Every call he received to the store seemed to be from people asking if they had ice melt in stock, he said. He had to start limiting customers to two bags to keep it in stock. It is a massive ...

"Higher-than-normal demand and increased snowfall this February have led to a regional shortage of ice melt across suppliers and retailers," Rocky's Ace Hardware, a hardware store chain with ...

"People have been calling constantly." Store manager Darrin Oliveira described the ice melt as 100% sodium chloride. Sales were brisk, with two of the pallets, each containing 50 bags, cleaned out ...

You’re likely tired of digging out and hoping to dump some road salt to melt away the remaining ice and snow. But what if your local hardware store is sold out? If you can’t find rock salt at ...

But, at least, people can come in, get ice melt, get the job done." "Our warehouse, which we're an Ace Hardware store and our warehouse is up in the Saratoga Springs area in New York that covers ...

An hour before closing, the shelves were completely empty and the store actually sold out of ice melt. Several customers said this was not the first place they went looking. “This is my second spot.