{"id":16261,"date":"2021-11-19T12:48:52","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T12:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2021\/11\/19\/b-c-grocers-suppliers-struggle-to-refill-empty-shelves-in-flood\/"},"modified":"2021-11-19T12:48:52","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T12:48:52","slug":"b-c-grocers-suppliers-struggle-to-refill-empty-shelves-in-flood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2021\/11\/19\/b-c-grocers-suppliers-struggle-to-refill-empty-shelves-in-flood\/","title":{"rendered":"B.C. grocers, suppliers struggle to refill empty shelves in flood"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<header aria-label=\"Beginning of Article\" class=\"article-header\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Breadcrumb Trail Links<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"breadcrumbs__items list-unstyled\">\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\"> News <\/li>\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\"> FP Economy <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<p class=\"article-subtitle\"> Authorities are trying to talk down a wave of panic buying in B.C. as washed-out roads and rail lines snarl supply chains <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"published-by\">\n<p>Author of the article:<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"published-by__author\">Jake Edmiston<\/span> <\/div>\n<div class=\"published-date\">\n<p>Publishing date:<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"published-date__since\">Nov 19, 2021<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 <span class=\"updated-date__since\">2\u00a0hours ago<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 <span class=\"published-date__word-count\">3 minute read<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 <span>  <span class=\"comment-bubble\"> <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" height=\"16\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"16\"><path d=\"M4,0 C2.93914,0 1.921718,0.421428 1.171572,1.171572 C0.421428,1.921718 0,2.93914 0,4 L0,24 L3.846,20.158 L4,20.16 L20,20.16 C21.0608,20.16 22.0782,19.73858 22.8284,18.98842 C23.5786,18.23828 24,17.22086 24,16.16 L24,4 C24,2.93914 23.5786,1.921718 22.8284,1.171572 C22.0782,0.421428 21.0608,0 20,0 L4,0 Z M2,4 C2,3.46956 2.21072,2.96086 2.58578,2.58578 C2.96086,2.21072 3.46956,2 4,2 L20,2 C20.5304,2 21.0392,2.21072 21.4142,2.58578 C21.7892,2.96086 22,3.46956 22,4 L22,16.16 C22,16.69044 21.7892,17.19914 21.4142,17.57422 C21.0392,17.94928 20.5304,18.16 20,18.16 L4,18.16 L3.048,18.126 L2,19.174 L2,4 Z\"\/><\/svg><\/span> 6 Comments  <\/span> <\/div><\/div>\n<figure class=\"featured-image\"><picture class=\"featured-image__ratio\"><\/picture><figcaption class=\"featured-image__caption image-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">Near-empty shelves line a grocery store in Kelowna this week, following catastrophic flooding in British Columbia.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Photo by Christian Sasse\/via Reuters<\/span> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>Rosedale Grocery ran out of milk around 1 p.m. on Tuesday. The store in Rosedale, B.C., a little farming town about two hours east of Vancouver, didn\u2019t receive a shipment all day Tuesday. The produce truck didn\u2019t show, neither did the dairy truck or the truck carrying non-perishables, all due to floods that have choked off highway access for much of the province\u2019s lower mainland.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group\">\n<section class=\"ad\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Advertisement<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-2\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[6,6],[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-interscroller=\"6x6\" data-ad-loc=\"2\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[6,6],[320,50],[300,50],[300,250],[300,600]]\" id=\"ad-2\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:600px\">\n<div class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p> This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cWhen we ran out of milk, that was kind of the nervous point,\u201d Rosedale Grocery manager Caitlin Lajeunesse said. \u201cWe had to have someone set up at our front door, just to not let people in because you couldn\u2019t move in the store, there was so many people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Provincial authorities and retail industry leaders have tried to talk down a wave of panic buying in B.C. stores since Tuesday, amid fears that washed-out roads and rail lines could result in temporary shortages, including dairy.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Bread is empty. As soon as we get bread in, it leaves<\/p>\n<p>Rosedale Grocery manager Caitlin Lajeunesse<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe understand that these are very uncertain times, and stressful times, and are asking our customers to maintain normal shopping habits,\u201d Darrell Jones, president of B.C. grocery chain Save-on-Foods, said in a video posted to Twitter on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group\">\n<section class=\"ad\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Advertisement<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-3\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[7,7],[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-interscroller=\"7x7\" data-ad-loc=\"3\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[7,7],[300,250],[320,50],[300,50]]\" id=\"ad-3\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p> This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>Empire Co. Ltd., which operates 81 supermarkets across the province under the Safeway, Thrifty Foods and FreshCo banners, on Thursday said it had been able to send delivery trucks to all its stores in the affected regions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithin the next 24 to 48 hours, we will start to see more shipments arrive at our stores in the impacted areas,\u201d said spokesperson Jacquelin Weatherbee.<\/p>\n<p>Shoppers did \u201cstock up\u201d on non-perishables and toilet paper, she said, but can expect stocks to start improving by the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will take some time for us to get back to normal levels,\u201d she said. \u201cOur teams are working around the clock to make this happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embedded-image\"><picture class=\"embedded-image__ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/b.c.-flood-shorages-1119.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/b.c.-flood-shorages-1119.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/b.c.-flood-shorages-1119.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/b.c.-flood-shorages-1119.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/b.c.-flood-shorages-1119.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/b.c.-flood-shorages-1119.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/b.c.