Quite remarkably this ABC report on empty shelves is not far away from outlining the truth. They are still obfuscating some of the predictable reasons, and they completely ignore the vaccination mandate aspect that is going to worsen the issue, but they are nibbling the edges, nonetheless.
The backward-looking comparative statistics they cite, “15% shortage for food and beverages” overall, are nonsense. The severity of unavailable products is much higher than that. You will note from your own store visits the most unavailable products are the manufactured food and heavily processed products.
The raw material shortage inside the retail manufacturing supply chain path, combined with the increased demand on those manufactured sectors, is the direct cause of the manufactured food shortage. {Go Deep} [Example: a high demand for citric acid means complex foods that use citrus flavorings (ie. sports drinks) are in short supply. Chase that backward, and you see shortages in citrus & higher citrus costs, etc.]
Each seemingly small issue creates another small issue, which creates another small issue, which ultimately pokes holes in the supply. Poke enough holes in enough small categories from manufactured condiments to manufactured drinks, to manufactured cereals, pasta, grains, soups, pet foods, and the complex food processing system overall begins to show the larger problem. It’s a system collapse by a thousand paper cuts.
Some well intentioned people will claim the shortage of processed and manufactured food is a good thing, and people should eat more fresh foods and be healthier.
Let me be very frank about this. Without full-service fresh prepared food delivery operating normally (restaurants, hotels, cafeterias, lunchrooms, food trucks, venues etc) there isn’t enough fresh food in the U.S. retail distribution system (grocery chains) to feed 350 million people.
We simply need processed and manufactured foods.
Additionally, many of those manufactured foodstuffs (spices, sauces, etc) are additives to what people call “fresh food” preparation. If you want salt, pepper, olive oil, butter, tomato paste, pasta, flour, etc., you need processed and manufactured food.
As we go into this phase, the ABC report was correct on where these issues will be less noticeable, less fragile. The smaller grocery outlets with closer connections to the field. The closer the grocer is to the farmer, the less fragile they are in this shortage phase. “Grocers” (traditionally defined) will do better than “supermarkets”.
Also think about it like this. Does your grocery store have an in-store bakery? If so, their ability to make bread means they are less susceptible to running out of bread. If processed industrial bakeries experience issues, your in-store bakery may not. You will pay much more, but the product will exist. The key is having knowledge of where the product exists.
On a supermarket basis, the total operational excellence comes into play now. Top shelf field-to-fork operations like Hannaford, HEB, Publix and Wegmans will fare much better than Kroger, Ahold, Giant Eagle, Albertsons, Shop Rite, Meijer, Safeway, Winn Dixie etc. You can see how the former group rely more on fresh product supply chain relationships, and the latter group are weighted heavily toward low-price highly manufactured.
What are you seeing around you?
Resource Material:
Aldi N FL
No paper plates, no aluminum foil, no frozen potato items except hash browns and not many of those. Not much butter, milk, or cream. Cream cheese rationed 2 per purchase. No dog food/treats. Sparse on mayo, nuts, bread. Meat was very so, so, and shredded cheese was sparse. Fruit juices none existent
Crackers. From Saltines on up. Found some at local Meijers,. threw a couple of every brand they still had in my cart.
Looking a lot like the old Soviet Union.
Chicken is thin at Hannafords in the hudson valley. Good times!
SW suburbs of Chicago. I buy my “staple” products at Meijer and my “specialty” products at Caputo’s or Mariano’s. Here it is exactly as Sundance says; Meijers has empty shelves and product pulled to the front with nothing behind it. Caputo’s and Mariano’s has spotty product unavailable, but at much, much higher prices.
Was just at Meijers. Even after reading about it, having been under the weather for week so stayed at home, I was shocked.
But it’s not Biden’s fault. I forget whose fault it is but it isn’t his. /sarc
Pick somebody. So far to my recollection, they’ve blamed longshoremen, truckers, the consumer, the unjabbed, and the grocery stores. And that’s just from what I can recall. I’m sure they’ve probably claimed others, anybody but themselves.
Noticed that today at my local Caputo’s. Produce prices heading way up. Butera’s might be a bit better, but I usually use them for meat not produce.
I’ve posted before from SE Wisconsin. We’ve not had any issues with shortages in our small town grocery store, but I’m not brand picky and shop sales. This past week was the first time I noticed significant price increases on EVERYTHING. Coffee, beef, and bacon have been noticeable for a while, but literally everything purchased was more, and I was shopping from the sale flyer.
