Non-Basmati white rice shortages hit stores across US; purchase restrictions, hoarding and price gouging compound woes of consumers

Fallout of the rice ban is being felt in the big-box warehouses in the US as well. Sapna Foods in Maryland, which usually caters to more than a hundred plus retail stores and restaurants in the DC, Maryland and Virginia or DMV area, is now drawing bulk demand from neighbouring states such as New Jersey and others.