Home Depot, Lowes Sold Out of 3/8 Inch Hex Nuts as Hanukkah Arrives
East Hanover, NJ (Dec 17, 2014) – Big box hardware behemoths, Home Depot and Lowes, have once again completely sold out their entire supplies of 3/8 inch hex nuts for the 31st consecutive December. The shortage of these hardware staples, around since 1568, seems to coincide each year with Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights. Industry analysts have been puzzled for decades as to what the correlation is between the holiday and the shortage. “I’ve been an exec at Home…