CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hardware stores across North Carolina are working to restock winter weather supplies ahead of this weekend’s snow. However, it will likely take weeks for some supplies to be shipped because many items sold out ahead of last weekend’s storm that affected most of the U.S.
“We sold about 4,500 bags of ice melt,” Ben Little, the owner of Little Hardware in Charlotte, said. “We had maybe 10 or so generators on hand. We did sell through those by about Tuesday.”
Little, a fourth-generation owner of Little Hardware, said there was so much demand for winter weather gear last weekend that he had to order supplies from other states…