Third party vendor. A sucker-born-every-minute-type vendor. Yes..the WalMart website has them, just like Amazon.
FOOD Report food & grocery shortages / price increases here: 2022 Edition
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Barry Natchitoches
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Looks like Austrailian government has professional liars... uhmmmm, I mean statisticians, able to lie as good as our government...
PinkRoses
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I just looked at the Walmart site; a 21 oz. bottle is $13.02, and a package of four 21 oz. bottles is $24.44. On Amazon six 21 oz. bottles are $31.05.
Thankfully I was on a Bath & Body Works kick a while ago, and have enough body wash and lotion to last me for at least two years!
PinkRoses
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Well, I'm at the point where I'm keeping stuff in the trunk of my car - I'm out of room in the house, because I don't want anything in plain sight.
John Deere Girl
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Unfortunately, the price must vary depending where one lives.
John Deere Girl
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It's not a 3rd party vendor. It's from Walmart. Obviously, I won't buy it. And I am very careful about making sure it's from Walmart itself. I know people who got duped while ordering from Walmart, especially in 2020.
Jedi Master Scot
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My Aunt shopped Amazon delivery for a few items, mainly fruit, she paid $2.49 for blueberries, 80 cents cheaper than Kroger last week, it was not on sale. She also stated all fruit was fresher and larger than Kroger.
Marseydoats
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Normal shopping day today --- WM only had 4 cans of the brats preferred cat food. They had put all the lemon juice on the top shelf and I couldn't get it down after I tried to climb up. I got the last bottle of red wine that dh likes. They had completely re-arranged all the frozen food again, but I got everything else on my list.
Aldi, OTOH... I have never seen that store so empty other than the last time we had a hurricane warning. Then everything shelf stable was wiped out. They had a few hamburger and hotdog buns, no other bread of any kind, even the super expensive stuff. No goat cheese. No french fries of any kind. Cereal aisle was less than 1/4 full and they didn't have any raisin bran. They did have plenty of lemon juice. I was afraid they wouldn't have any produce (quite frequently they don't) so I had gotten my salad stuff at WM, even though it's usually more expensive. The tomatoes I got were .65 more at Aldi...
They only had 1 cashier, a kid I'd never seen before, and he looked like he was going to cry. 15 or 20 people in line trying to check out.
Aldi, OTOH... I have never seen that store so empty other than the last time we had a hurricane warning. Then everything shelf stable was wiped out. They had a few hamburger and hotdog buns, no other bread of any kind, even the super expensive stuff. No goat cheese. No french fries of any kind. Cereal aisle was less than 1/4 full and they didn't have any raisin bran. They did have plenty of lemon juice. I was afraid they wouldn't have any produce (quite frequently they don't) so I had gotten my salad stuff at WM, even though it's usually more expensive. The tomatoes I got were .65 more at Aldi...
They only had 1 cashier, a kid I'd never seen before, and he looked like he was going to cry. 15 or 20 people in line trying to check out.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
Amazon's food stuffs comes from their Wholefoods side of the business.
von Koehler
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The annual Campouts, as they used to be called, were a fantastic chance to meet people interested in seed saving.
I remember a native American from Oklahoma who probably knew more about corn then an ag PhD.
It was great to have face to face meet and greets with people you have made friends with. Kind of like the movie Same Time Next Year.
The virtual conference is cheap, but nothing like the original Campouts.
One of the main speakers this summer was a Negro sjw. What she had to do with seed saving escapes me.
I am planning on rejoining this Fall and paying for a hard copy of the seed catalog and get the vegetable varieties I liked.
The time is fast approaching when this will be no longer possible.
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Wyominglarry
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I for one am not worried, since I like to eat bugs and dirt. Hummm good.
nomifyle
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If its 3 day shipping its a third party.
von Koehler
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Got a shipment from Wild Fork today. Ordered yesterday. Everything was frozen rock hard, inspite of the summer heat. Already to go straight into my freezer.
Have tried many of their items and have decided what I like and what I don't like.
Prices are competitive with major chains and don't have to shop.
Have tried many of their items and have decided what I like and what I don't like.
Prices are competitive with major chains and don't have to shop.
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AlfaMan
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They have them, just that they're a LOT more expensive than out in the stores. Plus we have intermittent shipping issues with Amazon. There's a townhouse development beside where we live, with the same street number as our apartment. Half the time our stuff ends up at the doorstep of the townhouse.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
skwentnaflyer
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I bought a membership quite a few years ago, so I could get the yearbook. That was the first time I'd considered seeds from overseas, and that got me looking for seed companies that would ship to the US.
