Supermarket Shelves Are Empty Again. How to Shop Strategically During the Omicron Surge

Many of us remember the early days of the pandemic, when grocery store staples were hard to come by and buying toilet paper meant waking up at 3 a.m. to wait online while big-box stores restocked. Supply chain hold-ups have been causing inventory shortages since the summertime. With so many people having to stay out of work due to being infected with or exposed to COVID-19, it's getting harder than ever to transport goods across the country and get them from delivery trucks and storage rooms into grocery store aisles.