# U.S. Food Suppliers Are Having Trouble Keeping Shelves Stocked | 2021-08-27  | SupplyChainBrain

> Large U.S. food distributors, including Sysco and UNFI, report difficulty filling orders due to labor shortages and delays for some imported goods. Sysco says prices for chicken, pork and packaging are rising amid tight supplies, with labor-intensive cuts like wings and tenders constrained.

- Date: 2021-08-27 · published 2021-08-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/9828-u-s-food-suppliers-are-having-trouble-keeping-shelves-stocked-2021-08-27
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Supply bottlenecks and rising prices for chicken and pork reinforce firm protein pricing. The logistics constraints are expected to ease only gradually through fall and winter.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bullish ▲
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2020-05-12 | [U.S. Meat-Plant Changes Signal End of the 99-Cent Chicken - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53283-u-s-meat-plant-changes-signal-end-of-the-99-cent-chicken-bloomberg.md) | -6.6% | -23.0% |
| HOGS | 2018-09-19 | [Monthly Market Update: Florence impacts, macroeconomics, and IMO 2020 - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63230-monthly-market-update-florence-impacts-macroeconomics-and-imo-2020-freightwaves.md) | +7.3% | +6.3% |

## Sources

- supplychainbrain.com: https://www.supplychainbrain.com/articles/33659-us-food-suppliers-are-having-trouble-keeping-shelves-stocked

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