(h/t No9 Coal) This is specifically the #1 precursor, for all the reasons previously mentioned.
Do not be alarmed; be prudent.
What are you seeing in your area?
Feel free to note in the comments section what is happening in your area. Hopefully, most of us are much better positioned than the average person who has not been following this as closely over the past several months.
Initial food instability signs in the supply chain. Things to look for:
(1) A shortage of processed potatoes (frozen specifically).
1.a And/Or a shortage of the ancillary products that are derivatives of, or normally include, potatoes.
(2) A larger than usual footprint of turkey/ham in the supermarket (last lines of protein).
(3) A noticeable increase in the price of citrus products.
(4) A sparse distribution of foodstuffs that rely on flavorings (sports drinks).
(5) The absence of non-seasonal products.
(6) Little to no price difference on the organic comparable (diff supply chain)
(7) Unusual country of origin for fresh product type.
(8) Absence of large container products
(9) Shortage of any ordinary but specific grain derivative item (ex. wheat crackers)
(10) Big brand shortage.
(11) Shortage of wet pet foods
(12) Shortage of complex blended products with multiple ingredients (soups etc)
(13) A consistent shortage of milk products and/or ancillaries.
These notes above are all precursors that show significant stress in the supply chain. Once these issues are consistently visible, we will likely continue toward food instability very quickly, sector by sector, category by category.
The reason I list the shortage of potatoes as the #1 precursor is because every food outlet sells a potato in some form. Every supermarket and every single restaurant (fancy, sit down or fast food) sells some form of potato. Potatoes are demanded by every single food outlet; therefore, a shortage of potatoes is the first noticeable issue.
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I shop at sporting goods stores, hardware stores and auto parts stores. My wife does the grocery shopping. In my shopping, the only shortages I’m running into is reloading supplies, hunting ammunition and canning lids. Backpacking meals seem to go fast but are also restocked fast.
I am going to go grocery shopping with my wife this weekend, there’s some supplies I want for our pantry that she normally wouldn’t buy and I want to see what meats are on sale, I have some empty canning jars that need refilling.
Key West, FL here. Wet cat food has been hit or miss. The cereal isle isn’t empty but the boxes are pulled forward to give the illusion of full shelves. Sometimes the cereal boxes are only two deep. Paper goods isle was empty the other day. Zero paper towels. Only 4ea 4packs of generic toilet paper left. Dairy and eggs are available but shelves aren’t full. Zero Gatorade available in 32oz and up containers. Only available in 16oz. Laundry detergent shelves half empty. Stuff like that. Not much completely out? But I could see this easily becoming worse. I’m probably going to be stopping by the grocery store everyday on my way home and buying things that weren’t available during my weekly trip.
So, it appears that there is an increasing shortage of toxic processed foods. Things are looking up. How’s the fresh food looking?
Wrong. There’s an increasing shortage of choice.
Lots of fresh food in Southern Illinois.
Not in Northern Illinois.
Lol! Thinking the very same.
In Central VA, large grocery store completely out of ground beef and only a few steaks in the beef section. Costco meat fully stocked.
Many local Fast Food restaurants are open reduced hours – but I think that’s a staffing issue.
Also, a snow storm is approaching on Sunday so many people are stocking up for the possibility of power outages and bad road conditions.
The organic / natural and vegetarian food movement got started large scale in the late 1960s in Southern California. It had been there for many years but very locally. Escondido had a very old German nudist population who practiced vegetarian diet and of clean, natural foods. Yogananda and SRF in Santa Monica and Encinitas had long since established enclaves of natural and vegetarian diet. Hollywood stars and models had long used vegetarian diets for the camera’s effect with bodies.
But large scale, organic / natural and vegetarian diet and commerce started in earnest in the late 60s and was a going concern, albeit still locally, and largely along the CA coastline and NYC, by the late 70s. By the 80s, it was significant practice and commerce along the entire west coast and expanding elsewhere in the country.
The reason was, we realized how much processing chemical and chemical change went into the regular food supply, which was more and more processed since the early 50s. The nutrition was beaten out and an army of crud was beaten in to the food supply.
