http://www.citizensugar.com/ Breaking News, Together. en http://www.citizensugar.com/1569968 <p>Call it the Big-Box Tipping Point, but you know the global food crunch has solidified from sad headline to <a href="http://www2.nysun.com/article/74994?page_no=1" target="_blank">international reality</a> when your local Costco gets walloped. </p> <p>Shoppers at the Costco in Mountain View, CA felt the first tremors of the <a href="http://www.citizensugar.com/1517664" >clamp down</a> this week — no rice! The usually packed shelves held but a few jumbo bags of rice and shoppers faced something the US hasn't really seen since WWII: rationing.<br /> <span class="inline left"><img src="http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl1/10/104169/17_2008/80531476.preview.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image preview" height="363" width="550"></span></p> <p>That's right. Rationing. The sign above the dwindling supply read: "Due to the limited availability of rice, we are limiting rice purchases based on your prior purchasing history." It's not just limited to rice — a Costco store in Queens has limits were imposed on purchases of oil and flour. The meager supply is partially responsible for emptying the shelves, but it's also human nature. To see how, </p> <p><a href="http://www.citizensugar.com/1569968">read more</a></p> http://www.citizensugar.com/1569968#comment Food Food Politics Headline Rationing UN World Food Programme World War II Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:02:57 -0700 CitizenSugar http://www.citizensugar.com/1569968