Grocery store shortages again?

Yeast, rubbing alcohol. Fritos are not in shortage, I guess they are made by essential workers, unlike the gun manufacturers who are taking the entire year off. I hope they all lose their jobs permanently.

I suspect its all going to come to a screeching halt.

ny stores are filled, dollar store is empty

I’m about to go. I’ll check ina coup hours

look behind the faced rows. 1-2 items deep. stores are made to look full.

Yes I've noticed this too. What was once 5-6 items deep is either 1-2 items deep (if stocked at all).

Dollar General store in Missouri is filled to the brim. I even found 10 cans of Lysol Neutra Air Spray. I bought 3.

Family Dollar & Dollar General Stores where I’m located are looking scarce on everything from screws to laundry detergent.No new clothing items offered for next season.I should visit a mall or Walmart soon to conduct some reconnaissance & see what the situation is at those locations but they close at like nine o’ clock so fuck that.

I went to the local Kroger chain today (in Colorado). It was actually really bleak. It was the first time I'd physically been in a grocery store since early April when things were *really* bad. I thought I'd be walking back into a stocked store like before all this started , but large swaths of shelves were empty and it really seemed like most manufacturers were only making/selling the very basic of flavors/varieties now.

Really made me realize how good we had it before with options. It felt pretty third worldy, not gonna lie.

Not to mention the various dystopian auto announcements over the intercom every 3 minutes .

"To reduce the spread of the virus, we ask that all customers ..." "The federal reserve is currently reporting a coin shortage and asks that all citizens ..." "the CDC has recommended ..."

Surreal.

WOW! Glad I don't hear that where I live. Hope I never do but probably will in time.

WOW! Glad I don't hear that where I live. Hope I never do but probably will in time.

I have no idea why the double posts. I didn't do that.


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Local general store owner around my area was saying something about his seeing shortages from the supplies due to things like cans not being produced as much (not the food/drink in the can, the can itself) or some such, and such interconnected indirect ways there are shortages coming.

I worry that they will just start making the cans thinner so what we buy to store ahead will not last as long as it should. Have already seen one can of corn that I could almost crush like a beer can and the seam seemed to be poorly welded.

I get all groceries online, have done for years.

After 5 months of lockdown and now semi-lockdown, all the big stores are just about back to normal.

The first 3-4 months you only got half your order, with loads of substitutes. No TP for 2 months, no disinfectant products, no disposable gloves etc.

Now it's 98% normal. Still, I've stocked up - in case of second wave.

Yep. Smart thing to do with all of the talk of a 2nd wave.


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there will be shortages.. which is why some here keep urging you to stock up..

It is not a 2nd wave of a disease called covid . It the 2nd wave of the perfect storm....

Just got home from Publix. They had everything I needed as always. Some cleaning supplies were sparse, which is to be expected.

Very surreal. I remember when I first started hearing them announce those, was like it was from a movie.

TBH I feel rather like all those stockpiler aholes who stopped me from receiving TP, beans, pasta, rice, tinned tomatoes the first 2 months of this mayhem.

But I never, ever want to be in that situation again. Being without TP is one of the most disgusting experiences of my life.

Made me see how knife edge close we all are to losing hold of civilisation.

Aluminum cans are very thin now. I broke a corona seltzer just by dropping it on the ground.

NWI:
No Paper Towels at some stores. No Disinfectant wipes in sight anywhere.

I saw a guy shopping, wiping down every item before putting in the cart.

Can't speak as to the whole nation but I know in my area people have doubts things are going to go smoothly in the next few months.

Schools are going back in and that is one source of doubt. Colleges are bringing people from all over the nation back into one spot and Manhattan (Kansas State) is loosening restrictions on the bar district not requiring basic questions/medical checks before staff go on shift. Alcohol and idiots are a dangerous mix. Quite a few I've talked to that work at the college say a month before they cut the semester early is the optimist opinion.

Even those that are optimistic about CoVID are prepping for the election. I've seen people of both persuasions (yes, some democrats exist even in rural Kansas) have the opinion that no matter whom is elected, things could get rough. They don't want to use the words "Civil War" but their tone of voice and body language say it for them.

Then you have the meteor theories floating around. I've had a few people I wouldn't have thought to have been into such things ask me about them (I've gained a sort of "know it all" status for the news as I keep away from MSM and read from around the globe).

In short there is A LOT of fear from many directions. This gets people wanting to feel like they are doing something proactive and the best thing you can do to scratch that itch is stock up on food, buy more ammo, and keep the car well maintained/fueled up. Even have had people ask about getting winter tires early "just in case."

Last Edited by Exusiai on 08/12/2020 11:18 AM

Costco yesterday nyc metro area— stock super depleted, loads of empty shelves and shortened aisles. Center of the store which is usually filled with all kinds of stuff was 60% empty. Very depressing. And no paper towels and almost no toilet paper again.

Situation is not normal.

I went to our local Ikea. There is no doubt there are general shortages across the board. In the past, all the shelves were overfilled with product. Last night, it looked like everything was picked over. Very little choice, many empty shelves. There is definitely something going on with the supply chains.....