When the feds got to licensing organic products — for reasons good and bad — in the late 80s or 90s — I forget which — organic / natural and vegetarian diet went “mainstream.” But then, the old processors started beating nutrition out and crud back in to “foods” again, this time calling it “organic,” and getting premium prices. In other words, food became a racket again and the chemicals — Lord knows what — went right back into the food system.
That phenomenon sparked the vegan movement, which is sugar psychosis with a fancy bow.
The point is to consume food that is not or is minimally processed, mildly cooked (because heat harms or ruins nutrition), and not flesh, which comes with its own host of chemical pathogens even if consumed directly after slaughter.
Given that, when I look at this list of scarce and potentially scarce products, what strikes me is how many things on it are harmful to begin with, whether plentiful or scarce. Even back BEFORE the organic / natural and vegetarian movement went to scale the nation did not have the obesity conditions we have now, even with all the additives and mauling food got. It’s not just food of course now, but the crud and volume Americans consume as if it is food — including volumes of all the “organic” and especially “vegan” crud — remains appalling.
Would that Americans paid as much attention to the quality of their food intake as they do to politics, other games and restless travel. They would be eating morsels rather than meals and be much fitter and happier for it. For example, taking a meal at a restaurant, even a natural and vegetarian restaurant, is an embarrassment just for the amount of material that arrives on the plate. My wife and I swore off restaurants years ago for that reason as well as the questionable ingredient list.
We don’t need an artificial squeeze of the food supply to close stores for lack of merchandise. An American proper diet would do that even in conditions of abundance.
I don’t disagree with most of this but I do disagree with the neat aspect.
Grass fed/finished is some of the cleanest you can find, same with butter.
UCLA did a study on the Nutritional content of Spinach. Today it takes 43 bowls of Spinach to equal the nutrional content of just 1 bowl from back in the 50’s.
Watch the movie “FAT FICTION” on youtube and see why we were so much healthier back in the 60’s-70’s before they made everything “FAT Free” when they took out the fat they had to fill that space with something and they did which is why so many people got fat from eating fat free foods.
I also agree with the no meat diet.
I believe as I have posted before in setting what my Mom called a “farm table” for what ever reason she called it that.
She was French and her English was a bit limited for a long while so this is what she called her simple home cooked meals made with meat, fruit, vegetables, and grains for the most part.
Simple food cooked from what so many call “scratch” .
We did not eat in between meals except for a piece of home made bread with real butter and jam and did not snack at all.
No chips, no ice cream or cookies or cakes or things like that at all in the house unless it was a holiday or some ones birthday and then a cake only.
The “convenience” of so many processed frozen quick products that are fed to us have taken quite a toll on our health.
Many say it is because so many women work outside the home and I do sympathize.
Do not know how many will solve this problem but they need to think on it.
My mother was a ranch wife that did not work outside the home but helped my Dad on the place, kept a big garden, fed the hired men and did so much more.
Do not know how and what is going to happen but some how the care and feeding of the future generation will need to be looked at much more carefully.
I am ever grateful to my sons and their wives for the care they give to my grand children in this area, they are good at the simple food they feed their children.
Agree for the most part. The subject of meat is usually personal and without actual data. Yes, grass fed is the way to go. One can’t always avoid processed foods. As you stated the key is “minimal processing”.
The “food pyramid” is probably the worst nutritious disaster inflicted on Americans.
Grass fed and finished is the best. I never knew about the “finished” part.
Vegetarian fed mean grains not grass.
Take the food pyramid and flip it upside down. That’s how we should be eating.
You can plenty if data and info over on ershredders.com.
Free to join.
The Integrative Nutrotionist there posted a great bit of info this morning, it’s easier to kill you with carbs not so much so with great protein.
And Yes you are correct, meat is personal choice.
I’ve done vegetarian, vegan, raw and now this. No way woukd I ever change back. I just feel too damned good.
Cleanse the liver and the blood, fortify the body with quality foods not fillers.
The husband and wife who are part of the board were plant based prior to going in this direction.
Do Pink Hinalayan Salt in your water. Butter in your coffee with PHS, incredible energy. The 1st time I did a butter shot it felt like the left side of my brain was getting a massage.
