Kylie Jenner Is Being Slammed for Using $450 Chopsticks During These Times
The coronavirus pandemic has put major stress on the global economy. Many businesses around the world have been forced to shut down as the government tries to stem the spread of the disease, leaving thousands of people out of work and without any means of income.
That’s why people are so upset at Kylie Jenner, who recently flaunted an expensive pair of chopsticks on social media. They say that she’s insensitive and tone-deaf and have held no punches in calling her out online.
See Kylie Jenner’s post about her chopsticks
On March 22, Jenner took to her Instagram Story and shared a video of her opening up a fancy pair of Louis Vuitton chopsticks. They were packaged in a dainty plexiglass case adorned with the brand’s signature brown print. According to Us Weekly, the utensils carry a hefty price tag of $450.
“Gotta start traveling with these,” Jenner captioned the post. The video has since expired from her Instagram Story but a clip can be seen below.
Fans are giving Kylie Jenner an earful over her pricey chopsticks
Usually, fans let celebrities live their luxury lives without saying too much about their spending habits. But considering everything going on in the world, many people are not having it this time.
They quickly rushed to social media platforms such as Twitter and called Jenner out for splurging on expensive chopsticks instead of helping out people who are in need amid the coronavirus crisis.
One person tweeted: “It’s funny how influencers like Kylie Jenner post about needing to remember to travel with her louis vuitton chopsticks while there are people being laid off and wondering how they will earn their next paycheck during this pandemic.”
Another said it makes them “sick” to see Jenner spending money on luxury items like that.
“We in the middle of a pandemic with lack of funding for basically everything and then there’s Kylie Jenner showing off her LV chopsticks,” read a third tweet.
“Idk what’s worse: the coronavirus or Kylie Jenner copping Louis Vuitton chopsticks,” said another person.
“I can’t believe I still have to try to convince my friends that billionaires shouldn’t exist after Kylie Jenner posted a picture of her LOUIS VUITTON CHOPSTICKS after donating a grand $0 to help fight a global pandemic…???” said someone else.
As of writing, the makeup star has yet to respond to the backlash. But she has acknowledged the pandemic. She recently called on her fans to practice social distancing in a bid to stop the spread of the disease and shared that she had been quarantining at her massive Hidden Hills, California home.
It’s not the first time Kylie Jenner has faced criticism for her expensive habits
Jenner faced criticism back in December 2019 for getting her then-1-year-old daughter, Stormi Webster, a lavish diamond ring. Fans were outraged and appalled that Jenner would get a child something so pricey, as kids tend to lose or misplace their possessions, and called her out on social media.
“What exactly is she going to do with that!?” one person wondered.
“All that money for her to flush it down the toilet,” another comment read.
Other people were more concerned about Stormi’s wellbeing, with one person writing, “That’s a choking hazard!!!!”
But Jenner brushed the criticism off and went on to share several posts on her Instagram of Stormi wearing the sparkler.
Perhaps she’ll do the same with those chopsticks.
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Shaquille O’Neal Says Dwyane Wade Was Second Coming of Kobe Bryant
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NBA Hall of Famer and former Miami Heat player Shaquille O’Neal recently made an appearance on the “Scoop B Radio” podcast to discuss his career on and off the court as well as other topics.
During the show, O’Neal talked about the similarities among some of the best players he was teammates with during his career and compared Heat legend Dwyane Wade to former Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant, who passed away in a helicopter crash in January.
“Penny [Hardaway] was a young Magic Johnson and I was a young Kareem [Abdul-Jabbar],” said O’Neal when asked to break down the differences between the stars he played with. “Kobe was a young Michael Jordan before he became Michael Jordan. And LeBron [James] is both of them combined. And D-Wade (Dwyane Wade) was Kobe when he was coming into his own. I’ll just put it like that.”
During his 19-year career, O’Neal played with some of the biggest stars in NBA history.
