Where are there empty shelves? That’s my question.
It’s spotty. I went to Trader Joe’s yesterday in a CA suburb. Some items were gone, especially many cheeses. Other items were there as normal. Meat was there but twice the price as pre-pandemic.
TJ’s imports many foods and also has mom-and-pop suppliers.
Publix has 2 per customer limits on some items..
There have been empty shelves all year... Sometimes stuff is in stock, sometimes not. The three cheese rosa pasta sauce I like has been out of stock since the middle of last year. The stores are getting better at filling in the empty space that used to be occupied by a familiar brand with whatever similar stuff they do have, or failing that with just anything they randomly pick from the back room.
Publix is rationing. Walmart limits certain items too.
Our Food Lion appears to be well stocked if you look from the end of the isles.
Walk the isles and you notice empty spots. One product will be missing for over a week and then something else is gone.
re: “Where are there empty shelves?”
Kroger has been down to only one brand of raisins for months on end now ...
Lot of vacant space here and there on the shelves in my neck of the woods (NC)
I’m in central Florida, lots of empty shelves. The grocery stores are limiting how much you can buy. For instance you are limited to two of everything Thanksgiving and paper products.
Just left the local Publix for a few things. No rolls of sausage, bacon limited. Half and half gone. Saw more empty shelves than I’ve ever seen.
Local shelves seem to be well stocked — Walmart Superstore and Grocery store, Aldi’s, Harps.
Of course, all someone has to do is yell ‘snow.....flake!’ and the shelves will empty by sundown.
I ONLY use regular Kleenex...NOT any kind with ‘lotion’ in them.
IF I grab the wrong kind to clean my glasses, I might as well put STP on those lenses Cannot get it off....NOT even with DAWN.
I have NOT been able to find regular Kleenex since June-—July—Aug—Sept—Oct—Just got my Soc Sec TODAY & went shopping...NO regular Kleenex.
So THERE is a shortage , IMO.
Some shelves are empty...some products have gone up quite a bit.
Campbell’s soup Chicken Noodle. Was about 67 cents. NOW 98 cents. Other soups, the same.
Wanted “sheet Protectors in Wal-Mart-—Have bought them there for YEARS.....NONE...NO pkge of 25 or pkge of 100. EMPTY box on shelf.
Hershey’s choc syrup... Spotty all year long. Sometimes only smaller jug-—sometimes ZERO.
The egg shelves today at Wal-Mart were literally EMPTY......
I used to work at OLSON EGG Company-—the largest egg company west of the Mississippi.....
I KNOW chickens do NOT just stop laying....where are the eggs???
Milk cooler was only about 1/2 full—at 10 AM. NO EGG NOG—which should be there at this time of year.....
Ham halves were in the cooler-—but NONE was marked BUTT or SHANK. I have been doing my own shopping since I was 18 & am now 82. NEVER have seen a packaged ham that was NOT marked as BUTT or Shank.
Cans of Rustoleum spray paint-—Only a very few cans in all 3 Wal-Mart stores I have been in for over 3 months. Found a can at Lowe’s today.
Biden doesn’t a the foggiest clue about groceries...IT is purchased & prepared for him & he NEVER has to drive there-—do the shopping—wait in cashier line-—load car -—drive home-— and unload & put away a damn thing.
He lives in LA LA Land inside his own head.
He shouldn’t even be making any remarks.
I don’t know how to captain a cruise ship...but I Do know how to grocery shop-—on Social Security only
I ONLY use regular Kleenex...NOT any kind with ‘lotion’ in them.
IF I grab the wrong kind to clean my glasses, I might as well put STP on those lenses Cannot get it off....NOT even with DAWN.
I have NOT been able to find regular Kleenex since June-—July—Aug—Sept—Oct—Just got my Soc Sec TODAY & went shopping...NO regular Kleenex.
So THERE is a shortage , IMO.
Some shelves are empty...some products have gone up quite a bit.
Campbell’s soup Chicken Noodle. Was about 67 cents. NOW 98 cents. Other soups, the same.
Wanted “sheet Protectors in Wal-Mart-—Have bought them there for YEARS.....NONE...NO pkge of 25 or pkge of 100. EMPTY box on shelf.
Hershey’s choc syrup... Spotty all year long. Sometimes only smaller jug-—sometimes ZERO.
The egg shelves today at Wal-Mart were literally EMPTY......
I used to work at OLSON EGG Company-—the largest egg company west of the Mississippi.....
I KNOW chickens do NOT just stop laying....where are the eggs???
Milk cooler was only about 1/2 full—at 10 AM. NO EGG NOG—which should be there at this time of year.....
Ham halves were in the cooler-—but NONE was marked BUTT or SHANK. I have been doing my own shopping since I was 18 & am now 82. NEVER have seen a packaged ham that was NOT marked as BUTT or Shank.
Cans of Rustoleum spray paint-—Only a very few cans in all 3 Wal-Mart stores I have been in for over 3 months. Found a can at Lowe’s today.
Biden doesn’t a the foggiest clue about groceries...IT is purchased & prepared for him & he NEVER has to drive there-—do the shopping—wait in cashier line-—load car -—drive home-— and unload & put away a damn thing.
He lives in LA LA Land inside his own head.
He shouldn’t even be making any remarks.
I don’t know how to captain a cruise ship...but I Do know how to grocery shop-—on Social Security only
PS. The Rubbermaid storage/freezer containers are NON-existent at one Wal-Mart. I make chili, soup, etc in larger batches in crockpot & freeze individual portions. I HAVE NEVER seen those items missing in Wal-Mart. Space on shelf was at least 8 feet wide-—EMPTY.
Dollar Tree store had some...not not a big range of sizes.
Our local grocery shelves aren’t bare but there are many items not in stock.
Fewer choices makes it a quicker shop.
Kroger’s has had worker shortages, food shortages, sales items didn’t come in. But Sunday the 1 I use had 2 cases of Turkey’s. But many items missing on the shelves. These shortages have been going on 2 + months now. And our county is mask less, except the workers, company policy across the shopping, eating places.
I ended up buying a Wal-Mart lesser Butterball Turkey. No pop up timer, no gravy, had only neck & gizzard.