Many of the shortages linked to the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic are now a memory.
You might not find your favorite brand of toilet paper on a given visit to the store, but chances are good that you will find toilet paper, and paper towels, too.
But some of the patterns of 2020 especially those apparent during the active warm-weather months seem destined to repeat themselves as we look ahead to another summer shaped in part by restrictions and increased demand.
Here is an incomplete but hopefully representative look at a few household-focused items that were hard to come by in 2020 and a look at the prospects for the year ahead.