It was the middle of the hard lockdown in South Africa when I was approached by someone looking to sell off machinery used in the manufacturing of Vermicelli and Pearls.  After extensive research we found that the local market was flooded with imported products some were very good quality and some not so good, the main feedback we had was that supply was inconsistent and pricing fluctuated with each shipment. We soon found that this problem was to be exacerbated the longer the pandemic lasted.