Some COVID-induced product shortages likely to continue in 2021
Many of the shortages linked to the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic are now a memory. You might not find your favorite brand of toilet paper on a given visit to the store, but chances are good that you will find toilet paper, and paper towels, too. But some of the patterns of 2020 — especially those apparent during the active warm-weather months — seem destined to repeat themselves as we look ahead to another summer shaped in part by restrictions and increased demand. Here is an incomplete but hopefully representative look at a few household-focused items that were hard to come ...