He was teammates with Hardaway in Orlando, Bryant, Karl Malone and Gary Payton in Los Angeles, Wade in Miami, Steve Nash and Grant Hill in Phoenix, James in Cleveland, and Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett in Boston.
O’Neal won three rings with the Lakers and won another with the Heat. He won the Rookie of the Year award in 1993 as a member of the Orlando Magic and the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award in 2000 as a member of the Lakers.
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Popeyes’ quarantine-focused “fried chicken and chill” campaign sets you up with Netflix
There are three eternal truths to life: death, taxes, and brands attempting to promote themselves even (or especially) in the darkest of times. The third one is quite hard to pull off; usually when companies try to get in on a crisis, it, uh, doesn’t go well. That’s why we’re surprised that Popeyes’ new quarantine-themed ad campaign, “fried chicken and chill,” actually manages to be…thoughtful, classy, and fun all at once? Way to go, Popeyes.
Here’s how it works: Post a photo of yourself eating Popeyes on social media and hashtag it #ThatPasswordFromPopeyes. If you’re one of the first thousand people to do so, you’ll get a Netflix username and password from Popeyes. As the fried chicken emporium put it via press release: “As a brand rooted in southern heritage, Popeyes treats everyone like family. And what do families do? They share streaming service passwords, of course.” Thank you, Popeyes, for validating my use of all my parents’ streaming services as a 30-year-old adult.
Popeyes is having a moment right now, and if you’ve read this website with even the slightest of regularity, you know why. Despite that success, and the fact that the fast food industry seems to be doing okay during the coronavirus pandemic, and the fact that Popeyes reported 35% sales growth in Q4 2019, brands will always keep branding no matter what. So hats off to Popeyes for not running a campaign that accidentally promotes germ-spreading, like some fried chicken chains we know.
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Enrollment declines threaten future of HBCUs, disheartening alumni
The 101 black colleges and universities in the U.S. had their second-lowest student totals in 17 years in the 2018-19 school year.
Darrell Dial entered South Carolina State University in 1987 as a “country boy,” a bit unsure of himself, and graduated with a degree in biology four years later as a man ready to take on the world.
He attributes his development to his experience at the historically black university in Orangeburg, South Carolina — the curriculum but mostly the reassuring, nurturing environment.
“It was a melting pot of high intelligence and backgrounds,” said Dial, 51, a molecular genomics scientist who lives in Atlanta. “This black diversity made a great playground for great debate and banter. It was truly iron sharpening iron for us all. I wouldn’t be the man I am if it weren’t for South Carolina State.”
Dial’s experience and sentiments mirror thousands of graduates of historically black colleges and universities at a time when HBCUs are experiencing an alarming drop in enrollment, to the second-lowest rate last year in 17 years, according to a new report.
According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, more than 6,000 fewer students attended the 101 black colleges and universities in the U.S. during the 2018-19 school year. The 291,767 total was down from the 298,134 in the previous year, and was the lowest total since 2001, when there were 289,985 students at historically black colleges.
HBCUs provided black students an opportunity for a higher education when mainstream colleges were segregated. Cheyney University, founded in 1837 as Cheyney State College, was the first historically black college. Today, it is in financial disrepair and on the verge of collapse, having lost 38 percent of its student body in 2018. Enrollment at Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach, Florida, dropped 20 percent, and its president, Brent Chrite, sent a letter to alumni on Jan. 27 that told of its precarious situation.
“2020 will be a pivotal year in history of B-CU,” Chrite wrote. “It will be the year our beloved university prepared to close its doors, or it will be the year we turned a corner and began moving toward an exciting future.”
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges has required that BC-U wipe out its $8 million operating deficit before submitting its re-accreditation application this month. If accreditation is revoked, B-CU would lose access to most of its more than $7 million in federal funding.
“We cannot survive as a university without it,” Chrite wrote.
Bethune-Cookman’s plight is one of several cases of HBCUs in survival mode.