I had no idea my body could feel this good. And I don’t support big box stores with very much. Trader Joe’s for butter, KerryGold, small steaks, sugar free bacon, no nitrites or nitrates. Many folks get their meat from online shops, or they buy from the local farmer and get very fresh and they also know the farmers usually so there’s that.
Helps support local farming.
If you do try the butter start small, it will tend to run through at first. I know do up to 4-6 oz.
Using fat for energy.
Electrolyte replacement we use is plant based and no sugar. The group is in the middle of an 11 Day Shred right now, I’ll be doing one in Feb and then every month thru the year.
I just want to see just how much I can change and clean out the system. The blood the liver and how strong I can build it.
We use a meal replacement protein shake that when incubated yields a 90% absorption rate. We were already the highest at 15% but when incubated it increases because if the 5 proteases in it.
Eat til satisfied, like I said, no calorie counting which I Love.
Take a look at what all spend on groceries now and what all you bought.
Look at percentage of meats, breads, fruits veggies, sodas, energy drinks, Electrolyte drinks etc…
For those of us doing this we cut the majority of what’s on that list. We can add things back in slowly once we get down to where we feel we’re ready. This way we find out which foods work with our body and which ones do not.
I drank tea for years then found out it irritates my stomach so, that’s no out.
I did 2 shreds and lost 3-4 inches on my waist alone.
I like keeping more money for myself and giving less of it to those whose policies I disagree with.
Hmmm, have to look in to finished… have not encountered that ’til your post. I don’t count calories either. I have done extensive research but have not come across ershredders. I will definitely check it out. Thanks.
Great group of folks. I think when we eat like this we get satisfied more easily and actually tend not to over eat.
Can always reach out to me if you can’t find them but should be pretty easy.
Ker mail dot com
If you’re on fb then definately join in there as well. Lots of great info posted every day.
You are what you eat. Apply that to Camel Toe.
In Oceanside, CA. Produce is plentiful but have noticed a small price increase.Huge mark up on condiments , packaged food stuff. We have a year round growing season and are fortunate to be surrounded by organic growers. Don’t eat fast food and rarely go to restaurants. Meat prices don’t faze me…my family are vegetarians.
HEB Grocery Deer Park, Texas. Zero frozen potato products. 340 location chain that dominates Texas.
Sugar Land HEB – Wednesday morning
Zero frozen potato products, zero frozen bread products, near zero frozen breakfast products.
All frozen products limited supply.
Reduced fresh beef, increased space allocated for poultry & to lesser extent pork.
Reduced space for major brands while increased space for store or lesser-known brands.
Shelves give appearance of being stocked but most products only few quantities deep.
Paper products very sparce.
Pet food reduced availability.
Hub and i just left a spartan store it was packed with all food , boneless, skinless chicken breasts were 1.99 lb . I stocked up a bit. Shelves were full but the biden prices were unbelievably high. Havent seen empty but for paper or cleaning products.
Im in eastpointe, mi. Just north of detroit. 9 mile and gratiot.
God Bless All.
I’m in SE Mich as well. I noticed an improvement in the last two days in frozen potatoes, shredded especially, which had been missing last week. I’m searching everywhere for chicken bullion powder so that I can make homemade Rice A Roni and Cream of Anything Soup recipes that were helpfully posted on TCH last week. I bought a breadmaker, new in box, with instruction booklet, at a church rummage sale. $20. I’m not seeing bread shortages but, boy oh boy, the prices are skyrocketing.
I use recipes from King Arthur Flour website.
Virtually no beef at the grocery store…in northern Wyoming, if you can believe it.
At Walmart in rural Central NC. Frozen potato section is cleaned out except for tatertots
I can’t understand why people eat frozen potatoes…how difficult is it to cook a potato?
No distilled water in Kroger VA Beach last week. Toilet paper looked sketchy too. Can’t find La Choy soy sauce (don’t like Kikoman). Lean Cuisines and Stouffers seem sparse (I use the former in dieting). Got dog food today. The store I use was well stocked. A pet specalty store.
I never can find distilled water around my area either. My wife is always needing a couple more gallons of it because the iron she uses for her sewing projects is a serious distilled water guzzler! But what does it take to supply distilled water to the grocery stores? Maybe the customers think they need to drink distilled water to avoid the terrible COVID19 plague. Just a guess.
