Arules returning empty LHS

From help("apriori"):

The default value in APparameter for minlen is 1. This means that rules with only one item (i.e., an empty antecedent/LHS) like

{} => {beer}

will be created. These rules mean that no matter what other items are involved the item in the RHS will appear with the probability given by the rule's confidence (which equals the support). If you want to avoid these rules then use the argument parameter=list(minlen=2).