“There is a distinct possibility that a number of HBCUs could cease to exist in 20 years or so,” said Ronnie Bagley, a retired Army colonel who graduated from Norfolk State University in 1983. “If that were to occur, many low income, first generation students will lose out on an opportunity for a college education.
“That’s scary because HBCUs have been the bedrock of producing some of the most successful and influential contributors in all facets of society, including business, government, military, arts and entertainment. You name it.”
The NCES study does not explain the drop in HBCU enrollment, but there are indications of multiple factors:
- HBCUs lost $50 million when the Department of Education made it more difficult to acquire the PLUS Loan that many schools relied on, according to The Edvocate, which researches educational trends, issues and futures.
- HBCU retention rates—keeping students in school year after year—are lower than predominantly white institutions. A U.S. News study indicates Spelman College leads HBCUs with an 88 percent retention rate, but many other schools drop as low as 50 percent because of financial issues and schools’ inadequate inducements for students to continue their education.
- The explosive appeal of online colleges like DeVry and the University of Phoenix has hit HBCUs hard, according to The Edvocate. HBCUs had been considered a prime place for challenged or “underdog” students, but online options are trending because they are less expensive. Compounding matters, most HBCUs have not implemented thorough online classes or degree programs.
- Investment in some campuses and facilities, like at Norfolk State and North Carolina A&T, has been impressive. But the lack of contemporary technology and building upkeep at many HBCUs — like at Tennessee State, where enrollment has dipped for 10 straight years — has turned away black students.
Added Bagley: “In many cases predominantly white institutions are looking to become more diverse by offering minorities scholarships. While I wanted my children to follow in my footsteps and attend an HBCU, preferably my alma mater, the HBCUs we visited couldn’t offer the kind of money the University of Kentucky did.”
Elaine Brown, a radiologist in San Antonio, turned down a full scholarship to the University of Louisville’s Medical School to attend Meharry Medical College, the HBCU in Nashville renowned for producing black doctors. She had attended historically black Fisk University in Nashville, was crowned Miss Fisk and felt an iron-clad connection to that experience.
“My parents thought I was crazy,” she said. “But it was not just about the education, but the social aspect as well. When I’m with HBCU alums and others who did not attend an HBCU, they don’t understand the effervescence we have when talking about our experiences. … I visited Fisk during my senior year of high school and I never looked back. It was a loving, nurturing, safe space. Sadly, a lot of young people perceive that there is more opportunity and promise at larger institutions.”
All of these factors concern HBCU alums.
“It’s scary because I know how the black college experience elevates you as a person, helps you secure your identity,” said Jacobi Eaves, a 2009 graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta, which then cost $160,000 over his four years. “A big reason for the downturn has to be about the cost of tuition. It continues to rise, and students leave college in debt. There has to be student loan forgiveness.”
Flecia Brown, a 1988 Spelman College graduate from Detroit, said misconceptions about HBCUs is another other factor in enrollment decline. “It speaks to non-HBCUers’ lack of confidence and understanding of the history, prestige and educational excellence that goes along with attending an HBCU,” Brown, a manager at an executive recruiter firm, said.
“My experience at Spelman was an extension of how I was raised by my parents. It taught me to be unapologetically black, built character and confidence. … When my brother (who did not attend an HBCU) was facing his oldest son’s high school graduation and was in search of a college, there was an absence of HBCUs. And I called him out on it,” she said. “His response was that nobody really talks about or promotes HBCUs in his Los Angeles community. Of course, that was very disappointing.”
Kathy Brown, who graduated as a mechanical engineer from Tennessee State in 1993, said the inherent issues—older facilities, long lines, dormitory maintenance issues—did not taint her HBCU experience. “Those frustrations were offset by a rigorous curriculum and everlasting memories unique to HBCUs,” she said. “But TSU has had 10 years of declining enrollment, and this saddens me.”
Not all schools are struggling, however. North Carolina A&T, for example, has experienced yearly growth in attendance for the last decade. Donations overall to black colleges increased for the ninth straight year, including $479 million for 2018, according to federal data.
