Stopped into Kroger's again today for odds and ends and paper isle was half stocked. So, not so bad -yet.
Tried going shopping
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Went to Lund's & Byerly's Today:
Found mostly everything to be in stock. Pretty much all departments were fairly well stocked. In some isolated cases selection of brands/varieties was limited but very few if any items were not available. Tom the Meat and Seafood Manager told me that Turkeys will be an issue this year as most want the 10-12# birds and those are in short supply and most of what he gets will be the bigger ones. He is confident that he will have enough turkeys that everyone who wants one can get one though.
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Found mostly everything to be in stock. Pretty much all departments were fairly well stocked. In some isolated cases selection of brands/varieties was limited but very few if any items were not available. Tom the Meat and Seafood Manager told me that Turkeys will be an issue this year as most want the 10-12# birds and those are in short supply and most of what he gets will be the bigger ones. He is confident that he will have enough turkeys that everyone who wants one can get one though.
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Meijer had
Butterball turkeys yesterday, so I'm happy! I've done Honeysuckle white, fresh natural, Amish (supposedly), brined them in cider, whole allspice, oranges, cloves, cinnamon sticks, ginger, and two years ago tried a B.b for the first time. I used a roasting bag. It was delicious.
Butterball turkeys yesterday, so I'm happy! I've done Honeysuckle white, fresh natural, Amish (supposedly), brined them in cider, whole allspice, oranges, cloves, cinnamon sticks, ginger, and two years ago tried a B.b for the first time. I used a roasting bag. It was delicious.
Shortages are starting in Chicago area....
Stopped in at a Meijer in suburban Chicago (Boringbrook) Saturday. Cleaning products aisle bombing out - very little in stock. Paper products similar (however, fair amount of napkins available). Also frozen chicken products limited to 2 per customer. Their produce and meat was well stocked (or certainly, in produce, as well as Meijer ever is - there are far better local options for produce in Chicago area) and some dairy was out of stock. This was mid-afternoon Saturday, so I don't know if they stocked more later - lots of employee's out on the floor stocking and checking stock.
Stopped in at a Meijer in suburban Chicago (Boringbrook) Saturday. Cleaning products aisle bombing out - very little in stock. Paper products similar (however, fair amount of napkins available). Also frozen chicken products limited to 2 per customer. Their produce and meat was well stocked (or certainly, in produce, as well as Meijer ever is - there are far better local options for produce in Chicago area) and some dairy was out of stock. This was mid-afternoon Saturday, so I don't know if they stocked more later - lots of employee's out on the floor stocking and checking stock.
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Davey!!!!!
HaHaha!! Is taht Bollingbrook? Not a nice area? The Loop, and Clark/Halstead aren't that far away for some exitement.
I like Chicagoland! I usually am able to find something nice about most locales though. Even Cleveland. Brook Park, Shaker Hts, Wiloughby for example. Even the flats. Toledo has Ottawa Hills.
HaHaha!! Is taht Bollingbrook? Not a nice area? The Loop, and Clark/Halstead aren't that far away for some exitement.
I like Chicagoland! I usually am able to find something nice about most locales though. Even Cleveland. Brook Park, Shaker Hts, Wiloughby for example. Even the flats. Toledo has Ottawa Hills.
Sam's
I was at Sam’s on Saturday. I was there when they opened. They were bringing out pallets of toilet paper and one pallet of Clorox wipes. I was able to get 1 pack of wipes as there was a limit of 1. We are good on toilet paper at the moment.
What surprised me is as I rounded the corner where they were bringing out the pallets of TP, people were trying to grab them off the pallet before the guy even had then unwrapped. He was practically screaming at people to wait for him to unwrap them.
We went back a couple of hours later for something I forgot and literally every roll of TP was gone. All brands. The shelves were bare. No TP, Wipes, Paper Towels, Nothing. They were stocked when I was there a few hours earlier.
I was at Sam’s on Saturday. I was there when they opened. They were bringing out pallets of toilet paper and one pallet of Clorox wipes. I was able to get 1 pack of wipes as there was a limit of 1. We are good on toilet paper at the moment.
What surprised me is as I rounded the corner where they were bringing out the pallets of TP, people were trying to grab them off the pallet before the guy even had then unwrapped. He was practically screaming at people to wait for him to unwrap them.
We went back a couple of hours later for something I forgot and literally every roll of TP was gone. All brands. The shelves were bare. No TP, Wipes, Paper Towels, Nothing. They were stocked when I was there a few hours earlier.
March was very weird
Yeah very weird in March. As I am in the UK my experience was very similar to a lot of what IEJ said.
Of course hand washes and hand sanitisers, and yes toilet roll was a very big one and as he says that pasta was almost impossible to get.
And exactly the same with flour, it was really strange. The entire country decided that they were going to take up home breadmaking - I think possibly driven by fear of not being able to get prepacked bread in the supermarket; So much so that two of the main chains here actually started manually bagging up flour from their instore bakeries to sell.
