

Most of the shortage related to covid 19 shows up in the shortages of canning lids, specifically the flat lid ("flats"), normally widely available, but now they are the first thing to go out of stock.

The number of people who are learning to preserve their own food has gone up (no surprise there, way to go first time gardeners!), but the supply of new canning jars and canning lids hasn't increased nearly enough both lead times and manufacturers' prices keep going up.

Yes, there is still a canning supply shortage in 2021. Is there still shortages of canning lids?