So what is the fix? It is a complex answer, but Dial has a theory.
“Presidents have to be more of businessmen and women who understand the university is a business and work hard to align themselves with major corporations,” Dial said. “They need to create partnerships with black and brown countries to offer education to those countries’ young minds in an effort to receive financial backing. This minimizes the need for the handouts from the state and low alumni support, which is another conversation.”
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Tamar Braxton Reaches Out To Tiny Harris, Mariah Carey, And Her Former ‘The Real’ Co-Host Adrienne Bailon Houghton With This Spiritual Video
Tamar Braxton has decided to shut down social media with a powerful performance of the beloved song, “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands.”
The classic spiritual track, which was first released in 1927, is said to be written by Master Sergeant Obie Edwin Philpot, but there is no proof to back it or deny it.
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In the black and white video, Tamar sang her heart out and moved fans with the emotional words during these hard times.
She used the caption to ask her good friend, Tiny Harris, Mariah Carey, and reached out to her former The Real co-host, Adrienne Bailon Houghton, to record their own version of the song and share it on social media.
Tamar said: “Even when we don’t have ourselves, My Dear God, You are the ONLY thing that has got us. We are depending on you. YOU are the only one who can fix this. This here is bigger than all of us……BUT you are BIGGER ?? #HesGottheWholeWorldChallenge #GodBless #SingForHim With love tagging @adriennebailon, @majorgirl, & @mariahcarey to join this challenge with me! ♥️”
Tamar’s boyfriend, David Adefeso, had this reaction to the performance: “Whoooa mamma!!! ????????????You waited till I went running to do this❤️❤️.”
Tiny also responded: “Gurllllll what!!!! Still, my favorite vocalist hands down!!??????”
Tamar told T.I.’s wife: “Still my favorite girl PERIOD ?.” This backer claimed: “Well, the door is closed!!! Tamar has shut it DOWN??”I mean, I did want to participate, but the way you just killed it…nvm ???????. come on, and Tiny bless us with that angelic voice you got this baby yesssds.”
Another supporter stated: “The only voice that has actually made me feel better. ??♓️Oh my God, this is one of my favorite songs, but she grew up in church brings me so much comfort still. I am so proud of you for tagging Adrian in this.”
This social media user explained: “My God. Your Voice Just Sent Chills Down My Arms. Thank You For Posting This. God Bless You.”
This person claimed: “I won’t mention any names, but she sings waaaaaaaaaaaay better than a lot of artists… people confuse vocalist with performer. And Ms. T is the full package. Amazing voice..needed to hear something positive.. amen sista.”
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Netflix and Ava DuVernay Win Dismissal of Defamation Suit
A federal judge ruled in favor of Netflix and director Ava DuVernay on Monday, throwing out a defamation suit over a their miniseries about the Central Park jogger case.
John E. Reid and Associates, a police training firm, filed the suit last fall, alleging that the series had falsely portrayed the “Reid Technique,” its widely used method for conducting interrogations.
In his ruling, Judge Manish S. Shah found that the series’ depiction was protected under the First Amendment.
The four-part Netflix series covered the conviction and ultimate exoneration of five black and Latino teenagers who were accused of assaulting and raping a woman in Central Park in 1989. In the series, a fictionalized prosecutor confronts an NYPD detective with the allegation that he had coerced a confession.
“You squeezed statements out of them after 42 hours of questioning and coercing, without food, bathroom breaks, withholding parental supervision,” the character says. “The Reid Technique has been universally rejected.”
The police training firm alleged that the statement falsely characterized the technique, and incorrectly stated that the technique had been “universally rejected.”
But Shah found that the show employed loose and hyperbolic rhetoric about the technique, protecting it from a defamation claim.
