Alas, I do not presently own a property with a spacious basement to store dry goods and extra refrigerators and freezers to store perishables. When I finally found a local source of Lactaid milk, Stoke, eggs and carrots, I bought extra, enough for a few weeks, lest I have to experience what I did at the first 2 stores again so soon. That's the best I could do for now.
when you get a chance, stock up on coffee,pancake mix,dried milk,rice and beans...I like to have goods that only takes water...Try Harmony House for dried foods..You would be amazed at what they have....
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I've been fairly lucky in that what I have needed, has been in stock for the most part. I went to B.J.'s last Thursday, and they were empty of a lot of their fresh meat. I only went there to see if they had any chicken kebobs that I wanted to take to my son's when next I visited. They had none. I left because I didn't need anything else.
This past Monday I had a doctor's appointment, and stopped at the Walmart Superstore near there before heading home. I hate going to my local Walmart Superstore, because the store always looks like it's going out of business with empty shelves and freezer sections. It's been that way for about 3 years now. They've also cut back on the variety of brands they sell, and I usually end up having to go to the two other markets in Rome. When I got to the other Walmart, I had a small list of things I wanted, and was able to find everything I needed. They had clerks on every aisle filling up the shelves as fast as they could. One shelf I noticed was empty of peanut butter.
Tuesday I went over to my local Price Chopper for some soda, bagged salad, creamer, and I figured I'd check to see if they had the bagels that I like. They had two of the "everything" bagels, so I took those. Them not having bagels later in the afternoon isn't new. Most times you have to get there early in the morning before they run out. Price Chopper had no bagged salad, no eggs, and no bread. Thankfully, there is a small Italian bakery down the street from me, and I stopped there before going home, and bought a loaf of Italian, and a loaf of sour bread.
I was planning on visiting my oldest son in Albany this weekend (we've since cancelled), and I wanted to get to the Wegman's in Syracuse to pick up the Zweigle's White Hots he likes. They're made in Rochester, and Wegman's is the only store that sells them. It's about 45 minutes away from me. I usually call Wegman's ahead of time (especially in the summer), and ask them to hold 3-4 packages of those hots so I can pick them up in a day or two. I'm glad I called this time, because when I got to Wegman's yesterday, they had none...but I was at least able to get the ones they'd put aside for me. I shoved them in my freezer so I can take them to him in a couple of weeks hopefully. Wegman's had vegetables galore...even plenty of bagged salads. Their meat section was a bit scarce, but I wasn't planning on buying any other meat anyway. I like their French Vanilla muffins, but all they had were blueberry, which I can't stand. Wegman's had eggs, so I bought myself a dozen of those, and picked up some canned vegetables for casseroles that I'll need when my sister-in-law, along with my niece and her family come for Easter dinner...that is unless we end up cancelling. I'm holding off buying a ham because I don't want to buy one, and then find out they aren't coming. I don't have room in my freezer to store it. I'm just hoping when I do need to get one, that there will be some available.