Supply has been stretched thin for 2 years now, ready to break at the slightest problem.
Several main highways and railways out at once is a HUGE problem.
Blaming this on people's buying habits is completely tone deaf.
Disabled, welfare, people off work because of lockdowns and mandates, and families with children are ALL paid monthly, second to last Wednesday of each month.
That was yesterday.
So the most needy people in the province were at their lowest financial point of the month when this hit. Yesterday, when their funds came in, there was already no food in the stores. No baby formula, no diapers, no baby food.
Panic buying is what comes next if things don't get sorted out fast. What we've seen until now is solely a problem with SUPPLY, not demand.