“‘Universally’ is hyperbolic and the prosecutor cannot be taken literally to assert that all intelligent life in the known universe has rejected the technique — which means his statement is an imprecise, overwrought exclamation,” Shah wrote. “The statement was also made by a fictionalized character, during a fictionalized conversation… And while labeling something ‘fictitious’ will not insulate it from a defamation action… placing non-verifiable hyperbole in the mouth of a fictionalized character with an ax to grind provides a few layers of protection from civil damages for defamation.”
Last week, former prosecutor Linda Fairstein filed her own defamation lawsuit against Netflix and DuVernay over the series, claiming that she was falsely portrayed as the racist mastermind behind the prosecution of the Central Park Five.
Netflix said it would vigorously defend that lawsuit.
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BTS Launches Web Series to Help Fans Learn Korean
Series will include 30 three-minute episodes
If you’re going to learn Korean, why not learn it from K-Pop group BTS? The band has announced they will host 30 language lessons on social media app Weverse beginning March 24th.
Each episode will last three minutes and will focus on Korean grammar and expressions, with a lesson plan for each developed by researchers at the Korean Language Content Institute and Professor Heo Yong of the Department of Korean Education at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. The idea emerged after fans asked for the band’s videos to be subtitled in English.
“There are only limited ways our fans could learn Korean with ease,” Big Hit Entertainment founder, Bang Si-Hyuk, said in a statement. “Big Hit has created Korean learning media using artist content for a more rewarding and immersive experience for our fans.”
The episodes are “designed to make it easy and fun for global fans who have difficulty enjoying BTS’ music and content due to the language barrier,” Big Hit noted.
The lessons have arrived at the perfect time for fans who are stuck in the house during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the series was announced back in February. The series will reuse material from the band’s reality show, Run BTS!, and from YouTube series like Bangtan Bombs and BTS Episodes. Fans can access the episodes via Weverse.
BTS canceled their Korean concerts last month due to coronavirus concerns. The string of concerts, scheduled to take place April 11th, 12th, 18th and 19th at Seoul Olympic Stadium, were intended to be the South Korean group’s homecoming Map of the Soul : 7 shows. The album, released earlier this year, debuted at No. 1 on the RS Charts in early March.
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Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian West break silence about leaked video
Taylor Swift sounds like she feels vindicated while Kim Kardashian West just sounds over it.
The pair are back at it in terms of a very famous phone call which has reignited the choosing of Team Tay vs. Team Kim and Kanye.
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A leaked video made the rounds on social media this past weekend which claims to be the full recorded phone conversation between Swift and Kanye West regarding his controversial lines about her in his 2016 song “Famous.”
CNN has not authenticated the video, a snippet of which Kardashian West had posted on Snapchat in 2016 in defense of her husband. On Monday Swift took to her Instagram stories to react to all the renewed interest in the beef between her and the Wests.
“Instead of answering those who are asking how I feel about video footage that was leaked, proving that I was telling the truth the whole time about *that call* (you know, the one that was illegally recorded, that somebody edited and manipulated in order to frame me and put me, my family, and fans through hell for 4 years),” the singer wrote. “Swipe up to see what really matters.”
Swiping up led her followers to a donation page for the organization Feeding America. In the next Instagram story Swift wrote that she has been donating to Feeding America and the World Health Organization during the coronavirus pandemic.
“If you have the ability to, please join me in donating during this crisis,” the star wrote. Kardashian West struck back hours later on Twitter.
“. @taylorswift13 has chosen to reignite an old exchange – that at this point in time feels very self-serving given the suffering millions of real victims are facing right now,” the beauty mogul tweeted. Many Swift supporters believe the newly leaked 25 minute long video proves the singer was telling the truth about not signing off on West rapping the lyrics “To all my southside n****s that know me best/I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex/Why? I made that b**** famous.”
Kardashian West became an integral part of the beef between her husband and Swift when in 2016 she released a Snapchat video meant to rebut Swift’s claim that she hadn’t heard the song and had not given her approval. “I don’t want to do rap that makes people feel bad.” West could be heard saying to Swift on the phone in his wife’s Snapchat video. “Umm, yeah I mean go with whatever line you think is better,” Swift responds. “It’s obviously very tongue in cheek either way. And I really appreciate you telling me about it, that’s really nice.”
