‘This mess will not be over before mid-2024’: Supply chain pain hits retailers | domp hijessicayun NickToscano1
scarce, fuel costs soaring, essential fuel additives unavailable, and reliable labour in short supply. It was a perfect storm, with retailers right at the centre.
So far, retailers have assured shareholders and shoppers that shelves should be well-stocked through to Christmas, with many starting their inventory planning as far back as August to ensure customers can get what they need for the festive season. But closer to home there’s a more immediate crisis playing out. Sometime in the past fortnight, staff at truck stops across the eastern seaboard began sticking up paper signs: stocks of the diesel-exhaust fluid called AdBlue are running low, and customer purchases must now be limited.
“The worst-case scenario - it’s not the most probable scenario - we go so low that we cannot replenish AdBlue for those truckies. And then what will happen is, depending on the location, you may see some shelves running empty,” he said.
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