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LuckyCharms

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18. I wondered the same thing until I heard the explanation yesterday...

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2020, 03:10 PM

Apr 2020

Different supply chains...commercial vs. retail

Different packaging requirements for retail

No easy way to convert from commercial to retail, etc.

Makes sense to me now.

Good question, good OP.

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Something I can't figure out in my lil brain [View all] Ferrets are Cool Apr 2020 OP

My guess. They have orders to fill underpants Apr 2020 #1

So are you saying that it is the "infrastructure" that is causing this? Ferrets are Cool Apr 2020 #2

See post below. Better complete explanation underpants Apr 2020 #6

I know little about the food distribution system Chainfire Apr 2020 #15

Different supply chains. Phoenix61 Apr 2020 #3

Makes sense. I hope there are teams of people working on this to Ferrets are Cool Apr 2020 #4

Surely there are food banks that much of the food PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2020 #5

The problem with that is probably Ferrets are Cool Apr 2020 #9

No deduction for a donation? PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2020 #11

Deductions for dontations were cut dramatically during the jr era. Ferrets are Cool Apr 2020 #17

A dairy doesn't have much storage. If trucks aren't coming to haul off the milk, they can't brewens Apr 2020 #7

Capitalism at its finest! Solomon Apr 2020 #8

Different food, different packing, different buyers, etc. unblock Apr 2020 #10

But 330 million people are still eating. We are still buying doc03 Apr 2020 #12

Why not Ohiogal Apr 2020 #13

Read Blue_True Response - explains it SheltieLover Apr 2020 #14

Thanks so much for all the great replies. Ferrets are Cool Apr 2020 #16

I wondered the same thing until I heard the explanation yesterday... LuckyCharms Apr 2020 #18

Thank you. The people here are the smartest on the web. Ferrets are Cool Apr 2020 #20

I don't get it either Bayard Apr 2020 #19