The backlash against Swift after the Snapchat video was released gave birth to the “Taylor Swift is a snake” movement on social media and the singer has said it contributed to her withdrawing into herself and channeling her hurt into her 2017 album “Reputation.” In the 25-minute long leaked video of the phone conversation West can be heard trying to get Swift to tweet his song to her massive following once it is released.
He also explains that it contains a controversial lyric about her and Swift asks if it is “mean. “He hedges a bit before he tells her he wants to say “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex.” There is no mention by him of using the word “b***h.”
Swift laughs a bit.
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“I’m glad it’s not mean though. It doesn’t feel mean, but like, oh my God, the buildup you gave it,” Swift is heard saying. “I thought it was gonna be like, ‘that stupid dumb b***h’ but it’s not.”
Swift tells West she needs to “think about it” and he tells her he will send her the song, something her camp has consistently said did not happen.
Kardashian West tweeted Monday that she “didn’t feel the need to comment a few days ago, and I’m actually really embarrassed and mortified to be doing it right now, but because she continues to speak on it, I feel I’m left without a choice but to respond because she is actually lying.”
“To be clear, the only issue I ever had around the situation was that Taylor lied through her publicist who stated that “Kanye never called to ask for permission…”,” Kardashian West tweeted. “They clearly spoke so I let you all see that. Nobody ever denied the word “b***h” was used without her permission.”
“At the time when they spoke the song had not been fully written yet, but as everyone can see in the video, she manipulated the truth of their actual conversation in her statement when her team said she ‘declined and cautioned him about releasing a song with such a strong misogynistic message,” she also tweeted. “The lie was never about the word b***h, It was always whether there was a call or not and the tone of the conversation.” That caused Swift’s publicist, Tree Paine, to tweet a response.
“I’m Taylor’s publicist and this is my UNEDITED original statement,” Paine tweeted. “Btw, when you take parts out, that’s editing. P.S. who did you guys piss off to leak that video?”In another series of tweets Kardashian West denied editing the clip she posted, defended her husband’s “right to document his musical journey and process, just like [Swift] recently did through her documentary [Miss Americana]” and stated “the call between the two of them would have remained private or would have gone in the trash had she not lied & forced me to defend him.”
“This will be the last time I speak on this because honestly, nobody cares,” Kardashian West ended her Twitter thread. “Sorry to bore you all with this. I know you are all dealing with more serious and important matters.”
A rep for Kardashian West declined to offer further comment when reached by CNN. CNN has also reached out to reps for Swift and West.
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Joseline Hernandez Gets really Emotional As She Learns That Stevie J Won Custody Of Bonnie Bella On ‘Marriage Boot Camp’
Joseline Hernandez and Stevie J have had a really hard time as parents. The Shade Room reveals the video, which shows an episode of Marriage Boot Camp.
In the emotional clip, Joseline learns that Stevie won custody of their daughter, Bonnie Bella. Check it out below.
Someone said: ‘Stevie didn’t even want the baby now he’s trying to make her life a living hell cause she doesn’t want him anymore! She was a good mother, that baby changed her for the better.. so sad ?’
A follower said: ‘you can’t deny she is a better woman because her daughter his her purpose, Joseline really leveled up when she became a mum.’
Someone else posted this: ‘this is what most do so they don’t have to pay child support!!! Or they will try to file for joint custody,’ and a follower wrote: ‘why is it sad that a father has custody of his child…. y’all sound bitter.’
One commenter posted this: ‘so a good mother would lie and say her father was touching her,’ and a person posted: ‘Okay but this made me tear up a little hearing the hurt in her voice was sad.?’
One commenter said: ‘Poor Joseline, Stevie is so weird. He is obsessive over these women. Move on with faith.’