The very last Friday before lockdown in March (we went down on a Monday) I was in a Asda (Walmart) for around two hours doing some shopping, it was very busy - height of the panic buying (we knew almost definitely lockdown was coming and we didn't know what it was going to look like), and for the first time in my life I watched a supermarket literally empty of its stock, it was quite well stocked when I walked in the door about two hours earlier, but then minute by minute it was emptied.
As is customary for me when shopping, I went onto the laundry aisle and for the first time ever, I found completely empty shelves. Was a really strange feeling.
It did right itself quite quickly, but in Feb and March we did have around 4/6 weeks of odd looking stores right from convenience type places through to supercentres . But the supermarkets for the first time ever were allowed to share information on stock and pricing and could even share staff between the chains, the fair competition/collusion rules were relaxed and you could really feel that supermarkets had gone from empires of money making to just purely concentrating on getting the nation fed (I think some chains have feeding the nation as a slogan at the moment).
Yeah very weird in March. As I am in the UK my experience was very similar to a lot of what IEJ said.
Of course hand washes and hand sanitisers, and yes toilet roll was a very big one and as he says that pasta was almost impossible to get.
And exactly the same with flour, it was really strange. The entire country decided that they were going to take up home breadmaking - I think possibly driven by fear of not being able to get prepacked bread in the supermarket; So much so that two of the main chains here actually started manually bagging up flour from their instore bakeries to sell.
The very last Friday before lockdown in March (we went down on a Monday) I was in a Asda (Walmart) for around two hours doing some shopping, it was very busy - height of the panic buying (we knew almost definitely lockdown was coming and we didn't know what it was going to look like), and for the first time in my life I watched a supermarket literally empty of its stock, it was quite well stocked when I walked in the door about two hours earlier, but then minute by minute it was emptied.
As is customary for me when shopping, I went onto the laundry aisle and for the first time ever, I found completely empty shelves. Was a really strange feeling.
It did right itself quite quickly, but in Feb and March we did have around 4/6 weeks of odd looking stores right from convenience type places through to supercentres . But the supermarkets for the first time ever were allowed to share information on stock and pricing and could even share staff between the chains, the fair competition/collusion rules were relaxed and you could really feel that supermarkets had gone from empires of money making to just purely concentrating on getting the nation fed (I think some chains have feeding the nation as a slogan at the moment).
I wonder why you all of a sudden can't get packaged bread crumbs that come in a can...
I used to see them go by me, then I now get asked if w carry them at my store and where we keep them, however, I just thought of a pretty good substitution:
Just buy STUFFING (we're promoting it for the Thanksgiving turkey) and crush it...
-- Dave
I used to see them go by me, then I now get asked if w carry them at my store and where we keep them, however, I just thought of a pretty good substitution:
Just buy STUFFING (we're promoting it for the Thanksgiving turkey) and crush it...
-- Dave
BJ's and Costco have run out of toilet paper. This hasn't happened since back in the darkest days here in April. And our infection rate is 2.7%. Disinfectant wipes are gone too. I can't believe this shit is happening again. You'd think by now manufactures and distributors would had figured this out already.
Possible trucking strike
Target had no paper towels when I was there last night. But they had paper bowls again, which had been out of stock for many months. I then stopped at GFS, where they had plenty of towels and other paper products.
I think the shortage this time is related to talk of a possible trucker strike in the next couple weeks.
Target had no paper towels when I was there last night. But they had paper bowls again, which had been out of stock for many months. I then stopped at GFS, where they had plenty of towels and other paper products.
I think the shortage this time is related to talk of a possible trucker strike in the next couple weeks.
Chinese Trucker Virus War Coming
Yeah, get ready for more insanity in the coming months. It would actually be reasonable to start stocking up this time, as oppose to the idiotic panic buying of the past Spring. Strangely enough, SPAM is not in short supply, though it's the perfect thing to stick in your cargo pocket. I agree with Eddie about Target. They still have everything from TP to Clorox wipes in stock today, unlike some other chains, and the "old timers" hour is a blessing for those in that age. I don't think any other major chain is doing that. Good time to get as much as you can of bottled water, TP, ammo, MREs, medications, disinfecting supplies, coffee, oh and frozen donuts because, you know, the Great Donut Shortage coming next.
Yeah, get ready for more insanity in the coming months. It would actually be reasonable to start stocking up this time, as oppose to the idiotic panic buying of the past Spring. Strangely enough, SPAM is not in short supply, though it's the perfect thing to stick in your cargo pocket. I agree with Eddie about Target. They still have everything from TP to Clorox wipes in stock today, unlike some other chains, and the "old timers" hour is a blessing for those in that age. I don't think any other major chain is doing that. Good time to get as much as you can of bottled water, TP, ammo, MREs, medications, disinfecting supplies, coffee, oh and frozen donuts because, you know, the Great Donut Shortage coming next.
Yes, it's Bolingbrook
Ha, yes, that's what it's called (many burbs have snarky names) - Bolingbrook and the burbs right there are uppity but cracker box cookie cutter.
I actually live in a 606 zip code (I'm a 773 and former 312 - we used to call suburnites 708's when they originally split 312 into 312 & 708, but there are too many area codes in the metro area plus the overlays to do that now). My corona bubble and I go hiking/exploring and do our, plus for my mom, grocery shopping in the suburbs every Saturday, so we're really learning a lot about the region.