Drinking distilled water is bad as it strips nutrients out of the body. Small amounts for a detox program are okay but shouldn’t be consumed on a regular basis.
May be the plastic bottles in short supply, not a delivery issue. My son works in a company that distributes frozen organic vegetables and packaging has been an issue.
Probably using distilled water for nasal lavage. I got some today and it was next to last gallon. Recent articles find distilled water mixed with hydrogen peroxide or iodine help kill the virus. Find articles for precise directions but I would imagine that’s where the distilled water is going.
I found La Choy practically disappear at the beginning of this mess and then couldn’t even order it online for about 6 months. I was able to get a shipment last week though. Wife needs it because it’s Gluten Free compared to Kikoman (we don’t like the Kikoman GF version either).
Plenty of bottled water in NW Indiana both distilled and drinking water. I use distilled water in my Keurig k-cup coffee machine and it has lasted for years. Before switching to distilled water, the coffee machine only lasted a few weeks before clogging up.
Gone through too many coffee makers since moving to Indy a few years ago. Stated buying and using the cleaner but I think I’d rather just use distilled instead. Thanks!
Election Fraud put Joe Biden in the White House.
The policy of Democrat politicians will cripple the Supply Chain.
Grocery stores are well stocked in the Winchester and Stephens City area.
Look for local Farmers Market for fresh meat and vegetables.
Inflation will destroy the buying power of the Middle & Lower Class.
Only frozen breakfast bowls tend to be low sometimes in the Winchester area. Also not much eggnog around the Christmas season. Otherwise things are normal.
HT in Old Town Alexandria was light on dairy. cashiers and now it’s BYObag. Over in the Delray neighborhood (Berkley east) ALDI looked fully stocked. Wonder if it’s because the area is packed with lawyers, bureaucrats and retired lawyers and bureaucrats?
SoCal near LA. Odd ball things missing around here and usually back the next time I shop. Tomato products at Costco diced, sauce, paste usually one or more missing at any given time. So far been able to fill in at Winco (a west coast chain). Egg noodles out of stock one time back next week. Meat available but very expensive. Beef stew meat (Costco again) $3.65 a few months ago now $6.50. Was out of stock for a few weeks. Natures Fig Bars, I buy the large box at Costco totally out this past two weeks. A Grand Daughter and I are totally addicted to them! Top Rahman noodles Chicken out of stock at Winco. Other flavors sparse. Another Grand Daughter’s go to. No over abundance of turkey but lots of ham! Eggs up 30%.
On top of all this a Grand Son who only eats pizza, cheese or cheese flavored food. Maybe a hotdog if hard pressed!
Freezers in two refrigerators and a small freezer stuffed and maintained that way since the start of this madness in 2020. We bought the freezer back in ’20. We couldn’t go for months like the old days back on the farm but we could get by for a few days or weeks of shortages. Appetites’ might have to adjust but worse things could happen!
Lokiscout,
I’m in LA too. Agree about the various types of canned tomatoes.
Never been to a Winco. 99 Ranch has the Biden price jabs but stock was okay. TJs has some shortages in pasta and cereals but produce and dairy looked full yesterday. Costco paper products were running low.
We mostly shop produce, meat, dairy. Not much process food. We make are own bread and pasta. We have a garden with lots of veggies and some fruit.
Do they shut off power as often as they do here in NorCal?
Green Bay, WI – Costco and Woodman’s well-stocked, as was the enormous Maplewood Meats. Oddly, last week Popeye’s had no chicken sandwiches available in the early evening.
I WORK at Walmart in a northern state. Very part time, but I have a good idea of what is happening in my store/ area. We are okay stocked in our store so far…..Will keep this site posted on my area.
My husband and I have been preparing for a very long time (years) – we are in our upper 60s. My ‘hobby'(after working in my husband’s service biz fulltime and 20 hrs wm) is reading history & practicing w/my new toy. No need to repeat what we already know. Our citizens have lived a safe and easy life for many decades, consequently we are in the deep you-know-what trouble we are now facing.
I have faith when I read all the comments here and other patriot sites.
Thank you Sundance – you are SO loved and appreciated.
