The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t over, and neither are the shortages that have come with it.

Shortages of several goods, especially household essentials, have plagued us for months.

Among the in-demand goods shoppers have had trouble finding on store shelves aregarlic,Clorox wipes, andtomato plants.

Rolls of paper towels

Americans spent $5.7 billion of that nearly as much as the rest of the world combined.

Roll of towel paper