“I don’t think I’ve ever seen it quite this empty.”Ĭarrs Safeway grocery stores have also been short or devoid of a variety of basic items, including milk, frozen foods and some meats. “This is amazing,” shopper Ann Courtney said at the store on Tuesday, after she was unable to find the yogurt she wanted. The Fred Meyer store in Midtown Anchorage has signs taped to its cooler doors: “Severe weather has caused shipping issues, these items are temporarily out of stock.” Some shelves at the Carrs store at Northern Lights Blvd and Minnesota Drive were relatively bare, Jan. Shelves sit empty at a Walmart in Anchorage on Jan. They deliver most of the supplies sold in the state after a nearly three-day journey from the Port of Tacoma in Washington.
By Tuesday, some sections remained bare or partly empty.Įvery Sunday and Tuesday, container ships with Matson and Tote Maritime typically reach the Port of Alaska in Anchorage. While Anchorage grocery shelves remained mostly stocked in recent days, spot shortages left refrigerated sections at some stores largely barren of essentials, especially eggs, juice, dairy items and produce, along with some frozen foods. Rising COVID-19 case counts are another factor affecting food production and distribution, compounding existing pandemic labor shortages as more workers get sick, people in the industry say. (Marc Lester / ADN)Īlaska grocers are scrambling to refill shelves after winter storms closed roads and affected ports in Washington state, leading to reduced shipments of milk, eggs, frozen food and other items delivered to Alaska by container ships across the Pacific Ocean. The Matson container vessel Tacoma approaches the Port of Alaska in Anchorage on Jan.
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