My Grandmother taught us that if you have even powdered whole milk, water, eggs, salt, flour and butter you can survive. She and her brother raised chickens, hogs and turkeys and had a vegitable garden. We canned so. We also hunted, sained for shrimp and fished. Never went hungry. And we were as poor as Jobs turkey, but we survived and eat good. I read through the comments and am surprized how many are buying frozen foods. Fresh foods are life. Get back to basics. Co-op.
Don’t forget the sugar/honey and vanilla! You need a treat once in awhile!
Very true and all the other spices that give the flavor to cooking!
Your Grandmother was a wise woman and taught you well Paca.
If you have those items you can not only survive but eat well and enjoy life!
We have always lived and eaten very simply cooking and eating with simple ingrediants and like you I am amazed at how many need so many processed products and will scour their neighborhoods and all of the stores in the area for them.
But each to their own, that is Life.
I am ever so grateful for the way I was raised and taught by my parents and grandparents.
Basic, simple living was not easy and often ridiculed but now here we are and doing pretty well.
Land and house and all autos paid off and the house is stuffed with canned, dried foodstuff and frozen meat and meds and cleaning supplies.
Nothing ever works out as planned so we do not know what the future will bring but we have tried and will hope for the best.
We have enjoyed our life and love our farms and ranch ground and working as we do and now we hope to keep on going.
The safe and easy life is what the citizens think is their birthright.
No frozen potates or biscuts in kroger/frys verde valley arizona
Out here in Dallas TX, I’ve noticed that chicken and beef sell out easily, but there’s still turkey left.
Party size bags of Dipping size Fritos are very scarce everywhere around here for the last 3 months. How is the entire chips isle well stocked except for the damn Fritos. Isn’t Frito-Lay in Dallas, Texas? I live only 500 miles from Dallas so what in the hell is the deal with Fritos? Suddenly they can’t get a couple of trucks out to Colorado from Dallas? I am betting Fritos are actually coming from China. Anyone got the answer to where in the hell are all the Fritos?
Possibly the non PC “frito bandito” has stolen them. Remember the TV jingle?
Tweekers and pot heads. Same with the ramen noodles and french fries being wiped out.
None of them cook, and are in tune to the street vibe.
I haven’t seen Fritos corn chips anywhere for months, and I live near DFW.
Whole chip, pretzel aisle at Walmart in Fairfax, VA has been wiped out last week or so. Pretty bare aside from Chex mix…
Frito Lay’s HQ is in Plano. There is a FL plant about 20 miles southwest of Houston near Rosenberg, TX
I felt the odd need to buy a freezer last week. We live on the eastern shore, food is plentiful and abundant. I’m not sure how it will be when the Bethesda and DC leeches return for the summer…..I digress, went into LOCAL appliance store to buy my freezer. I sat down with salesperson we exchanged pleasantries and kibbitzed. I picked a freezer and inquired if there was a floor model, sure but is broken but you can see it. I looked at broken freezer and thought “perfect”. Went back and said “I’ll take that freezer”
Mind you less than 3 minutes passed, the 1 working freezer was gone, sold. I asked… what’s on floor I can buy right now? She pointed and I bought sight unseen. LOL. I just got back from Fresh Market, I went for sport we are back in a mask mandate and I went maskless….. it was a hoot, strip steaks for 7.49$ a piece. I bought 40, wrapped 2 at a time. Picture….the glares from the masked as I kibbitzed with the butcher as he wrapped. It was a glorious day as I put my steaks in the new freezer.
Have a generator, just in case?
And fuel for the generator.
Amazon!
Skowhegan Maine here all good , strong foods , even meals on wheels are rolling, low on veal shank so Osso Buco may be problematic, white fish salad is low , smoked salmon is strong , lots of meaty bones, smoked neck bones, chops lamb pork and steak all strong , hamburger , pork burger, lamb burger strong, encore 2 Pound family size low , all nuts ,from pecan to cashews, good sock eye salmon not farm raised, good , cutlets good ,matzo, falafel, Gefilte fish,Tabbouleh, Saul good , no problems here yet other the the veal shank,
Went shopping for vegetables in Logan Utah to day. Was able to get what I wanted (lettuce, broccoli, potatoes). Beef franks were much more expensive than your chicken and pork franks. Store looked stocked. Just bought what I needed.