Question for Treepers in the FL panhandle. We’re headed down to Eastpoint on vacation in a few weeks. It’s a bit off the tourist path. Should we expect any issues? Rented a house so we’ll be shopping locally to eat in. Hoping to get some oysters, not sure what’s going on after the bay shutdown in 2020.
Same here in northern WI. Haven’t noticed any low stock except vinegar. Prices way up, yes.
Vinegar? That’s another odd one. White vinegar? Great for cleaning. I use it instead of those stupid expensive dishwasher additives.
I’m in south central wisco….just north of madtown, our local festival foods has spotty missing items (some ethnic foods and other odd items like saltine crackers). Our Aldi has no or low wheat crackers of their own brand but is otherwise stocked well with shredded cheese, cream cheese, etc that others here are reporting as no or low stock. I don’t go to our Walmart for groceries but I was in there last week and noticed empty spots on shelves and few fully stocked shelves like normal. We are close to their big distribution center at Tomah so not sure if this store is faring better than others.
Forgot to add that everything is way up in price…cream cheese was always $1….now only on sale for $2 otherwise it’s 2.50 to $3……our local bakery went from $4 per loaf to $6….good bread but I’m making it at home now
I pulled out my second hand bread maker to make the dough and let it rise in there. I usually bake it in the oven though to get more of a loaf shape or to make rolls, cinnamon rolls, etc.
I read one shortage was a cream cheese shortage. Heading my and your way any day now.
Cream cheese is in short supply because largest manufacturer in the US was cyber hacked and shutdown for 2 weeks.
Make your own Cream Cheese!
How to Make Cream Cheese – Gemma’s Bold Baking Basics Ep 11 – YouTube
Have not seen you around here, welcome to the Treehouse, it’s a cozy place.
I use it on my hardwood floors with a drop of dish detergent. I’ve finally gotten rid of the Bona haze.
Lowe’s carries a Bruce floor cleaner way back in the flooring department. I won’t use anything else. Doesn’t leave it slippery, doesn’t leave a film.
What product did you use?
The guys who installed and finished my hardwoods told me to use white vinegar and water – period. I did for years. When the polyurethane coating on the kitchen floor started getting dull, a friend suggested WEIMANS Floor Polish. I used it once and my kitchen floor looked so good I used it on all my hardwoods. 15 years old and it made them look brand new! People thought I had them refinished.
I noticed the price of bacon going up astronomically several weeks ago. Suddenly I was seeing $9+ for a package of bacon. That’s obscene.
I get Kroger bacon, $5.49 a lb.
Two days ago – Kroger bacon was $6.99/lb – in Omaha.
Smokey Jo, we have a place in Carrabelle, just down the road from Eastpoint and we spend a lot of time down there and in all of Franklin County. We were just there less than two weeks ago and noticed prices on everything are rising sharply and stores also had a few less choices available on various items. However, overall supply of most everything is still good and seafood and oysters are available. While there, we shopped at the Piggly Wiggly in Apalachicola, the Big Top in Eastpoint and the IGA in Carrabelle. Hope this helps…..
You live where I long to be. Apalachicola / Eastpoint / SGI area is my favorite place in the world.
I think of it fondly quite often.
Ran through there 10 years ago. What a dump.
Piggly wiggly in port st Joe is probably the closest or the one in Appalachacola… I’m heading down in week myself.
things are getting interesting. I spent an additional $600 this week stoking our place in mid-TN, and will probably fill in any gaps this week.
I live close to East Point. You should be fine shopping for food locally. Some things are sparse but it has been pretty good around these parts. There are grocery stores in East Point (well. maybe one!), Apalchicola & Carrabelle. You will be able to find oysters at any fish house. They are getting them from Texas /Louisiana & they are good. There are also locally framed oysters.
Yep, it’s sucks there….you don’t want to go, really, go to Daytona, so much better…😉🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂
Tallahassee lassie here!
Noticing more and more cracks in the wall every week at our local Kroger store. That and the fact that there are more and more mask mandate defyers and homeschoolers walking around the store every week.
Tucson, AZ resident here.
Hit 3 grocery chains and Sam’s Club & Costco stores (which I just joined so as to have more avenues to stock up) this week and here’s what I noticed.
Grocery stores – well stocked for most part – cream cheese, orange juice, and ramen noodles out of stock or close to out.
Detergents, paper products, chips, and cake/brownie mix plentiful. Dairy holding up well, including coffee creamer
Frozen potatoes OK, but only more expensive brands available – house brands were . Good selection of bread and rolls. Nagged potatoes available. Prices definitely rising week-to-week. Senior discount day each month is much more busy due to inflation making shoppers more cost-conscious.
