why you can't find yeast right now

https://slate.com/business/2020/04/yeas ... ofQhOCCNno

In brief (VERY brief) India has closed factories due to Covid-19, and that's where most glass bottles for yeast manufacturing come from!

The article also gives some interesting ideas for building your own . . .

[Robin Garr]

Good to know. We got some Red Star packets at Mid City Mall Valu (curbside) just the other day.

Thanks for posting! Fortunately we had just bought some before things started to get hectic so we are in pretty good shape.

Plenty of supply last weekend at the Middletown Kroger. But the empty shelves where flour used to be is stunning.

I haven't been able to find yeast for my InstaCart customers for the last three weeks. That explains it!
Flour and sugar have also been very hard to come by, but at least I have seen small quantities sporadically.

And everybody in the world is baking bread right now.

just in case, all it takes is an SASE

Carl Griffith's 1847 Oregon Trail Sourdough Starter

http://carlsfriends.net/source.html



also: apparently ALDI in the usa does carry yeast. big lots might also.