“Just bought what I needed.”
As Sundance pointed out with so much detail, there ARE deeply troubling, even frightening issues with the supply chain. I suspect panic buying is going to hasten the process.
Milwaukee suburban area. Good fresh produce selection albeit at higher prices at locally owned supermarket. We don’t eat much meat, so no report there. We’re very fortunate in the pet food area so far. The wet cat food, that our fussy older cats actually like, in good supply, has been restocked on the shelves since we were at the store last week, and is on sale. The sale price is $0.05/can higher than the regular price last year.
Harris Teeter grocery store canceled its fri EVic today( extra member specials) for 1st time ever
Noooo..no EVic???
East Central NC here. We were in Harris Teeter Thursday, in Wilson. It was almost comical, as we made our way thru the store, I kept pointing out missing items, many brands we normally buy were gone from the shelves. When we got to the frozen foods isle, and saw the frozen French fry section, I started laughing. They had hidden all the missing fries with some off brand that I’ve never bought. They were the only ones left. I instantly thought of Conservative Treehouse. Ended up buying things not on my list that I wanted to pad the pantry with. OJ was sparse, the frozen meats area was very sparse.
Just back from a sortie to our local market, a small-chain operation in southeastern Ohio. Sundance pretty much nails it, except that we have plenty of fresh meat and milk. Local chain, local sources. Processed stuff from far away is getting scarce. No Nabisco crackers at all. Very little in the way of frozen potatoes, but lots of whole potatoes in bags. Ditto onions. Frozen entrees still plentiful but for how long? This chain isn’t notable for its’ fresh produce, but looked like the displays were full. Frozen veg getting thin. I wanted brussels sprouts – weren’t any. Didn’t look at the canned soup aisle – I make my own to avoid the MSG.
Kellogg’s Raisin Bran cereals were all gone at Walmart, Winn Dixie and Publix. Paper products were available, whereas some stores had no hot dogs but others did aka hit or miss. No problems with produce, meat or dairy products. Lysol spray was hard to find. Have noticed that prices were up significantly especially meats. Keurig coffee had empty shelves at Walmart but other stores had most brands available. Snacks were sporadic, with pretzels being hard to find but others not. Candy shelves were stocked.
Not looking great in the Nashville suburbs. Checked Kroger and Publix. The Kroger parking lot was so busy I circled half a dozen times and left.
Publix had emptied a couple of aisles completely and consolidated the remnants to other aisles to make the store look less empty. Every product category had gaps. Overall, some brands were plentiful, others missing completely. The frozen section may have been the worst…if there was anything it was in a quantity of one or two. Many empty spaces.
Went for eggs….there were plenty of all varieties, so there’s that.
Just returned from Krogers in NE Texas. The parts of the store I shopped today looked fairly good, better than I had expected.
Pizza seems to have taken over much more than the usual amount of space in the frozen foods section. Frozen and fresh potatoes are available. Was able to purchase one of two available 1/2 gallons of Maple Hill Farm milk. Other brands were more plentiful. The bread aisle was pretty full, including Dave’s Killer Bread selections, some of which were on special. The meat market appeared to be in better shape than on prior trips. It is Friday afternoon, always an especially busy time at this store.
I had not planned to go inside today since I have a big, red, swollen allergic rash on my left cheek. Didn’t want to be seen and didn’t want to scare anyone. However, the pharmacy drive thru window was closed again for the 3rd time. When I asked at the indoor pharmacy counter, the pharmacy tech told me that it was because they were short staffed. My Rx came with a “We’re hiring” notice printed onto the back of the information for the patient sheet.
When I neared the egg section, there were two employees scanning sku tags as quickly as possible. One appeared to be in management. One said to the other something along the line of, “If we could ever finish scanning, we could spend more time stocking.” I’m not sure they were really counting. It was an odd time to be taking inventory.
There were not many frozen potato’s at all at Wally World. Later at Winn Dixie I noticed they had quite a bit. Fresh potato’s on hand still at both stores.
Sorry. That is north of Baton Rouge, LA.