Another follower of TSR wrote: ‘I love Joseline, but this season she’s more self-reflecting & we get to see more of HER rather than her & STEVIE. Without him, I see why his concerns were towards her as a mother, but that doesn’t make her a BAD MOTHER.’
Someone else had this to say: ‘FYI: This was taped a while ago, they currently have joint custody.’
A fan responded with: ‘That man still has full custody he said joint not to make her look bad she can’t have full custody she is going a lot with her shows and clubbing still you can see that how many times do you see her with Bonnie, Stevie always have Bonnie and posting her she dies see her but he still has full custody with him she is with siblings and a better environment for now maybe when Jose settle down more she can get her baby back full custody and I’m not about to argue with nobody because it is what it is.’
What do you think about the situation between these two?
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Why there will soon be tons of toilet paper, and what food may be scarce, according to supply chain experts
Stuck rationing toilet paper because you didn’t stockpile during the coronavirus panic over the last few days? Don’t worry, according to supply chain experts.
“All the grocery stores are going to have pallets of toilet paper sitting in the aisles, and nobody is going to buy it, because who needs to buy toilet paper when you’ve got a year’s worth sitting in your garage?” Daniel Stanton, a supply chain expert and author of “Supply Chain Management for Dummies,” tells CNBC Make It.
But what about food?
Even if the COVID-19 pandemic stretches over months (President Donald Trump said it could last until August), there will be no big food shortages, especially on staples like milk, eggs, cheese, bread and meat, according to three supply chain experts who spoke to Make It.
But your favorite brand or the exact kind of fruit you want could be scarce.
“The brand that you normally want may not be available. But, hey, there’s some other kind of pasta. Or instead of rice, we’re going to have potatoes for dinner,” Stanton says.
“The U.S. produces a huge amount of food. We’re also an exporter of food, so we’re going to be okay,” he adds.
Many food manufacturers have been adjusting their production lines for social distancing and have increased cleaning to ensure workers’ safety in recent weeks, experts say.
With that in mind, here are the few kinds of products that might actually be harder to find.
Specialty items
Specialty items like imported pastas and wines from Italy, cheeses from France or other niche food products from countries overseas or smaller businesses may be impacted, says Anantha Iyer, senior associate dean in supply chain and operations management at Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management.
These kinds of items may not go out of stock permanently, but it could “get a little tricky,” Iyer tells Make It.
“Some ingredients for nearshore specialty things could get shut off because they can’t come across the border,” Stanton says.
Brandon Hernandez, a supply chain expert and partner at Whole Brain Consulting, who works with specialty brands in the U.S., agrees.
“I think the major items of concern are more tied towards raw materials or packaging coming out of China that support the broader food chain,” Hernandez tells Make It, explaining that China is an important exporter to the U.S. and provides things like quinoa and spices.
Because the pandemic may encourage higher scrutiny of exports, that “could potentially slow down the supply chain,” he says.
As for U.S. specialty products, Hernandez doesn’t foresee a “complete collapse in things like [protein] bars or all the [specialty] chips are going to be gone or anything like that,” but the items may not restock as quickly.
Certain fruits and vegetables
Iyer says Americans may just have to be “a little flexible” on certain types of fruits and vegetables they want to buy in the coming months.
“If you don’t see one type of fruit, you may have to buy another type of fruit,” he says.
That’s because some kinds of produce are imported from other countries, so there may be delays in shipping if ports begin to close.
Hernandez agrees it is possible that Americans could see gaps in availability.
“I’m not saying that it’s impossible that you won’t see bananas become scarce or strawberries in the back half of the year, because they shift from California production to Mexico production.”
“Maybe it’s possible, but it really depends on what they decide to impose at the borders from the [Food and Drug Administration] and the [United States Department of Agriculture] standpoint,” Hernandez says.
Overall, however, Stanton believes many domestic farmers and ranchers, who have been struggling in recent years, could actually see a boost amid the pandemic, as the U.S. may look to local suppliers for produce instead of international suppliers.
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