Sam’s Club – very little protein powder; no pancake syrup except genuine maple. Well stocked with rice, beans, flour and sugar, and both Bisquick and Sam’s Club house band pancake and waffle mix. Pasta still available. Frozen fish available but big price increase. Detergent, cleaning and paper supplies good.
Costco – proten powder available at normal price (foe now); Log Cavin syrup available at normal prices; pasta very short and limited to high-end only; rice plentiful; pancake ix plentiful and flour and sugar plentiful. Frozen food case looking full, including fish. Bagged potatoes available. Detergent, paper, and cleaning supplies good
I’ve seen for weeks treepers posting about cream cheese shortages, that one has me scratching my head. No issues here in WI. Also scored butter for 1.07 a lb and a 2 lb bag of shredded Mexican cheese for $5 (we eat a lot of tacos & enchiladas, I grew up in TX & NM).
On the other hand, I ordered two cases of enchilada sauce from NM and the shipping was outrageous. Was going to get dried beans from SW CO but they wanted $42 to ship 20 lbs of beans. I’ll pick them up when visiting my dad this summer. I’m a quilter, buy fabric from small online shops all over the country, the shipping prices are going through the roof.
FJB!
Webstaurant store Online is a good one for bulk, but better if buying with close friends as shipping is horrendous
Re the quilting. I’ve been looking for a bench/glider/ outdoor couch for my screen porch and don’t want new from China. I’ve been looking in some of the “antique malls” around town and noticed that one of the stalls specializes in fabric with much of it for quilting either be the yard or in fat quarters. I didn’t need it when I was in there but I’m planning to take a look next month if I have time for new projects before gardening starts in early March. You never know where you’ll find stuff. Quality was good and prices were similar to the quilting store in town.
Have you looked on Etsy for your glider?
Maybe get a set of plans and make it a construction project? Of course you need a shop, tools, etc. or maybe a friend with one you could barter some pies, apples, etc. just a thought.
I’m trying to reduce my fabric stash. Wish you could help me out! Probably don’t have anything much that would work for you – Checking to see if any Churches can use any and then it’s Good Will.
The food supply chain has collapsed. But, there is something that is really bothering more, something I’ve never experienced in this country in my lifetime. Healthcare is collapsing as well. The Supreme Court allowed for a healthcare worker mandate. I’ve been struggling for months to get a specialist appointment. I called no less than 6 doctor offices in several surrounding counties. I’ve called my primary doctor’s office 3x just to get a referral, that my insurance doesn’t require, but the doctors I’m trying to get in to see won’t see me without a referral, and then don’t return my calls. I pay big bucks for health insurance, but no healthcare.
I realize food is more important for most people. Healthcare would come in a good second.
The food thing is just a precursor, albeit a big one, to the entire system falling apart at the seams.
The dominoes are falling…
#FJB
See @Covid-1984 page on twitter , you can pull it up by simple search ( many think you need to be on twitter to read it , not so )
WEF talked about REPLACING docs with AI + robotics
Would those be the robots that just sent 24 Amazon employees to the hospital after it punctured a can of bear spray? No thanks.
I think you’re right about it collapsing. The remaining healthcare workers are exhausted and treated like garbage by their employers. They are leaving the field in droves. Nursing homes will go first in my opinion. Followed by specialists. Then ERs will be even more overrun then they are now (between vax injuries, overactive omicron response in vaxxed, and delayed medical care due to shortages). One of our two bitty hospitals closed permanently during 2020 due to no “elective” surgeries. Add in an aging population and we’re about to ram that iceberg full speed ahead.
Yeah, and many medications are on back order in pharmacy too.
Mine are being dole out in partial orders, many of which take several days or weeks to fill. Scary!
Yes – @ a Kroger’s RX last month, it took me 3 weeks to refill an old inexpensive antihypertensive medication I’ve taken for 30 years. Finally found some – the pharmacist suggested I switch to a different medication. What???
The poor healthcare is alarming. My young niece is sickly and catches everything and then ends up in the hospital. Her doctor will not see her if she has covid like symptoms (which is everything). She insists on telehealth and so she can’t listen to her lungs, check for ear infection or throat. This has been going on for the last two years. But my sister says most pediatricians are like this now. What the heck?!? Basically their choice is to take her to an urgent care or an ER. It’s ludicrous.
Our Urgent Care is employee owned, so that may be a better option in this environment.