-flood-shorages-1119.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/b.c.-flood-shorages-1119.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/b.c.-flood-shorages-1119.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/b.c.-flood-shorages-1119.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/b.c.-flood-shorages-1119.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" alt=\"Fruits are seen on a near-empty shelf at a grocery store in Kelowna. Some trucking companies from out of province have not been able to get a truck into B.C. since Saturday because of flooding.\" class=\"embedded-image__image lazyload\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/b.c.-flood-shorages-1119.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/b.c.-flood-shorages-1119.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288,\n                https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/b.c.-flood-shorages-1119.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=576 2x\" height=\"668\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"image-caption\"><span class=\"caption\"> Fruits are seen on a near-empty shelf at a grocery store in Kelowna. Some trucking companies from out of province have not been able to get a truck into B.C. since Saturday because of flooding.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Photo by Natalie Hobbs\/via Reuters<\/span> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Holger Schwichtenberg, chair of the BC Dairy Association, told Reuters on Thursday that dairy farmers in the region had to dump a few million litres of milk because roughly three quarters of B.C.\u2019s dairy production was stranded for days due to the floods.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group\">\n<section class=\"ad\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Advertisement<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-4\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"4\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" id=\"ad-4\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p> This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cWe need people to keep their head,\u201d said Lenore Newman, director of the University of the Fraser Valley\u2019s Food and Agriculture Institute. \u201cIt\u2019s not like the pandemic where it was everywhere. This is a local crisis and Canada\u2019s food systems are designed to adapt to local disruption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Severe flooding in Abbotsford, east of Vancouver, means a significant portion of the province\u2019s dairy, poultry and egg production will be down for several weeks or even months, Newman said, though she stressed that the national supply management system will be able to reallocate product to the province.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the short term there\u2019s going to be a little bit of bumpiness because we don\u2019t have any roads functioning, except through the U.S.,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group\">\n<section class=\"ad\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Advertisement<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-5\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"5\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" id=\"ad-5\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p> This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>At Rosedale Grocery, at the base of Mount Cheam about 75 kilometres from Abbotsford, a dairy shipment arrived on Wednesday, after one lane of Highway 7 opened to essential traffic. The store got two skids of milk \u2014 double the typical order \u2014 and by Thursday afternoon it was getting low again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProbably by 4 p.m., we\u2019ll be out and then it\u2019ll come again tomorrow,\u201d Lajeunesse said. \u201cNormally we get one skid and that comes every three days. To go through two skids in one day is quite a lot. But no one\u2019s hoarding it. Everyone\u2019s buying their one or two jugs and being really good about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<section aria-labelledby=\"moreTopicLabel2135263971744479204746609178533481\" class=\"more-topic\" data-carousel-component=\"\" data-carousel-icon-button=\"\" data-carousel-type=\"list\"> <button aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"more-topic__button-prev\" data-carousel-prev=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"previous\" type=\"button\"\/> <\/p>\n<ol class=\"more-topic__items list-unstyled\" data-carousel-slide-list=\"\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<li class=\"more-topic__item\" data-carousel-item=\"\">  <picture class=\"more-topic__item-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/vw1117farm.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, 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fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/vw1117farm.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/vw1117farm.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80,\n                                    https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/vw1117farm.jpg?h=192&strip=all&quality=80 2x,\n                                    https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/vw1117farm.jpg?h=288&strip=all&quality=80 3x\" width=\"96\"\/><\/picture>\n<h3 class=\"more-topic__item-text\"> <span class=\"more-topic__item-text-clamp\"> Evan Fraser: B.C. storms a reminder that our food supply system leaves us &#8216;nine meals from anarchy&#8217; <\/span> <\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"more-topic__item\" data-carousel-item=\"\">  <picture class=\"more-topic__item-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/BC_Flooding_20211118-scaled-e1637280733794.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/BC_Flooding_20211118-scaled-e1637280733794.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/BC_Flooding_20211118-scaled-e1637280733794.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, 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Pasta and baking supplies were low on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBread is empty,\u201d she said. \u201cAs soon as we get bread in, it leaves.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s a real mess. I\u2019ve never seen anything like it<\/p>\n<p>East West Express co-owner Lance De Waal<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>East West Express Inc., a trucking company headquartered in Calgary that hauls food products, hasn\u2019t been able to get a truck into B.C. from Alberta since Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a real mess,\u201d said co-owner Lance De Waal. \u201cI\u2019ve never seen anything like it \u2026. We have road closures all the time. But we don\u2019t get road closures that shut down every major highway for over a week. It\u2019s never happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The floods won\u2019t just impact B.C. grocers, he said. 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