On that note, Nikitova appears to have dropped all their Russian varieties. Guess I don't blame them, I just hadn't thought about it in time to see if I needed to get anything.
school marm
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Smith's in NE NV this afternoon. THey had chicken breasts for 99 cents per pound, so I stocked up for canning. They also had organic beef discounted to $3.16/lb, which is a good price in this area, so I bought 12 lbs of that as well. However, the shelves were looking very thin throughout most of the store. Ramen close to non-existent. Frozen potatoes as well. Deli meat prices increased again. Dairy and eggs super thin. Only expensive eggs were left. One older lady was a bit upset as she was shopping. I am extremely fortunate to have a good garden going and a respectable supply of staples on hand so that I can limit my purchases to clearance items. Still, I spent over $150 today. (For a week's worth of food to feed 4 adults full time, plus four more adults for dinner and sometimes lunch on weekends.)
von Koehler
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I am going to have to check seed sources from Ukraine again. In the past they had many unique and useful varieties. Poland too.
There are many Russian seeds in the Seed Savers inventory (the result of past seed collection drives).
Nopie
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We only grocery shop about once a month, stock up when we go then avoid grocery stores until next month. We ran out of bread and I wanted some ice cream since I’m stuck at home in this heat so my better half went into town.
we always buy the store brand of bread (last time $2.29 a loaf), much cheaper than the national brand ( usually $4.99 a loaf). Today the store brand was $4.49 a loaf and the national brand was on sale at the “buy one, get one free” price of $5.49. That price change was a shocker for me.
May have to start baking our own bread soon...
we always buy the store brand of bread (last time $2.29 a loaf), much cheaper than the national brand ( usually $4.99 a loaf). Today the store brand was $4.49 a loaf and the national brand was on sale at the “buy one, get one free” price of $5.49. That price change was a shocker for me.
May have to start baking our own bread soon...
PinkRoses
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My pastor does a weekly prophecy update on YouTube (The Superior Word) and a few weeks ago he reported on the WEF push to get people to eat insects. As a sort of joke I sent him these Crick-ettes (link below), and he actually ate them! (Then again, he adores durian, so there's no accounting for taste...) He said they were very good, especially the bacon flavored ones. He convinced his wife to try them as well by telling her that eating insects was in the Bible - John the Baptist ate locusts. So, she tried them, and she liked them as well. I'll pass...more for them!
Crick-ettes
psychgirl
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I haven’t seen chicken on sale like that in so long it’s not even in my “memory bank”.
Gosh, that would be awesome.
school marm
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Yeah, I think we'll never see that price again, so DH stopped by on his way home from work and picked up more.
I had garlic flavored dried grasshoppers in Mexico. I like garlic.My pastor does a weekly prophecy update on YouTube (The Superior Word) and a few weeks ago he reported on the WEF push to get people to eat insects. As a sort of joke I sent him these Crick-ettes (link below), and he actually ate them! (Then again, he adores durian, so there's no accounting for taste...) He said they were very good, especially the bacon flavored ones. He convinced his wife to try them as well by telling her that eating insects was in the Bible - John the Baptist ate locusts. So, she tried them, and she liked them as well. I'll pass...more for them!
Crick-ettes
mzkitty
I give up.
You remember Sibley's downtown, I'm sure.... anyway, my mother used to have us walk down there sometimes on Sat AM. The most fabulous baked goods, amongst other things.
We had to walk by some of the store display windows on the way in. For YEARS they had all foreign import canned/jarred
foods in one window -- I remember things like chocolate covered ant and bees, cricket dreck, snake meat in a can; OMG I can't even remember it all -- this was the 60's and we were morbidly fascinated.
ioujc
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Observation.......NOT about food, but about new cars:
When I went shopping earlier this week, I drove by the JEEP & DODGE dealership on the way out of town. This has been a large successful dealership in the past. There were only about seventy five new vehicles on the lot!!!!
Most of them were black or grey Jeeps......very few passenger cars.....or even trucks!!!! And most of them were black, grey or navy blue!!!! VERY STRANGE!!
Don't know if the dealership is in financial trouble or if they are not able to get vehicles???!!
When I went shopping earlier this week, I drove by the JEEP & DODGE dealership on the way out of town. This has been a large successful dealership in the past. There were only about seventy five new vehicles on the lot!!!!
Most of them were black or grey Jeeps......very few passenger cars.....or even trucks!!!! And most of them were black, grey or navy blue!!!! VERY STRANGE!!
Don't know if the dealership is in financial trouble or if they are not able to get vehicles???!!
von Koehler
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Curious to know if anyone knows why Schweppes tonic water is so hard to find? Last time Walmart had it in stock was over a month ago and I ordered a dozen liter bottles. Price was unchanged.
Still shows as out of stock.
Still shows as out of stock.
PinkRoses
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SouthernPrepper1 was saying yesterday that dealerships aren't able to get cars and have only a fraction of their usual inventory.
PinkRoses
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We had to walk by some of the store display windows on the way in. For YEARS they had all foreign import canned/jarred
foods in one window -- I remember things like chocolate covered ant and bees, cricket dreck, snake meat in a can; OMG I can't even remember it all -- this was the 60's and we were morbidly fascinated.