Northern Wyoming update: I just returned from the grocery store (Ridley’s) and potatoes are available for $.98 for a 5 pound bag. I bought one, but found a couple of them rotten when I got home. But for that price, it’s still a bargain. I’ve washed them and they’re drying. I don’t eat that many potatoes, but after reading this a backed potato with dinner sure sounds good!
This thread got me chuckling.
Every year we go through the Super Bowl ads, coupons etc for at least 3 weeks leading up to that Sunday.
What are the idiots going to advertise as super bowl food?
Got to feel sorry for the pet shelters.
I made a $500 Walmart pickup order this week. Only $335 of it was available. Mostly paper goods, dry pantry goods, some produce, and meats. I got all the produce and meats. Didn’t get everything in the other categories.
Central NC. Pet food, frozen potatoes are getting thin. Store looked pretty well stocked yesterday, but we have a winter storm on the way and I’m sure there is the usual bread/milk rush. I just hope we can recover from it. Some grocery stores are emptier than others.
My local NC Harris Teeter grocery store looked pretty good today. We’re getting ready for a winter ice storm here so usually a lot of items are sold out. BUT, honeycrisp apples were up to $4.49 a pound. These are huge apples . There’s no way I was buying them.
I keep wondering if Globalists Elites plan to lock in Communism while they still have a chance to do so? Gateway Pundit is reporting on shut downs of ports in China.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/01/brace-mother-supply-chain-shocks-coming-china-shuts-major-ports-due-pandemic/
Shelves in meats were cleared out at Wegmans in Northern Virginia but Harris Teeter was well-stocked.
90% of our food shopping is at local markets. Here in the Philippines many if not most shop in open markets or farmer retailers. Fruit of all kinds fish, pork,chicken and some beef. Veggies including acorn squash, cabbages, okra, string beens….ect. after typhoon Oddette thing got thin but now are on the mend. We have noticed the ports contaners stacked 5 high or about 5-6 stories for 3 or 4 kilometers. Think they are quaretineing them for croakvid.
Manillia is declaring level 3 (out of 5) quaretine on all provinces. A few mayors are not going along. People are getting fed up with the crap.
Damned glad I live in Idaho. Plenty of potatoes.
😂😂🤣🤣🤣 thanks, I needed the laugh!
HEB and Walmart Grocery in Port Isabel Tx are doing ok. Gas is under $2.90 a gal. No pain here………YET!
Gas. The cheap grade is $4.69 in LA area.
A shortage of commonsense around these parts.
At Whole Foods in West Hartford CT, the aisles were full of Soi Bois and OberGruppenKärenMaskenFührers.
Thin in paper and other household. Produce and meat were well-stocked.
Oh snap! It’s the “Winter of Dearth.”
Bien dit!
Rapid City SD
Sams club
Definitely prepared for a run on water and ass wipe.
But no processed sliced beef roast, hasn’t been for the last month.
No cream, first time I have seen that.
Dried beans and rice holding out. Although pinto beans have just recently come back into stock.
I am well prepared so is my family.
I have twelve cats. They eat mostly dry, but get a 1/4 can each once a day to check urinary issues. I got through 90 cans a month. Fortunately, I’m in retail, so when they come off the truck…well, you know the rest of the story. I’m not a hoarder or even selfish. I don’t think 1/4 per cat is a lot!
Southern Illinois here. We shop at Aldi because they don’t use the produce for backroom indoor sports….i have seen intermittent and resolved paper shortages. We don’t have pets at this time. All shelves are full except chicken is scarce and expensive, but it’s been like that for 6 weeks…plenty of everything else so far, but noticed lots more shoppers in there……
I was in an Ingles Grocery Store western NC. Huge snowstorm predicted for Sunday. Parking lot was pretty full. I was pleasantly surprised at the amount of produce, looking very fresh, which they must to have just gotten in. The beef counter was well supplied and I found some reasonably priced Harvest Farm no hormone/antibiotic meat for making stew. I also found another product that has been vacant from my Ingles for 3 weeks; single serve Boars Head humus. The shelves were normally empty for around here per SD dating this back 2 years, we have never recovered…but things looked pretty good.
