NITROUS OXIDE SHORTAGE MEANS NO WHIPPED CREAM

Grocery stores throughout the country are running low on canned whipped cream following an explosion at a Florida nitrous oxide plant in late August. Lanie Friedman, a spokeswoman for Conagra Foods, says that there is currently a nationwide shortage of some of its whipped topping products, including Reddi-Wip. “We are proactively managing the production of Reddi-Wip, and are doing the best we can to make it available to as many consumers as possible,” Friedman said. Friedman noted that the shortage is not specific to the Reddi-Wip brand and is affecting several ready-made whipped toppings. She encouraged concerned customers to stock up where supplies are available.
* And THAT’S how you boost panic buying, ladies and gentlemen.
* Only one nitrous oxide plant in the entire United States? Somebody call Trump and have him kick some ass.
* I appreciate how he convinced Carrier to keep jobs in the U.S., but no whipped cream? This is big.
* If only there was a way to, oh, I don’t know, take actual cream and whip it somehow.
* Yeah, that would be cool. Cool, whipped cream. But I guess there’s just no alternative to Reddi-wip.
* They’re “proactively managing the production of Reddi-wip”? Has she been sniffing the nitrous oxide?
* Explosion at a nitrous oxide factory. Funny story behind that…
* Nitrous oxide may be laughing gas, but this is no laughing matter.
* This is why I always keep an emergency supply of whipped cream handy.
* My family does this ever since we faced a crisis with a pumpkin pie one Thanksgiving.
* Hell, I even have a vat on the roof.
* Come on. Let’s get this situation whipped into shape.
* Now here’s Devo with “Whip It”.