Or – if you do go for an annual check-up (necessary to get refills on Rx drugs), you’re masked – the doctor’s masked. No one really touches you except if totally necessary. Why go? Then you can barely understand anyone because of the masks. Totally ridiculous and a huge risk to health of the patient.
That is scary! I’m sorry.
Saw a news blurb in SW Missouri about our 2 major hospitals are looking to hire college and even high school students to help with the shortage of workers
And when they show up, they’ll be put in PPE and given the jab…a lot of the labor shortages are either the forced masking or people refusing to go back to being called “nonessential”.
My friend is pulling in $150,000 as a CNA, almost double what she made 2 years ago.
Crazy times were are living in.
150k? Most in my area are lucky to get 40k~
As an RN, I could be a travel nurse – numerous job offerings – for $7,000 per week. ICU, CCU, ER, etc. Unbelievable – of course you must be vaccinated, but even includes housing allowance. The travelers are not very popular with the regular staff of course!!!
Just heard a great program on this topic. You are not the only one noticing and it is worse than most people know and I believe it is deliberate.
2nd half of video if you do not want listen to the entire thing.
https://rumble.com/vsjizc-covid-chaos-conspiracy-or-reality-part-1-twila-brase-and-marjorie-holsten.html
You are absolutely correct. My daughter just started her Occupational Therapy job at the hospital. It’s only been a week and calling it a 💩 show doesn’t begin to cut it. Many are holding their breath about how the hospital is going to handle the mandates . It’s very understaffed and the ones remaining there will not cave to the jab. The ones who did will not get the booster. Doctors on staff work at multiple locations. Nursing homes which are severely understaffed are sending patients to the hospital. Doctors releasing the elderly to go home don’t live on for much longer! This is another nursing home fiasco in the making. Nurses are getting $100 an hour! CNA’s are overworked and understaffed so the other professionals have to do the work. My daughter said she has yet to do any therapy sessions on anyone because she’s too busy personally cleaning them up and then the time runs up! Off to the next patient. If the patient is dependent, she won’t leave him/her until someone comes into the room.
It’s only been a week and my head is spinning. Everyone stay healthy and don’t get sick!
My pharmacy has even been shutting down because of lack of employees. Getting certain meds takes days.
Where do you live? I live near Charlotte, NC and have had no problems getting in to see docs. Most allow you to make an appointment online, and you can get in within a few days, unless it’s for a physical. Even specialists will get you in within a week or so. I am new to the area so these are all new patient visits. My insurance doesn’t require a referral so the docs don’t ask.
America’s Frontline Doctors is working on opening up clinics in a few months (I think what they’re doing right now is figuring out how insurance will work). Keep an eye out for them – I think they will be very popular!
Went to Meijers in Anderson, IN (About 30 mi NNE of Indy) yesterday. Not bad as far as stocking goes. Most noticeable was the section for Pillsbury and various other refrigerated brands of biscuits and rolls was nearly empty. Meat and vegetables, both fresh and frozen was reasonably well stocked. Some items in the frozen foods section were in short supply or gone.
What do I see around me. Snow and ice in NC. I’m hoping the clean out before the storm corrects.
Getting snow, more than was forecast, here in Southern Ohio. It’s been pretty mild so far, so we probably deserve it.
I’ll bet milk and bread are cleaned out.
Lol. Its a southern thing and so true.
Sundance, I was happy to see HEB included in the “top shelf field-to-fork operations.”
Let me begin by saying that we don’t own stock, because HEB is privately held, and we also do not work for them, sell to them, nor have any personal friends or relatives who do. We’re just loyal HEB shoppers!
Although our location does not have a separate Central Market (owned by HEB) which is upscale and has a lot of organic items, our local stores do carry quite a few Central Market choices.
There are also “HEB Plus!” superstores now, which I suspect may be giving the WM brand a little much-needed competition.
HEB has grown from 1 tiny store in a small Central Texas village to 340 stores across Texas and North East Mexico.
They have their own trucks and warehouses, and they take great pride in offering many products and produce from Texas farmers, ranchers, and manufacturers, as well as items from all over.
Because of this, I think we may be able to ride out the shortages a little better than some. However, in 2020, it was surprising just how far the big city urban dwellers would drive once they discovered that smaller town stores had available products, and they descended on us like locusts! Then, came the limits, because…well, locusts.
Despite that, HEB has courteous employees who know who we are, and we call them by name.
Because they give back to their communities (for example, sponsoring our town’s fireworks displays on July 4) and value their employees and shoppers, people refer to their local stores as, “My HEB.”
Altogether, they are a class operation, and we in Texas are lucky to have them!
