Apr 28 2008
Rice Rations Hit Stores
Just last week, two U.S. warehouse retail chains (Sam’s Club and Costco) started limiting how much rice customers can buy because of what Sam’s Club, a division of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., called “recent supply and demand trends.”
It may be a case of whch came first (the chicken or the egg), as some experts believe the warehouse chains may be reacting less to shortages than to stockpiling by restaurants and small stores.
At Sam’s Club, the limits affect 20-pound bags, not retail-sized portions. Sam’s Club limits customers to four bags at a time of imported jasmine, basmati and long grain white rice
The warehouse chain caters heavily to small businesses, including restaurants.
USA Rice Federation spokesman David Coia said there is no rice shortage in the United States.
The Sam’s Club restriction is effective immediately at all locations where quantity restrictions are allowed by law. It does not apply to other staples such as flour or oil.
Sam’s Club has 593 stores. Costco has 534 warehouses worldwide, most of them in the United States.
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