Nationwide furniture shortage hits Sarasota
Every appliance in Debbie Mason's new house is a KitchenAid - except her refrigerator.
Mason moved into her home May 7, with appliances by KitchenAid outfitting her new house in Sarasota's Palmer Ranch neighborhood through her builder. But after she was told she was on her own to get a refrigerator, she visited an appliance store on Bee Ridge Road, where she was told that if she wanted a KitchenAid, she would have to wait.
"The salesperson said, 'to tell you the truth, I can get you the same brand, but I have people who ordered it in October and November and they still haven't gotten it.' This was January or February," Mason said.