Family members who have relocated to other states all say the same thing- they miss HEB and Whataburger!
Apparently its not only them driving to get your food, but a very high possibility your food deliveries will be diverted to cities!
When I pointed that out to a relative, he said, “That’s when the fighting starts!”
Like many others here, we’ve been concerned for whaT our cats and dog too. We have indoor cats, so we are slowly adding to are cat litter supply.
Just got an email when i tried to order prescription (urinary) dry food for cat that they will not be making it for the foreseeable future.
Called vet and bought all they had. If she outlives that supply the vet will have to come up with a new one.
Hadn’t thought about the cat litter but you are right – I’ll start stocking some just in case.
We buy most of our dry cat food and litter at Tractor Supply. An unsung gem for pet parents.
Here in CT. My big Stop n Shop is out of canned Cat food not
a can to be found on the shelves..the litter is scarce. and so is
the dog food brand I buy.. However I was able to order my
canned cat food from PETCO and it was in stock..
Our Juice box/bottled juice section has been empty since the
kids went back to school. At first I thought it was from that
with kids finally going back to in person school people were
buying lunch box items again.. but it never came back and
has pretty much been very
slim pickens since around Sept. I have notice that fruit cups
and applesauce cups are the same thing there was almost nothing
on the shelves.
There was plenty in the produce section.
The Pasta and sauce section was looking bare and
the vegetable/corn oil section in the store was pretty bare.
But my local IGA is pretty well stocked on most things.
W PA
I was at a Rite Aid near work to pick up a prescription. High income area. Shelves are 60% visibly empty and much of the product is “faced” with limited product behind it.
SE PA: Went shopping for my elderly mom first thing yesterday morning at our local Giant. I had a very short specific list. Out of regular oatmeal. Had 3 lemon juices left. Completely out of ramen noodles which I only noticed because there was a huge empty spot in the shelves. There was a sign at the deli counter warning about lunch meat supply chain issues.
I’m heading out to BJs tomorrow morning and will report back.
Several weeks ago at our Suffolk VA Kroger, there was NO lunch meat or yogurt. It has since been restocked but that was eye opening.
I stopped in Weis and things looked like a pretty typical Monday morning, i.e. before the stockers get in after a busy weekend. The meats and dairy were pretty picked over. Stock in many things was low, but I didn’t really see anything that might cause panic, especially given that it was Monday morning.
And then there was BJ’s. They had a decent amount of Perdue chicken in stock but were out of the no name brand. Again, given that it was Monday morning, there was nothing too alarming in the meat department. The dairy and frozen food shelves were pretty barren, more empty than normal for a Monday. But there was actually the best selection of canned soups BJ’s has had in a few months. The potato chips were low, but mostly it looked like the Frito-Lay guy hadn’t gotten there yet while the Herr’s guy had. Big holes in the bread section as well. The biggest (scariest) takeaway from BJ’s is that most of the non-aisle places – which normally would have some product displayed – were just empty. There were zero endcaps. Just empty space. I’m pretty sure I’d have noticed all that extra open space even if I weren’t looking for it.
Hubby’s a bagger at Market Basket here in Seabrook, NH.
He mentioned today that just about every customer is complaining about something that is out of stock. That, and the price increases!
We can’t get Milk-Bone biscuits (medium size) anywhere.
And everything that was 2/$4 is now $2.39-$2.50 each.
If you have Tractor Supply, they do their own brand which is very good of the milk bones
Also Tractor Supply has a grain free dry cat food, 4Health All Life Stages that is really high quality and my fur kids love it.
My Border Collie has lived for 17 years on 4Health kibble. Lamb and brown rice. It’s good stuff.
Try Petflow or Chewy for anything pet related. Once in a while they are out of stock but usually get stuff in within a few days.
I’m in Idaho. The only shortages I’ve noticed over the past couple of weeks is frozen breakfast sandwiches (sausage biscuits, etc.) Paper products, butter, cheese, meat, oj, dog food all okay.
Inflation! Holy Cow! And it is only beginning.
Lots of holes in the shelves. From fresh produce, frozen foods, to the bread isle, to the spaghetti isle, to the meat section. Just about every isle there is low product or no product. Low coffee frightens me! I run on coffee. I have been loading up.
It isn’t just one grocery store, I have noticed this in. Have seen it in Walmart, Target, GE, and others.
I run on coffee. I have been loading up.
Me, too. Two suggestions (which you probably already know about): Coffee freezes quite well. Recently used a package with an expiration date of 2019. Tasted just fine. Am also stocking unopened coffee packages in those air-tight containers. Not just air-right, but bug-proof and moisture-proof. Expensive containers but are pretty indestructible.
