issues at one time within the food system. reporter: the nation s food supply has been hit hard by transportation costs, labor shortages and inflation. the cost of turkey is set to surpass the all-time record by the end of the year. and in north carolina, it s almost twice the price to ship sweet potatoes from the farm to your table. this holiday season fan favorite canned cranberry sauce will also cost more. those cans are made of steel. the price of which is up more than 200%. extreme weather also wreaking havoc, droughts and hurricanes impacting sugar crops and refineries across the u.s. even your holiday cheer will be pricier. it s a bottle shortage. it s a label shortage. a cork shortage. everything. have people who are coming and i have to feed them no matter what. reporter: how do you make sure your family s feast doesn t break the bank? try making a turkey breast instead of a whole turkey. start your shopping early.
wars, we certainly, we don t have good records for the last pandemic of 1918, but it was predictable that after any kind of national emergency, you ve got pent up demand, and supply shocks all over the system. yeah. you know, the other direction, comment of bringing them in sends me is that once they get into port, there s a shortage of dock workers. there s also a shortage of truck drivers and i know from reading your opinion piece in the guardian this morning is that you don t think there is a label shortage and what we re seeing is a necessary pain. explain why. well, this is a larger theme and a very important issue. that is american workers now, if you look at the numbers who are quitting their jobs or are not going back to work, american workers know they have right now a great deal of bargaining leverage. they have not had in years, because at the same time you ve