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Why your local store keeps running out of flour, toilet paper and prescription drugs

  • Written by Nada R. Sanders, Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management, Northeastern University
Flour has been in short supply in recent weeks.Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)

Retailers are frequently running out of everything from flour and fresh meat to toilet paper and pharmaceuticals as supply chains hammered by the coronavirus struggle to keep up with stockpiling consumers.

Although out-of-stock products are usually...

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