Any unbrewed coffee grounds that actually went stale are used to keep slugs out of my garden. Don’t put the grounds on the plants, but rather in a circle around the plant perimeters.
Thank you!
Context – Here is a picture of the monthly food ration in Poland in the 1980’s under communism , laid out on a table.
Can you last a month on this ? ( She looks happy … )
@MaximusFlavius2
@QuantumDom
West detroit suburbs, canned pet food shelves are stocked.
This is interesting, as the rest of the US has had shortages across the board.
NE Pennsylvania
While shopping in Giant this weekend I noticed one of Sundance’s warning signs – a larger than usual footprint of turkey in the supermarket (last line of protein).
The long freezer that normally holds chicken wings, nuggets, patties, etc. was almost completely empty except for a large amount of frozen turkeys taking up some prime real estate out of season.
Rural TN about two hours from Nashville or Knoxville:
Knox TV feature on grocery situation blames labor shortage on Omicron. Pictures of empty cooler where the french fries were.
Meanwhile, locally we once had several grocers; who were driven out of business by Food City & Food Lion; who in turn were driven out of town by the supercenter. We now have Wally, Save A Lot, and only two other grocery stores in the county – each in a small community, not the county seat. There are a few convenience stores, and four Dollar General Stores, at last count.
Limited selection compared to 1-2 years ago. Home canning supplies were first to go. Some empty shelves, with lame attempts to conceal that fact.
Most of the locals still garden, hunt, and fish. A country boy can survive.
The excuses one finds when searching ’empty grocery store shelves’ would be hilarious if it weren’t so serious.
With libs, NOTHING is ever their fault. NOTHING.
Things are heating-up. Those who are perceptive seen it coming long ago.
The most important thing and only thing is the overthrow of the USA government by the Communist/Fascist/Totalitarians Democrats by a fraudulent election. This was made possible by a bioweapon Covid-19.
Trump knew and knows in order to remedy the Fraudulent election and illegal government the People had to; “Hear it”, “See it” and Feel it”. We are now at the “Feel it”.
The “Bad Guys” have tried to keep the people distracted from the real deal, but have failed miserably; Afghanistan, Southern border, “Vaccine Mandate”. All has failed and is continue to fail miserably. Isn’t the most logical way to get rid of the treasons traitors is to decertify the 2020 Presidential fraudulent election?
Yes.
In the meantime, we must elect a Republican-controlled Congress with Veto-Proof Majorities that will TAKE the MONEY:
Defund agencies that have encroached on States’ Rights.
Defund Department of Education for propagating CRT (Communist Racist Teachers), etc.
Defund DOJ (Department of JESTERS) Civil Rights Division for permitting and propagating racist policies in Federal and State agencies.
Withhold funding from every Federal agency whose leaders have failed to uphold laws or exceeded their authority, until all of their leaders have been replaced.
Remove Tax Exempt status from all NGOs that have funded candidates for office or election activities (Drop Boxes, Secretaries of State, etc.).
EPIPHANY:
Our Constitution OMITTED a State-AG Check & Balance on the Federal Bureaucracy.
No way in HELL that any President can take them out if “he” wanted to, because they control the entire Federal Government and would wreck the country when threatened.
THEREFORE, the new Congress must
Authorize State Attorneys General to prosecute – under newly-enacted State Laws – Federal Bureaucrats who have exceeded their Constitutional Authority in their respective states … with the right to appeal such cases directly to the Supreme Court.
States then pass laws with FELONY and FORFEITURE of ASSETS punishments. Those new State Laws would include offenses for Withholding Federal Funds and Services from any State, and Unequal Application of Laws and Regulations among States and Citizens, to include Unequal Consequences.
Case in point: IRS investigation of and persecution of Republican Citizens and Tea-Party Not-for-Profits.
When you rip out Bureaucrats from their jobs, jail them at state level, and cancel their retirements, they’ll stymie their appointed bosses from destroying our country.
States MUST have Checks and Balances short of SECESSION and CIVIL WAR.
I have for some time now past 20 years considered Atlas Shrugged a Nobel Quality research paper on supply chain difficulties and disruptions and further consequences. >>>> copper supply is explored in depth. also grains, citrus, coal etc.
what say you?
Yep. The scene that comes to mind is Eddie sobbing on the railroad tracks, with the huge lights of the locomotive beaming into the darkness. The train has come to a complete standstill in the middle of nowhere.
