GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – The global supply shortage continues to impact parts of the country, and some are worried about what it means for your meals this holiday season.
The Wisconsin Grocers Association encourages buying food for Thanksgiving meals early because of nationwide supply chain issues.
Here in Northeast Wisconsin, one grocer says the community seems to be in a good spot.
Howard Lowdl tells FOX 11 he’s not cooking for himself this Thanksgiving, instead he’s serving meals to others.
But he’s still noticing one thing in the grocery store, “Prices have gone up obviously in the last years and part of that is due to supply and demand, shipping, and that’s part of the issues today.”
Making inflation an uninvited guest to your Thanksgiving table.
Brandon Scholz president and CEO of the Wisconsin Grocers Association says your wallet might feel the increase when it comes to parts of the meal.
“Every step along the way there’s a little bit greater expense because of one reason or another and that’s added to the cost of the turkey.”
Joanne Reykdal is making her famous sweet potato dish for the holiday. So far, she hasn’t noticed many differences while shopping.
“Fairly well stocked, there’s a lot of turkeys available.”
Bellevue Pick ‘n Save store director Jim Hoeft tells FOX 11 their location is mostly stocked for the holiday.
“We have plenty of turkey right now. We have plenty of your fresh produce right now, so we’re ahead of this year and we’ve put ourselves in a really good position this year.”
Hoeft says most grocers pre-ordered items like turkeys back in January and February.
He says the Bellevue Pick ‘n Save was luckily on target.
But Scholz says it’s not the same for all stores in our area.
“Grocers when they put an order in are probably getting 60-70% of what they ordered. Now it’s whether its if someone didn’t have it, someone didn’t make it or it’s not there in time. Shoppers see when they go to the grocery store that not everything is on the shelves that their local grocer ordered to have come, they’ll eventually be there.”
The main piece of advice Hoeft and Scholz suggest is to start shopping early, because the popular items you likely want for your thanksgiving table, are not guaranteed to be in stock.
