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While many businesses have been struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic, appliance stores everywhere are seeing numbers soar. But that high demand is creating a problem for manufacturers and longer wait times for consumers.
The owner of Leon’s store in Prince Albert, Dean Pellegrini, said they were fortunate the home appliance and furniture industry had a surge in business due to higher demand for products as more people were forced to stay home.
“In the beginning, there was panic buying, so people filled their fridges and freezers to capacity,” Pellegrini said. “More people are eating at home, using the furniture, spending more nights in bed may have exposed problems for consumers they didn’t want to live with anymore. The first essential need is the refrigerator and freezer, then came the washers and dryers. These items were hardest hit and almost ten months since the start [of the pandemic] and it is still a challenge to fill orders.”