I went into a panic a couple weeks ago when nothing I needed was in stock at either of the nearest grocery stores a few towns over. I ended up ordering for curbside pick up and requesting every size of every brand of every variety just to get anything. I ended up with too much sugar and flour products but at least I have something and that will last.
Opened the self rising flour first since it has a shorter shelf life than AP.
LC has gone out the window since I’ve nixed any fresh produce that can’t be cooked, peeled or washed well. Can’t get much fresh produce at the store anyway. Squash is practically nonexistant. Got some tiny little old limp wrinkled calabacitas (zuke related) that should have been tossed in the dumpster rather than sold. That was all they had and they were limited to 4. One chayote squash was rotten, too. Not happy with the order at all. Looks like they have zukes today (no calabcitas) but a limit of 2 and a limit of 4 for crookneck. But they said those were in stock when I ordered them two weeks ago but they were cancelled. Who brings home just 2? No other squashes available.
It took a massive order from two stores just to get a small percent of what I wanted. Most of what I got was from playing the get every size and be thankful no matter what it was. Like I got Bisquick, which I absolutely hate but better than no flour product whatsoever. Or settling for spaghetti noodles rather than elbow for mac n cheese.
Can’t get any fresh meat package larger than 1 lb. and the price is ridiculous. Of course, limited to 4 packages, period. No disinfectants whatsoever since Feb. or first of March. No cat treats (guess it all came from China no matter what the package said). Only flavor of canned cat food is chicken. And that’s the better grocers a few towns away. I haven’t even tried our normally Venezuelan style empty shelf store.
I got rid of a wok decades ago. It took up too much cabinet space when a skillet works just as well.
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I’ve had really good luck with their produce. The oranges especially have been amazing! And the carrots have been crisp, sweet, and as thick as my arm! They’ve also had meat more reliably than in the stores, although make sure you read the description carefully because they also sell meat-substitutes, and the names they give them can fool you.
Their potatoes and cucumber tend to get bruised in transit, so I stopped ordering those. But for the most part we’ve been really happy with what they send.