Many years ago when I was still a young kid I was an administrative assistant at a large insurance company and used to keep a jar of candy on my desk. Co-workers would sometimes give me a dollar or two to buy candy, or give me a bag of candy to put in the jar, but one guy - John Werner - ate more than anyone else and never donated a cent. In fact, if the jar was empty and I wasn't at my desk, he had the nerve to go through my desk looking for some! One day I was in Bloomingdale's gourmet department and inspiration hit me: I saw a box of candy I thought John would love, so I bought it. I made sure the jar was empty because I knew he'd come and ask me if I had candy. Sure enough, I told him I did, but said conspiratorially, "I have chocolates but they're very expensive - I don't want to put them out for everyone, they're just for special people!" I held the small plastic box in front of him with the cover open so he couldn't see it; inside there were four rows of candies, each row in a different colored foil.. Being the cheap, greedy creep he was, he took one of each color. A short time later he came back and said, "Can I have some more of those candies? They were really good!" I replied sure, pulled out the box, and asked, "Do you want the chocolate covered grasshoppers, ants, bees, or caterpillars?" - and handed him the closed box. At first he laughed, then he saw the printing on the cover of the box and realized I wasn't joking. He looked like he didn't know if he should cry or throw up, and ran off towards the men's room. I wish I could say that cured him of his stinginess but no...from then on he only ate identifiable candy in wrappers, and never donated a cent. One day he invited me to lunch, and I thought that might be his way of paying back a little. To my surprise we went to the company cafeteria, which was subsidized. Nothing they had that day appealed to me, so I just got a fruit cup, which was only 15 cents. We went to the check-out line, and I walked through right behind him, assuming he had paid for it, until the cashier called me and said, "Excuse me, miss - that's 15 cents!" Cheapo turned to me and said, "If you don't have enough money I'll loan it to you!" What a sorry excuse of a human being!
nomifyle
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probably because it was recommended to help fight off covid
von Koehler
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Just checked again, still out of stock but price unchanged at $2.28 a liter.
mzkitty
I give up.
Updated 3:23 PM ET, Fri July 29, 2022
New York (CNN Business)Here's another sign that the economy is slowing.
Procter & Gamble (PG), the maker of Tide, Dawn, Bounty and other leading household brands, warned Friday that consumers were beginning to pull back on their spending as inflation concerns mount.
P&G posted 7% sales growth during its most recent quarter ending June 30, its strongest growth in years. The company was able to push through higher prices on consumers. But its sales volumes declined 1% last quarter, a sign consumers were dialing back.
The company forecast sales growth of between 3% and 5% for its upcoming fiscal year, down from 7% during its latest fiscal year.
On a call with analysts Friday, P&G leaders said that while consumers are still buying household necessities, they are beginning to alter their purchasing behavior.
For example, consumers are not stocking up their pantries as much as they were early in the pandemic, and they're buying more private-label brands, particularly in paper goods.
As shoppers are "more exposed to inflation broadly in the marketplace with the highest inflation in 40 years, it'd be naive to assume the consumer is not looking at their cash outlay," P&G finance chief Andre Schulten told analysts.
P&G's stock fell around 5% during midday trading Friday.
The consumer giant is the latest company to warn about consumers tightening their spending, an ominous sign for the US economy. The highest inflation in more than 40 years has taken a toll, and consumer confidence has slipped three months in a row.
Walmart (WMT) and Best Buy (BBY) said this week that many shoppers had curtailed spending on discretionary goods such as clothing and electronics to focus on paying for the basics.
"The increasing levels of food and fuel inflation are affecting how customers spend," Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said Monday.
The owner of Tide and Dawn has a warning about the economy
Here's another sign that the economy is slowing.
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Mzkitty: I remember a shop which was a small import specialty place........they had all those things (blech) plus some I didn't see.....my mom used to take us to shop at Famous-Barr department store in St. Louis area (a huge building and upper scale at that time).....she bought some sort of sausage at the import store for my dad and teased me about chocolate covered ants...gave me the creeps.......
skwentnaflyer
Veteran Member
This has been going on for a while. They get good at angle parking so it looks like there’s more on the lot.
Maybe people have figured out that name brand stuff is not better than store brands, just more expensive. Got to cover their advertising budget that tells us how wonderful their products are. That said, I really do like Dawn better than other dishwashing liquids but save it for when the dishes are especially greasy.
nomifyle
TB Fanatic
That's a good idea to save the good stuff for greasy dishes. I've got Dawn and I've got other that's not as good at getting grease off stuff.
The canned rattlesnake is actually good. Some Chinese friends had me try it. And yes, we all remember Sibley's.You remember Sibley's downtown, I'm sure.... anyway, my mother used to have us walk down there sometimes on Sat AM. The most fabulous baked goods, amongst other things.
We had to walk by some of the store display windows on the way in. For YEARS they had all foreign import canned/jarred
foods in one window -- I remember things like chocolate covered ant and bees, cricket dreck, snake meat in a can; OMG I can't even remember it all -- this was the 60's and we were morbidly fascinated.
vessie
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They can’t get the vehicles. V
mzkitty
I give up.
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