By Darren Weeks
I've been warning people for a long time that this was coming. It isn't hard to see the writing on the wall when it comes to orchestrated shortages.
Run on Rice Makes Its Way to U.S. / LA Times:
The global run on food that has led to shortages and riots in Egypt, Haiti and other nations has made its way to U.S. shores.
Concerned about rising prices and limited supplies of staples such as rice and flour, customers across the country have been cleaning out the shelves at big-box retailers, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s Sam's Club and Costco Wholesale Corp. stores.
On Wednesday, Sam's Club said customers would no longer be allowed to purchase more than four bags of jasmine, basmati or long-grain white rice on each visit.
Sam's Club blamed the restriction on "supply and demand trends" and said it was working with suppliers "to ensure we are in stock." [Full Article...]
Wal-Mart Unit Limits Rice Purchases / AFP:
Top retailer Wal-Mart's Sam's Club unit said Wednesday it is limiting the amount of rice individual shoppers could buy at one time, as rice prices hit new records around the world.
Sam's Club said it had temporarily placed limits of four 20-pound (nine-kilogram) bags a person for jasmine, basmati, and other long-grain white rice types.
"We currently have plenty of rice for Sam's Club Members," the company said in a statement.
"However, like our competitors, we're just taking the precautionary step of limiting sales of the very large 20 pound bags" of imported white rice, it said. [Full Article...]
Anyone care to laugh now at the people who prepared for Y2K, just in case, with storable food?
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