A few weeks ago, someone on this forum posted an article about Wal-Mart having empty shelves. I had not noticed that at all but a few others agreed with him.
Most people were like me and had not noticed.
I do my grocery shopping mostly at two places. A local supermarket for meat and produce and a Wal-Mart Super Center in Defuniak Springs for frozen food and staples.
Last time I shopped at Wal-Mart, I didn’t notice any empty shelves except for ammunition but I did notice a few things they were out of, and probably for the first time I can ever remember.
I had some coupons for Ore-Ida products and was going to get some Tater Tots but they were out. I have developed a taste for Sams version of Mountain Dew plus their price is quite a bit less but they were out of that too except for diet. They also carry a type of really large shrimp which is better than your average shrimp but they were out of them too tho they did have another brand.
I think there are a few food shortages already. Whether they will get worse or better I do not know.
Aren't you concerned about drowning due to Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming?
I hadn’t been in WalMart in a couple of months, was there last weekend. I noticed a lot of empty shelves. They didn’t have some of the items I was looking for.
The empty spots on Walmart shelves are because of food shortages. They are simply a way for them to have less inventory on hand, meaning less money tied up.
It isn't a shortage, or rather just a shortage. It is because sales have slowed to the point that having all that inventory is killing the stores.
Go to a sporting goods store like Gander Mountain or Cabelas. If you have been going there for a few years, you will notice the layout is different. Wider, and shorter, aisles, bigger gaps on the shelves, etc. All are trying to hid that there is more space and less inventory.
This response is “out of time” meaning I’m late to the party, as usual, but I’ve had the same concern that shortages are already in some form, with us.
We’ve noticed the same problem at both the Walmart grocery and the big chain grocery we shop at. Walmart tries to hide the inventory item by filling whole rows of an isle with the same product. But the variety is definitely not there. I’ve learned not to fall in love with any particular item because they may not have that item for months at a time. But, I’m also seeing what appears to be massive stocking up by some customers; people will take 20 or 30 cans of soup. I’m thinking....”yea, no, nobody throws Soup parties.”