Wait - what?

"Supply chain issues have plagued the United States for months, causing scarcities of everything from cars to running shoes. In Alaska, residents are struggling to acquire winter coats."

[Wouldn't you think they'd already have a coat if they lived in Alaska?]

This story is actually about a cream cheese shortage:

“If we cannot find cream cheese, I worry now, what are we going to do?” Mr. Patta said.

Several customers at Absolute Bagels on Friday said that if cream cheese were not available, they would be less likely to order a bagel at all.
...
Some bagel shop owners are taking their cream cheese scavenging across state lines. On Friday afternoon, Frank Mattera, an owner of Bagelsmith in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood, said he planned to drive to New Jersey to pick up 2,000 pounds of cream cheese himself.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/04/nyregion/cream-cheese-shortage-nyc-bagels.html

What is the world coming to?