USA Today & Fox News are reporting there's a pepperoni shortage. It's impacting small pizzerias the most. Large ones have longer term contracts for the supply. Prices of it have gone up. I don't use this ingredient on homemade pizzas and rarely have it on a purchased one. If you use it for homemade pizza, have you noticed a price increase at the store?

I checked the BRM site and was able to register for an email notification for when the milk powder is back in stock. The estimated date is Sept. 1.

I checked semolina, and right now BRM only has bulk (25 lb.) bags available. I was fortunate to find two of their small bags (older packaging) early in the pandemic and stuck them in the refrigerator and freezer. I also had bought a bag of the KAF semolina.

In addition to KABC and BRM no having packages of semolina I can handle, the grocery store didn't have any yesterday. My husband looked for it in the flour aisle. Would it more likely have been in the international aisle?

I wonder if the shortage of canning lids and jars is due to more people canning, or if it is a production problem. I have a good supply of jars, and I bought more lids last year--anticipating a peach crop that did not happen--so I am not affected.

Placement of semolina: Kroger had the BRM flour in an "organic/health food" section when I first began shopping there three years ago, but about eighteen months ago, they moved the BRM flour to the baking aisle with the other flours, and the oats to the cereal aisle. If there are health food stores in your neighborhood, Italian Cook, you might try there. You could also email BRM and ask when they might have small packages in stock again.