HOW TO BUY AN EXPERT ADVICE FROM CR’S APPLIANCE PROS CAN HELP YOU NAVIGATE DELAYS AND SHORTAGES TO GET THE KITCHEN GEAR YOU NEED—FOR LESS. PLUS: EXCLUSIVE APPLIANCE STORE RATINGS.
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IF YOU’RE SHOPPING for new appliances, you might
have to be patient—and flexible—especially if you want a specific model. Supply shortages that started early in the pandemic are still affecting the market. “The new normal is fewer choices,” says Ken Miele, CEO of Appliance Dealers Cooperative, which supplies large appliances for more 20
than 200 independent dealers and is based in Monroe, N.J. “We dealers can only sell what we have.” It’s not uncommon to wait two to three weeks, and with some products four to six weeks, says David MacGregor,