Substitute “truck” for “train.” It appears that we’re there.
Who is John Galt?
Look at the prices
Checked Super1 and walmart on the iron range and near duluth Friday evening. Very slim on frozen potatoes, absolutely no chicken in the meat cases. Lots of empty spots in fresh veggies.
Went to my local grocer, got by strips at 5.95/lb. Burger at 3.50 and a trimmed pork butt at 1.20.
Some laugh at pork butt, yet it makes a damn tasty meal either grilled or in a stir fry.
Smoked 👍
Can someone explain the turkey being sold now? Wouldn’t stores have leftover turkey after the holidays in a normal year anyway? Did people buy less turkeys for the holidays this year? explain like I’m 5.
Sundance called turkey “the last line of protein.” Poultry (including turkey) is stored frozen up to a year in warehouses. Turkey, a less in demand meat, is still available in warehouses and so it is being brought out of storage and sold to mitigate the issue of stores being low on chicken, beef, and pork. Apparently, “fresh” turkey is sometimes just frozen turkey that’s been pre-thawed and sold as fresh.
Well said.
Pasta shelves empty, no salmon. Produce available (mexico) but high cost $3.00 for 2 small cucumbers.
Bentonville, AR, home of Walmart
We buy sports drinks every trip to the store. They’ve been limited in availability, sizes and flavors since before Thanksgiving. A store employee told me they were told a plastic shortage was to blame.
Its not covid that is doing it, the the government response that is causing supply chain problems.
Why is smaller better? Its because smaller businesses don’t have as harsh a draconian covid rules. They don’t force their truck drivers and workers to get covid vaccine
The biggest problem I have deciding whether to be concerned is that I read Sundance’s list of 13 things to watch for…and we just don’t eat a lot of that stuff!
1) A shortage of processed potatoes (frozen specifically). NOPE
(2) A larger than usual…turkey…nope, but chicken HAS been sparse.
(3) A noticeable increase in the price of citrus products. Don’t buy enough to notice.
(4) A sparse distribution of foodstuffs that rely on flavorings. NOPE
(5) The absence of non-seasonal products. NOPE
(6) Little to no price difference on the organic comparable (diff supply chain). Disparity seems less than before, but we don’t usually buy “organic”.
(7) Unusual country of origin for fresh product type. Never pay attention to it.
(8) Absence of large container products. NOPE
(9) Shortage of any ordinary but specific grain derivative item (ex. wheat crackers) NOPE
(10) Big brand shortage. NOPE
(11) Shortage of wet pet foods NOPE
(12) Shortage of complex blended products with multiple ingredients (soups etc) NOPE
(13) A consistent shortage of milk products and/or ancillaries. Here’s one, and yes, milk has been thinly stocked.
Hopefully, people have been stocking up. As selections thin, you can stretch the freezer a long ways if all you’re doing is replenishing supplies.
Also, waste not want not. We always make chicken broth with the carcass or wing tips.
A lot of the things going short are unhealthy to eat anyway. The more processed, the more salt and especially sugar.
I was showing my daughter last night that the “green smoothie” bottled drink she had, which looked healthy, had as much sugar in it as a can of 7-Up we had in the fridge. Sports drinks? LOADED with sugar.
You can get 15-20 cans of soup worth of broth from a chicken. We store it in ziplock bags and lay them flat in the freezer to maximize space. We often do chicken wings on Fridays, and the tips are great for adding more flavor to broths.
Jim Gaffigan made a true and hilarious observation about Covid in his Netflix special, “It took me awhile to figure out that “comorbidity” meant “fat”. We just can’t say you’re fat.” Yup.
And a lot of people are fat because they eat the processed foods.
Hysterical photo of choo choo joe with the sign overhead Supply Chain Task Force… HE CREATED THE FREAKING MESS.. AND HE’S TRYING TO ACT LIKE HE’LL SOLVE IT… WOW… freaky sicko narcist
Starving a population must have a reason and an endgame, and forced injections are both the cudgel and the excuse to ensure it. But, starving a population of this size to death would take too long for a psychopathic Elite class that is clearly in a hurry.
Remember; they had originally planned our demise starting in 2025. Therefore, they must be timing an event to coincide with what their feedback will show to be the lowest food reserves. Cyberpolygon or EMP, or a combo thereof would be the most efficient and timely.
But I wonder if perhaps the Elites are not being played by the CCP. The megalomaniacal CCP seeks total dominion – period. So why would they agree to divvy the spoils, which would have to be the carrot/stick the Elites would offer for their “cooperation”? They wouldn’t. They’d make their neutered Chinaphilic / Rusophobic U.S. slaves eliminate themselves in a hopeless war with Russia, thus removing the only counterbalance to the CCP’s ambitions.
