The latest food to be affected by supply chain disruption are eggs. Stores have had a hard time keeping eggs in stock mainly due to an outbreak of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI)

that’s killed 43 million egg-laying hens since February 2022.

If you’re anything like me, you’ll plan on beginning your holiday shopping early - but somehow always end up ordering last minute gifts on Amazon days before Christmas. While there are benefits to finishing up your shopping early – bigger inventory and less crowds being two of them – many people will wait until Black Friday to begin their shopping. A new theory from NBC Boston suggest that it may be beneficial to start your shopping early this year. And it may not be for the reason you think.

Jin Zhuanglong, China’s new Minister for Industry and Information Technology is creating a plan that (if successful) will stabilize the country’s supply chain as Chinese economic growth slows. It’s no secret that China has faced their share of supply chain woes over the past few years. It started with the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 as many countries became frustrated with the manufacturing powerhouse as they were unable to keep up with the supply and demand of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) like N95 masks and gloves.