Bubble tea, ketchup, toilet paper, lumber……at one point or another, they’ve all been in short supply during the pandemic. The most recent item you may have trouble getting your hands on?

 

Garden gnomes! (The shortage is due in part to some materials that are required in the fabrication. The material supply was held up in the Suez Canal blockage.)

 

Some retailers say they haven’t received shipments of the popular figures in 6 months. Normally this wouldn’t be a big issue, but the demand for them has skyrocketed in just a year!  Gnome sales were up 97% in 2020 compared to 2019.

 

We don’t “gnome” when they will be in stock again.

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