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Julie Bove[_2_]

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 12:12:57 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>
>> Haven't seen any Libby's on my local store shelf for months, and this
>> is a store that carries canned pumpkin year round.
>> My wife checked another store, which confirmed there is a shortage.
>> Anybody know what's up?
>
> Many stores simply don't stock it after the holiday season since it
> doesn't sell well. Every February/March our food bank gets shitloads
> of canned pumpkin that the grocers have cleaned off of their shelves.
> And a lot of the manufacturers surplus is bought by the USDA and given
> to food banks. There is no shortage of pumpkin - most of it is
> circulating around the food banks and food pantries. Even there they
> have a hard time giving it away. and much of it gets re-gifted back to
> the food banks.

That could be. I have been hearing of a shortage but I also see it on
clearance racks.