Looking for canning lids? There are none. Shelves are empty of canning supplies. It's reminiscent of the Great Canning Lid Shortage of 1975 when there were congressional hearings into the crisis.

Can you reuse canning lids? We compare four brands of disposable and reusable lids for anyone who's been tempted by the idea of reusing canning lids.

What consumers didn't know was that canning lids (around since 1884) and canning jars (around since 1858) are no longer being made by Ball and Kerr, the two big manufacturers of American canning ...

Learn which canning lids can be recycled and how, and explore simple ideas to reuse and give new life to single-use canning lids.

The increase in the number of people cooking and trying recipes during the pandemic has led to a surge in canning – and that has led to a shortage in Mason jars and lids.

Just purchase lids and rings separately in bulk, since you’ll need to do so for canning anyways. The two main players in this space, Ball and Kerr, are now owned by the same company, and the ...

Home canning supplies often disappear from store shelves during the onset of recessions and in times of economic uncertainty.