supply and staff shortages are affecting millions of shoppers across the u.s. right now, grocery stores are facing a number of issues, making it difficult to keep their shelves shelves safe. scott cohn is inv sunnyvale, california. reporter: we are dealing with the issues of omicron which has depleted labor levels and the severe winter weather and will ease at some point but we are seeing some real big issues and spotty across the country. here in sunnyvale this market is well stocked but nationwide from the consumer brand association shows while normally 7 to 10% of items out of stock we look at
it ultimately doesn t matter. have you this labor dispute, let s consolidate there instead. the thing is they are a very powerful incumbent. so, one of things you see happy one of the things we do when there s a downturn, very aggressive monetary stimulus, perhaps a case for that, but what happens with that is that it s designed to encourage certain kind of innovation. it is what you might call exmroe tattive innovation in which you increase the scale of operations. when you do that you do that by substituting technology for labor. that s not very good for labor levels that contributes to a larger kind of slack employment markets. what you really want to ee is exploratory innovation. that s what you get when you have really competitive micro-economies, new intrants. the nlrb is a side hoe. boeing has a legal department and they re going to fight those battles. then we ll just have them in washington state. that s cool. they re going to keep piling on enormous profits as long as they
have you this labor dispute, let s consolidate there instead. the thing is they are a very powerful incumbent. so, one of things you see happy one of the things we do when there s a downturn, very aggressive monetary stimulus, perhaps a case for that, but what happens with that is that it s designed to encourage certain kind of innovation. it is what you might call exmroe tattive innovation in which you increase the scale of operations. when you do that you do that by substituting technology for labor. that s not very good for labor levels that contributes to a larger kind of slack employment markets. what you really want to ee is exploratory innovation. that s what you get when you have really competitive micro-economies, new intrants. the nlrb is a side hoe. boeing has a legal department and they re going to fight those battles. then we ll just have them in washington state. that s cool. they re going to keep piling on enormous profits as long as they don t face ferocious competiti