Emily
Editor, Senior Moderator
This article is from October, but where I live, supplies were better then than they are now. Everything is suddenly gone.
https://www.registerguard.com/story...ing-price-gouging-risky-maneuvers/5902544002/
Canning supply shortage inspires hoarding, price gouging, risky maneuvers
Dana Sparks Register-Guard
hough the COVID-19 pandemic may take responsibility for much of life’s disruptions this year, the shortages and price gouging of canning supplies has its roots in the 2019 "snowpocalypse."
People across Oregon are struggling to find lids and jars available locally for canning season. The apparent shortage, compounded by the pandemic, has driven up prices exponentially and inspired a dangerous reversion to outdated preserving practices, tempting botulism outbreaks.
"What we're finding is that basically we went from toilet paper hoarding to canning supply hoarding...
https://www.registerguard.com/story...ing-price-gouging-risky-maneuvers/5902544002/
Canning supply shortage inspires hoarding, price gouging, risky maneuvers
Dana Sparks Register-Guard
hough the COVID-19 pandemic may take responsibility for much of life’s disruptions this year, the shortages and price gouging of canning supplies has its roots in the 2019 "snowpocalypse."
People across Oregon are struggling to find lids and jars available locally for canning season. The apparent shortage, compounded by the pandemic, has driven up prices exponentially and inspired a dangerous reversion to outdated preserving practices, tempting botulism outbreaks.
"What we're finding is that basically we went from toilet paper hoarding to canning supply hoarding...