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Now that Covid19 panic is dropping off, Washington has Food Shortage Panic warming up in the Bullpen. They will use the shortage of dog food to demand control over US Food Production.
DON'T BE A SUCKER!
I don’t know where you are but in Atlanta metro many items are scarce. Publix has these little signs everywhere warming of limited supplies, Krogers have empty cases or shelves. It’s hit and miss. In some cases it’s a problem of Covid at warehouses and others it’s lack of drivers or no staff to stock due to Covid outbreaks in stores.
I have thought long and hard on this. In my experience I can go into any store and find something that is out of stock. But is it a real shortage or is that particular store in need of restocking?
Last Friday 1/7/22 I was in a very large WalMart that was almost devoid of any fresh meats, just a little bit of Ham, Hamburger and pork. Our local Aldi was lower than usual on these things but did have some on the shelves.
One thing that I have found to be scarce (but not absent) is canned vegetable soups. This has been going on for a few months at the stores I shop. The pickings are slim but there are some pickings.
As far as canned cat food is concerned we try to keep at least a months supply on hand. So far so good.
Having said all this I think it a very good idea to have 2 or 3 months supply of food in the bunker. Knowing what to buy, at what rate and how to store it is a trick in itself. I’m planning on a Pasta Chicken in a cream Basil sauce dinner tomorrow. I have plenty of pasta on hand but the recipe specifies Bow Tie pasta. I’m going to stop at a grocery store on the way home today to pick up 2 boxes, one for Tuesday, another for the bunker. If they don’t have Bow Tie no biggie I will use what I have on my shelf. So my advice is the prudent will buy two when they need one, put the extra in the bunker but do this over many months not all in one week. But for sure have some put away.
Another thing is every time you go shopping buy a package of TP and paper towels. Do this every time over many months you will have a reserve. The last lockdown the first thing to disappear was TP, it stand to reason if we have another lockdown, TP will be the first thing to disappear.
One really good result of all this disruption covid related is it has me and my better half preparing our own means every day and our cooking has become of a higher standard than in the past.
I do not consider myself a prepper but still, I think we have become addicted to buying only enough food to last the week and that’s all. We expect to find what we want when we want it. The lesson I got from the last lockdown is don’t live that close to the edge, it is an unnecessary stress. Along with that I have finally, after owning a portable electric generator for three years, installed a lockout device and power inlet so I can power my well and boiler as well as a few lights and keep my refrig and freeze running. I also have a gasoline storage facility and a system for keeping the fuel fresh. In addition I have a secondary heat source and plenty of fuel for that also.
In summary be prepared but don’t get crazy.
PLANT a garden! But today’s kids don’t know what a garden is.
An old man’s grand daughter asked what he was doing He told her he was going out to dig up potatoes.
She said...”Oh grandpa, you are so silly! you don’t get potatoes from the ground, you get them from the store!”
At least we’re not being required to stand in line for whatever is being offered for sale today!
Oh wait, I believe that is actually one of the radical democrats plans. No options no choices. Take what we allow you to have and be grateful.
And then, distribution.
Welcome to New Venezuela!
And You Didn’t Vote for it.(!)
Its none of those for me. Items I have had a lot of trouble finding or still haven’t found:
1. my favorite drink - calypso light lemonade in any of 4 different flavors. Its sales were booming for a year and a half or so and then suddenly you can’t find it on grocery shelves anywhere. For about 5 or 6 months now
2. Hint lemon flavored water. I could find every other flavor continuously. It was only the one I wanted that suddenly disappeared. I finally found it at Publix. All the other grocery stores still don’t have it.
3. My favorite beer Hoegaarden. It disappeared everywhere for a few months. Then I found a few at Trader Joe’s then a little more at fresh market and now it has finally reappeared at the big liquor store near me. Its still gone from several grocery stores that normally carry it.
4. My favorite onion rings....yes there is a difference between brands. One of my friends saw some on a shopping trip to a store I don’t visit and texted me. I had her pick me up several bags.
Not grocery but.....
5. Ammo of course. I’m almost out of .380. I’m way low on .32. I’m almost back to minimal reasonable quantity of 9mm luger and .223. I’m very low on .308 though. .45 and .22 are also starting to get lower than in my ammo stash than I’d like. I have learned my lesson. I thought 10,000 rounds was sufficient after the Obama shortages. Now I see the error of my ways. When the supply situation gets back to normal I will not let my inventory get below 25,000 rounds minimum. This is just unacceptable.
Cat food: I’m not a cat, I’m not a cow. Seriously, y’all, stop it!
Cream cheese: Yuck!
Pasta shells: What’s wrong with spaghetti?
Cinnamon rolls: Haven’t had one of those for years. At least they’re made with real cinnamon.
Cold remedies: I get mine directly from India. No problem.
People are not just frustrated.
They are OUTRAGED!
OUTRAGED!!!
Here is a strange one. Maybe it was just the way it was told.
Went to Rib Crib for a burger. No onion rings because of a recall three weeks ago. Why is that cause for no onion rings now and when will they ever get any in the future.
Oh the huge Manatee!
Just remember that the movie “Soylent Green” was projected for year 2022!
Diet Dr Pepper and Costco canned Dog food for us.
Some shortages in my grocery store, but the big shock is the price increases. Beef and chicken prices are through the roof. A beef roast I could have bought a year ago for less than $3 per pound is now nearly $7. Bacon is now $7 per pound. However, I see smaller price increases on just about everything from potatoes to peanut butter. The supply chain BS is part of the problem, but the real culprit is inflation. Biden’s profligate trillion dollar spending packages have hugely devalued the dollar. We are rapidly seeing a repeat of the stagflation of Jimmy Carter.
The shower spray is the Tilex brand, and you spray it all over the shower floor and walls after taking a shower to keep it clean. For about a year they were unavailable as the companies that make them had put all their efforts into producing stronger disinfectants with bleach. Eventually, some other brands like Ka-Boom started showing up and finally a couple of months ago the Tilex is back on the shelves.
The Diet Cherry Coke shortage was due to aluminum can shortages, and companies like Coke stopped making some of their flavors to concentrate on their core flavors. I do not know if the Diet Cherry is back yet because during the shortage, I discovered I am "too white" for Coke products so it is a moot point now when or if they start making it again as I will never buy it.
I am in this industry. If the government actually enforced the antitrust laws we would not have nearly the shortages. The conglomerates are reducing their expenses and not really concerned about a lot of the shortages. They are taking the communist approach of-this is what I am making and you can have this much. Yes, there are some shortages, but the smaller vendors have adapted much better that the big guys.
And just try to find a phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range on the shelf.
Gone last shop Walmart:
Spring water
Orange juice (prices up also)
Last GV no lactose milk
Canned selections dog food