that s sunday 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific on msnbc. up next, stew leonard junior joining us to talk about why grocery store shelves are bare yet again and when we might see some relief. yet again and when we might see some relief.
do you have an expectation in terms of a time line for that to happen? everybody is asking me what do you think will happen and i don t really know right now. the only thing i can say is i think there s a little correlation. here is something everybody was gobbling up at the holiday platter. we had a big party christmas and new years here. you could tell people wanted to get out and among their family and friends. i think we re seeing the repurr repercussions of that. we re seeing it at stew leonard now. we re seeing that to start coming down again. i think this is sort of a christmas new year s hump and we re working through it now. i m optimistic for the future right now. i like to end on an
it s 28 past the hour and across the country, people have been going to their local grocery stores and seeing empty shelves, supply chain issues and staffing shortages due to the layest surge in covid piling onto what was already a challenging time for grocers. joining me now, stew leonard junior. a supermarket chain in the new york tristate area. good morning. in isn t the best of times right now what i see behind you there s plenty of product there. tell us what conditions are at your store right now. where are your big challenges? we have been through this