One of my friends who works in Market Research/Consulting, so she has good info, said this morning that Wal-Mart (or however they spell it now, I just saw an interesting thread by a worker there and someone posted the logo history there) is warning about toilet paper shortages.
Ha, yes, that's what it's called (many burbs have snarky names) - Bolingbrook and the burbs right there are uppity but cracker box cookie cutter.
I actually live in a 606 zip code (I'm a 773 and former 312 - we used to call suburnites 708's when they originally split 312 into 312 & 708, but there are too many area codes in the metro area plus the overlays to do that now). My corona bubble and I go hiking/exploring and do our, plus for my mom, grocery shopping in the suburbs every Saturday, so we're really learning a lot about the region.
One of my friends who works in Market Research/Consulting, so she has good info, said this morning that Wal-Mart (or however they spell it now, I just saw an interesting thread by a worker there and someone posted the logo history there) is warning about toilet paper shortages.
Local Hy-Vee: For the first time since March, my beloved Lysol Pro Kitchen Cleaner was on the shelf yesterday!! Almost couldn’t believe my eyes.
However, still no sliced green olives (well over a month) nor cans of chili without beans (also well over a month).
And what’s the issue with chili powder? Several recipes I make regularly use a lot of chili powder, so I buy the big 20-oz. size from Sam’s Club. They were out when I last visited the Sam’s in Mankato, MN, back in early March, and they’ve been consistently out-of-stock online. Independent sellers are charging outrageous prices for a 20-oz. (or similar) size on Amazon.
However, still no sliced green olives (well over a month) nor cans of chili without beans (also well over a month).
And what’s the issue with chili powder? Several recipes I make regularly use a lot of chili powder, so I buy the big 20-oz. size from Sam’s Club. They were out when I last visited the Sam’s in Mankato, MN, back in early March, and they’ve been consistently out-of-stock online. Independent sellers are charging outrageous prices for a 20-oz. (or similar) size on Amazon.
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Chili powder
We have Ocean State Job Lot here and they carry all the "Spice Supreme" spices for $1. The chili powder is 4.37oz. Seems to me I've seen it at Dollar tree in a similar size or maybe slightly smaller. I'm guessing the shipping cost would make it unreasonable?
Chuck
We have Ocean State Job Lot here and they carry all the "Spice Supreme" spices for $1. The chili powder is 4.37oz. Seems to me I've seen it at Dollar tree in a similar size or maybe slightly smaller. I'm guessing the shipping cost would make it unreasonable?
Chuck
Eugene, I got a 16 oz bottle of Fiesta (a brand) of Chili Powder online from Walmart yesterday for $5.95. I like very much the Fiesta brand.
Thanks for the tips, guys. I'm sure there are small containers (1-3 ozs.) of it on the shelf at HyVee; I just normally don't bother with them.
I wound up ordering a pricey 16-oz. size of Watkins organic chili powder from Amazon. Let's just say the price was the same as the net weight of the container, lol.
Is--or was--Watkins kind of an Amway sort of business? Seems like I recall a neighbor who sold Watkins products when I was a kid.
I'll definitely check out the Fiesta brand at Walmart next time.
I wound up ordering a pricey 16-oz. size of Watkins organic chili powder from Amazon. Let's just say the price was the same as the net weight of the container, lol.
Is--or was--Watkins kind of an Amway sort of business? Seems like I recall a neighbor who sold Watkins products when I was a kid.
I'll definitely check out the Fiesta brand at Walmart next time.
Bob- I found this 16-oz. container of Fiesta chili powder online at Walmart, but it's over $28! I didn't see anything indicating it was a 2-pack or something like that. There is also a Fiesta dark chili powder for around $32.
The least expensive way I found to get 16 oz. of chili powder was to buy five or six 3-oz. jars of the Walmart brand, which are $.95 each online.
The least expensive way I found to get 16 oz. of chili powder was to buy five or six 3-oz. jars of the Walmart brand, which are $.95 each online.
Oh good grief. That was not what I paid. The amount I stated above was what I paid for one 16 oz container.
Bob- As far as I can tell, $28.70 is the price for one 16-oz. container. Nothing indicates that you get several containers of it for the price indicated. In those those instances, it usually says something like "pack of 2" or "case of 4".
I certainly believe that you paid $5.95 for your 16-oz. container; I'm just trying to figure out the reason for the huge price discrepancy.
I should order it and see if it arrives with multiple 16-oz. containers. If it's only one container for $28.70, I suppose I can just return it.
The 20-oz. Member's Mark brand from Sam's Club costs $7.98.
I certainly believe that you paid $5.95 for your 16-oz. container; I'm just trying to figure out the reason for the huge price discrepancy.
I should order it and see if it arrives with multiple 16-oz. containers. If it's only one container for $28.70, I suppose I can just return it.
The 20-oz. Member's Mark brand from Sam's Club costs $7.98.
Eugene, I'm sorry this is creating confusion. I cannot believe there'd be such a price difference between different regions of the country for Walmart. PM your zip code to me. I want to change my store location to that zip code and see if the price is different.
