What's the connection between Fritos and Veterans Day?

[user328]

My mom was jonesing for Frito pie yesterday. She wanted to make it with plain, unflavored Fritos.

I looked for regular Fritos at six different stores over a large swath of the county I live in. I looked for them at WalMart, a grocery store, several convenience stores, and a dollar store. One store had just had a Frito-Lay delivery a few hours before, and they quickly sold out of regular Fritos.

Why did everyone and their brother decide to buy regular Fritos yesterday?

[Guest]

There have been plenty of them here, fortunately for me because regular Fritos are like crack cocaine to me, I’ve been addicted for years.

[Mister Obvious]

There's an association between corn chips and a few very specific kinds of people in this world in general...

But I will say this, I do love chili on top of Fritos, now I wanna make some.

[Mister Obvious]

Apparently there's a "chip shortage" in the form of snacks, and not just microchips.

Everyone's complaining about it lately.

They don't have the packaging, or they're redesigning/printing it.

[user328]

I haven't seen a shortage of any other chips than this one particular variety of Fritos. It makes me suspicious.

[user328]

I don't think there's necessarily a supply chain shortage of regular Fritos either. That one store was fully stocked, and quickly sold out.

I believe someone is hoarding Fritos for reasons unknown.

[user328]

Who would do such a thing?

What could they want with that many Fritos?

I think a Congressional investigation is in order here.

[user328]

I caught up with the Frito-Lay vendor at the convenience store.

He said you won't find a bag of Fritos from coast to coast due to the Wuhan coronavirus.

Funny how they still make every kind of chip but that one.

[Mister Obvious]

I made Frito bake yesterday and it was sorta spicy...