Hope this gets attention of the devs. Really love the game and just want it to be better!
During my first playthrough, I heard 3 shortages from the radio: Tobacco and Cigarette, Clean Water and Food, and Vegetables. The Clean Water and Food shortage never ended unlike the other two, and I can basically go to the trade market (i did not have Sniper Junction during this run) to buy out entire stores with just 1 unit of clean water. So what I usually do is to bring 2 units of clean water with me to buy out the medical store and the consumable store, then use what I bought to buy out the food and material store. Except the snowy season during which I cannot access the trade market, I am virtually own the market and its unlimited supplies. Every night all I do is to run to the market and bring tons of med, bandage, food, cans, mats home, and only occasionally go the the military base to trade for weapon and ammo.
Even though I was pretty happy that I survived the war with zero casualty and could often help anyone in need, it does feel very cheap and unrealistic aside from being repetitive. I believe that if the shortage ended correctly, this would be far less a problem.
Again, thanks for the great game. It is truly thoughts provoking and refreshing, and I am so glad to be able to play it.