As the
Lebensmittelzeitung
reports, the camps in the affected areas seem to be emptying.
Mars is an important supplier.
The company, which has annual sales of around USD 45 billion worldwide, counts candy brands such as Bounty, Snickers and Mars in its portfolio.
The group also owns the brands Whiskas, Sheba and Frolic.
As well as Ben's Original rice dishes.
In total, the group supplies the German trade with more than 300 items.
Customers have already noticed corresponding gaps or will notice them in the coming weeks.
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Soon no more meat in the fresh food counters in the supermarket?
If one factor in a supply chain fails, this affects all subsequent processes.
There is currently a lack of carbon dioxide in industrial gases.
This is a big problem for the production of food and beverages.
Carbon dioxide would be required, for example, in the meat industry, in dairies and in vegetable cultivation.
"Deliveries are currently stalling," reports Stefanie Sabet, Managing Director of the Federal Association of the German Food Industry (BVE) in Brussels,
to
welt.de.
This is not without consequences for production.
The gas is used as a "protective gas" in packaging for meat products.
As a result, consumers could discover gaps in fresh meat and packaged sausages in retail.
Empty shelves and little improvement in sight - retailers are worried about supplies
Retailers are very concerned about their supplies.
In August, 77.5 percent of retailers complained about such problems, in July it was 77.3 percent.
This is the result of a survey by the ifo Institute.
"At the moment it doesn't look like the problems will ease up in the run-up to Christmas," says Klaus Wohlrabe, head of ifo surveys.
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