New Yorkers whine over kale, quinoa shortages as super storm looms
Shelves have been cleared of kale in New York. (Twitter) Twitter
As a blizzard descends on America's north-east, New Yorkers have taken to social media to bemoan a lack of available groceries as they prepare to be housebound for several days.
Posts on social media show the hipsters and the health-conscious in Brooklyn have swept the stores clean of 2014's breakout superfood, kale, as a huge snowstorm edges closer.
Residents are stocking up on goods with almost a metre of snow forecast for parts of New York and Boston.
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New York's roads will be closed to all but emergency traffic, prompting residents to build up a bunker's worth of supplies.
But latecomers to whole food and health food stores were no doubt disappointed to be confronted with shelves completely empty of fresh vegetables.
Others have also reported trouble finding quinoa, kale's elder sibling in the superfood popularity stakes.
Long queues have been experienced at food stores, book shops and bottle shops.
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