Over the past few weeks, Canadian grocery stores in Jewish neighbourhoods have been ravaged by a bizarre calamity: they're all out of Wacky Mac. From Kosher Quality in Montreal to Savours in Toronto to the Sobeys on Taylor in Winnipeg, Wacky Mac—a kosher staple for families craving macaroni and cheese—has completely disappeared from store shelves.

The cheese-powder drought has led Jewish Canadians to social media, where eager shoppers are hunting down the country's few remaining boxes, while others sit clueless as to where all the funny-shaped pastas have vanished.

On today's episode, we’ll hear from one Canadian woman who's been trying to get to the bottom of the Wacky Mac shortage, as well as a few kosher grocers who are going to extraordinary lengths to get their hands on as much of the cheddar treat as possible.

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