And they’d do it before planting season.
“….before planting season.”
As in right now ?
Depending on zone of course, some Southern states may begin planting now for early crops. But on average the “breadbasket” will early plant broccoli, cabbage and peas in mid-March with the bulk in mid-April.
Just spitballing to discern their possible next move. I assume they are totally evil, so, what would a totally evil people conceive?
Adapt 2030 Pod Cast with Pinball Preparedness https://adapt2030.libsyn.com/miac-319-general-population-wakes-to-the-reality-of-shortages
Walmart outside of Houston Texas.
The only thing I noticed was the lack of pasta products. Almost nothing.
Fresh fruit was readily available. Price was ok as well. Example is bananas $0.48 a pound. Pears I didn’t check the price on but were readily available. Pet food seemed well stocked. As noted other than pasta everything else seemed pretty normal.
WAKEE-WAKEE… Seriously, you media weenies must have had your heads up and locked. Even Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder could have see THAT coming. Sheesh.
Of course the vaccine & mask mandates, lock downs, and travel restrictions have nothing to do with this. It’s all because of the unvaccinated – and Trump. Coming soon – you must be fully vaccinated to get your government cheese and powdered eggs at the fire hall.
I remember standing in line one time for gubmint cheese, butter and powdered milk.
I was a married college student in the 70’s with two young kids.
One time only for me. I was so embarrassed, I swore never again. I’ve stuck by that since.
On Saturday night we were headed back to the western NC mountains trying to beat the winter storm arriving early Sunday morning. We stopped at a Super Walmart in Travelers Rest SC just north of Greenville for some last minute groceries. They still had canned stuff and some produce, but bread, dairy and fresh meat shelves were 98% bare. I mean cleaned out. Granted, people were stocking up for the storm, but still…very strange to see in [what was] the good ole USA.
ATF and H2O. Canned goods. KISS
Of course CBS didn’t mention mandates that forced the experimental jab. Let us not forget the people that walked out on their jobs over that.
“This becomes that, and that causes this, and the result is this…”
Welcome to the study of economics. Action ==> Reaction.
Lmao
Wicked fools deserve everything they get and more.
When I bought my 25lb bags of beans and rice last week, both had “use by” dates in 2022. I thought that was a little soon. Would that represent 2021 or 2020 harvest? Would that mean they are already deploying the back up stock? It’s all squirreled away now, double bagged inside 6 gallon metals cans with lids to keep it away from rodents.
I’ll check stores again midweek to see how the shelves are holding up. Things were pretty full this weekend so I assumed they restocked. Thanks for all the reports here. This is not a local or regional event, it’s a nationwide thing. At some point panic buying will be triggered, then it will be too late to stock up.
Joe told us shelves aren’t empty and Mayor Petey somehow believes transportation fixes racial inequities.
And anyone wonders why shelves will be empty?
I live near Charlotte, NC. The closest grocery stores to my home are Harris Teeter, Publix and WalMart. Publix is doing the best job of staying stocked, but even they have virtually NO cereal and, of course, cream cheese is out of the question. Harris Teeter has lots of empty shelves in almost every department. I expected WalMart to have the most food, considering their vast distribution centers, but hardly any cereal, crackers, no real milk of any kind (almond, soy, etc., yes, but no cow’s milk), lots of snack stuff like chips and soda.
Here we go, in my area all you do is go in the employees only backroom and guess what food, paper products, pet food. All of this is another scare tactic and made to scare everyone by the news media and the left! no pet food? really so those dependent on commercial dog food need to great creative and start making their own as the commercial foods most of them come from China and you would not want to feed that anyway! Its also a way to justify the putting down and dumping of animals I have seen it! Stop watching the news!
Just came back from Walmart, Venice, Fla. empty shelves everywhere you look. Went to Publix, no plastic bags for the produce. Had to go to the register to get check out bags for the produce. Getting very scary!!
SitRep from southern Jersistan: Shop Rite was “fairly well stocked however there was a noticeable shortage of tomato products specifically San Marzano tomatoes. This has been the case for a few weeks. Walking to the frozen food isle, potatoes were almost completely nil. The items I grabbed totaled $186.00 when normally would be a third less. Nothing expensive or extravagant is ever purchased. The paper products were overflowing so I grabbed a 72 pack of TP and 12pack of towels to replenish the used products to avoid dipping into stock storage.