It’s been in the media recently about two of the largest retailers, Sam’s Club and Costco, limiting the number of bags of rice that people could buy. With the current state of the economy, I can understand how this would make the news, but I’m not sure why people are making such a big deal about it. It’s not the first item that has had a limit placed on its purchase.

The restriction was only placed on “specialty” varieties of rice, and it was limited to four 20-pound bags. From the perspective of the average American consumer, I’m not sure what the big deal is. Who really needs to purchase 80-pounds of rice? I can see the impact to some small businesses who usually purchase large quantities, but it’s now just an inconvenience to have to go through the checkout a couple of times if that’s what it takes.

These are also the only two stores that have put restrictions on rice. You can still buy all you want at Wal-Mart or any other retail outlet. So don’t let something like this add to your worries about the economy. It isn’t anything worth fretting about.

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