Supply chain issues shackle consumers
Workers sort lumber at Classic American Hardwood on April 2, 2021. Because of the pandemic and other factors the supply chains businesses use to get their products into market are behind schedule. New homebuyers might experience sticker shock over the high cost of lumber and other building materials. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Supply chain disruptions have made it more expensive to buy some consumer products. Other goods, when they can even be found, are taking longer to get delivered to buyers.
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Blake Fontenay
Blake Fontenay’s 27-year journalism career has taken him to many newspapers in four states. However, he had never returned to work in any of the other cities where he had been before until the opportunity to report for the Daily Memphian presented itself. He covers business for the Daily Memphian.