Supply chain issues hit American families: ‘very hard’

Amid high gas prices and 41 years of high inflation, American families struggle to meet their needs as many supply chain issues continue to affect many aspects of their lives.

The 19th newspaper reported an incident this week when Indianapolis mother Diamond Cotton struggled to find the basic food she needed for her family. The publication had to go to various stores to look for tampons for their daughter, who is “starting menstruating and will need bath tampons this summer.”

At the same time, she needs to find out where her baby food crisis is in a few months, as her youngest son, who is 15 weeks pregnant and now 4 years old, was born prematurely and needs formula. cannot produce. enough breast milk to feed him. ”

“It’s so hard — I’m going to need formula and I’m going to need more menstrual periods when I get out of the hospital,” Cotton told the publication, as she struggled to find help caring for her baby. due to high demand and limited staff. This worries Cotton seriously because if he can’t take care of the child, he will lose his job and with it the opportunity to take care of his children.

According to the output:

He manages it all by watching gas prices soar and buying food for his family from a list that gets smaller every week. Women, especially single heads of households, suffer more from food inflation than men. Last month, the market’s value rose nearly 12 percent since May 2021, the biggest increase since 1979.

Cotton’s conclusion is pretty clear: “Women and children lack support,” he said.

Cotton isn’t the only mom to face these issues, as many of these concerns preceded the baby food crisis earlier this year when moms shared stories of how they were wandering around every store in a desperate search for food for their children. babies.

“I have enough formula for two babies in 14 days,” Kayla Zurenko, a mother of four, told Fox News Digital in May. “Where will I find the mixture next?”

Zurenko’s concern stems from Abbott Nutritional’s factory in Sturgis, Michigan, which was closed due to concerns about a bacterial outbreak, but no reported links were found between formula and sick infants. As a result, the resort finally reopened in June, but closed again this week due to flooding in the area. As a result, the factory may “delay production and distribution” of new products.

But there’s a shortage of other products on store shelves as Procter & Gamble confirmed this week that it’s also having issues.

“The Tampax team is producing tampons 24/7 to meet the growing demand for our products,” the company said in a statement, adding: “We have been working with our retail partners to maximize availability, which has increased significantly over the last few months.”