Then I went to Harris Teeters. They had sent out an email (posted on open prez thread by me and another person) that said they would be not having any weekend specials this weekend because of supply chain stuff aggravated by last very minor snow storm. The parking lot was packed…I had to drive around a few times to get a spot. I would say the produce shelves there were ok, but many more empty spots, but then again it was packed with shoppers. Fridays are usually busy but this was bad…the rest of the store was the usual empty shelf per 2 years of backup but I was able to find everything I needed.
I concluded that the suppliers have pulled through for us this weekend and snow storm and that should keep the hysterical morons peaceful…they were all still wearing their masks with a few exceptions…I saw one person with two masks on..when will these people regain their sanity!!
New Holland, PA here. Just went shopping. Hardly any cat food of any kind at either the grocery store or Tractor Supply. Nor was there kitty litter, which was what I really needed. Now my local grocery store is an independently owned grocery store. Not only are the owners Mennonite (highly network to local food producers and produce auctioneers), but the son in law has a Guernsey herd in which the father has a bottling and ice cream processing in the store for milk . So their milk supply has always been there. Meat has never been an issue due to being produced locally, except for boneless ham roasts today. Then again this is a major ham for Christmas area. Apparently the high prices for oysters from the Eastern Shore was a buzz kill. Great sale today! The stores already made food was out of my price range as of today. Pity their baked lima beans are delicious.
Now for the non perishables. If you bake from scratch, all was good. However the store’s own baked goods are shrinking in size and availability. Condiments were there but not in big supply. Cereal the same. Kellogg’s crackers were missing. Since PA is home to many pretzel makers, all was well there thankfully. They did have frozen potatoes in relatively good supply, but there is still local processors here. The over the counter drug department was the hardest hit besides energy drinks. Gatorade has been in short supply since last year
Finally here is an interesting tidbit. Carnes grocery stores (Harrisburg- Lebanon area) has been seeking local farmers for awhile to raise beef for them. The store will own the cattle.
So blessed to be in rural small town (<2000 people) flyover land! Went to the grocery store this afternoon as there is a large snowstorm coming in tonight. It was very busy for our small community. Everything was fully stocked except I could not find Reames frozen noodles. Oh well. I’ll just have to make them from scratch instead.
Same here with us in rural fly over area.
Went shopping today and store was stocked well with everything except tomato soup.
We bought 8 cans and left 2 for the rest of the shoppers.
The store had everything we needed and wanted but we always shop simple and buy few frozen processed items.
Had plenty of paper products, dried beans and rice and pasta and other canned items as well as nice frozen juice.
So far so good.
NW Indiana, here. I was shocked. I was expecting to find empty shelves but the whole store was exceedingly well-stocked! Much better than usual. Plenty of fresh meats, canned goods, toilet paper, frozen foods, eggs, milk, butter, bread, crackers, bottled water. I bought a big bag of fresh potatoes–didn’t look at frozen ones. The produce section was overflowing…everything was piled high and looking fresh. Shoppers were stocking up. The clerks were all happy and working extra fast to deal with the crowds. I complimented the deli clerk on her helpfulness and efficiency when she sliced meats and cheeses for me. She was the only one working and she was flying! There were long lines to check out but, again, the clerks were speedy and happy.
Chester County, Pennsylvania here. We are right next to Lancaster County and the Amish so they have markets in the area and so far it’s stocked with chicken, beef, eggs and any fresh type of food you need. The three larger grocery stores in the area Acme, Wegmans and Giant have no frozen potatoes, Gatorade is low but they are still pretty stocked with everything else. This is an affluent area with a lot of elite liberals so it could be they are keeping it more stocked than the poorer areas closer to Philadelphia
Some frozen potatoes at ShopRite in West Chester this week, and they had Russet on sale for $1.49 for 5 pounds, limit 10 pounds. This is a smaller family owned chain.
There are farm markets and stores in Lancaster County were I can get 50 pounds for around $15-17.
Obviously it pays to know how to cook.
Interestingly, I’ve seen some talk about our area may actually have peaked with Omicron. I’ve also seen an increase in mask wearing.
Many people I know started getting it mid December and about 1/4 of the people I know have said they had it. Most tested or someone in their family tested.
The actual numbers from the health department are lower finally after climbing for weeks.