CRISIS Food Security Commercials Running Non-Stop on Local Channels

packyderms_wife

packyderms_wife

Neither here nor there.
I'm sitting here at my craft table painting this evening watching Master Chef on FOX Ch. 17 out of Des Moines and in the past hour or so I've seen at least a dozen food security commercials ranging from why you should always eat everything on your plate, to keeping a stocked pantry, and checking on elderly neighbors to make sure they have enough to eat.

To say that I find this disturbing would be an understatement.

For those of you that get local tv channels have you noticed these commercials yet? I will say I didn't see any last night when I was watching Big Bang Theory and Mike and Molly during the evening rerun hour on FOX news. I have seen food security mentioned on PBS a few times in between shows via Mike Kalimeco's The Bite blurb he does.

Sounds like sheet is about to get really serious here in the US if they have commercials addressing the topic now.

I saw one at lunch during CH. 13 NBC local news out of Des Moines and pretty much ignored it, I'm not ignoring it anymore. Market to Market on PBS should be interesting this coming Friday evening.
 
mzkitty

mzkitty

I give up.
Nope, haven't seen any. I've been watching Pluto crime show channels a lot lately. They've been ragging people to death with the COVID ads, and some non-stop spots for a bikini show that I will never watch and ignore/mute.
 
packyderms_wife

packyderms_wife

Neither here nor there.
mzkitty said:
Nope, haven't seen any. I've been watching Pluto crime show channels a lot lately. They've been ragging people to death with the COVID ads, and some non-stop spots for a bikini show that I will never watch and ignore/mute.
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I watch a lot of Pluto TV as well however it doesn't come in on my smart TV in my studio, my Roku device died and I need to replace it still and have been laying in studio supplies instead.
 
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intothatgoodnight

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packyderms_wife said:
Bumping saw the and again just before midnight.
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These ads MAY BE an ad block inserted into your streaming content by your content provider, and not a reflection of local or state food messaging realities nor the actual local channel, itself - could be that **someone** made an ad purchase with the streaming provider - you are seeing that result.


intothegoodnight
 
abby normal

abby normal

insert appropriate adjective here
What little tv I see is jam packed with BLM ads. At least it's a break from the "at home together" mantra, though to be sure those will be making a comeback soon. Thanks for the heads up.
 
Melodi

Melodi

Disaster Cat
I'd be really interested if these are on youtube or something I could go on a VPN (yep I finally broke down and got one though I can't stomach most US TV or any actual TV these days). I mostly watch Netflix, Prime or listen to podcasts while crafting.
 
marymonde

marymonde

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I haven’t seen it, but I rarely watch local stations. What I have noticed, and I’ve never seen it before at my local Kroger store, is giant cans of potatoes, green beans, corn, etc. They have them placed all over the store. It hasn’t gone unnoticed by the customers. I was talking to a couple ladies looking at it all, one older lady said, see that, they’re telling you to stock up for what’s to come. We all agreed.
 
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Ellie

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I noticed one the other day, right before noonday local news, Direct Tv in central Texas, next time it comes on I'll try to catch who is connected to the ad
 
marymonde

marymonde

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WalknTrot said:
Packed in water (commercial food service cans) or dehyrated/freeze dried?
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Packed in water like you see at Sam’s or Costco. I’ll add my Kroger is a small rural store, not a huge mega store. They actually got rid of some veggies, like beets, hominy, etc to make room for the huge cans.
 
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WalknTrot

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marymonde said:
Packed in water like you see at Sam’s or Costco. I’ll add my Kroger is a small rural store, not a huge mega store. They actually got rid of some veggies, like beets, hominy, etc to make room for the huge cans.
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Interesting. I suspect they are buying up food service surplus. Those big cans are not very practical for the average sized family meals, but are probably cheap ingredients if you wanted to make up big batches and can homemade soup.
 
lonestar09

lonestar09

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WalknTrot said:
Interesting. I suspect they are buying up food service surplus. Those big cans are not very practical for the average sized family meals, but are probably cheap ingredients if you wanted to make up big batches and can homemade soup.
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Walmart here is carrying them also. The "new" brand is also a food service brand and it is actually cheaper than the Walmart brand. Go figure
 
Meemur

Meemur

Voice on the Prairie / FJB!
I have mostly Create TV (PBS) running in the background if the TV is on for noise. No food security commercials -- mostly commercials for kitchen goods, gourmet food, and other PBS programs at the top and bottom of the hour.

(Create is cooking, travel, craft, and occasionally yoga shows)
 
20Gauge

20Gauge

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packyderms_wife said:
I'm sitting here at my craft table painting this evening watching Master Chef on FOX Ch. 17 out of Des Moines and in the past hour or so I've seen at least a dozen food security commercials ranging from why you should always eat everything on your plate, to keeping a stocked pantry, and checking on elderly neighbors to make sure they have enough to eat.

To say that I find this disturbing would be an understatement.

For those of you that get local tv channels have you noticed these commercials yet? I will say I didn't see any last night when I was watching Big Bang Theory and Mike and Molly during the evening rerun hour on FOX news. I have seen food security mentioned on PBS a few times in between shows via Mike Kalimeco's The Bite blurb he does.

Sounds like sheet is about to get really serious here in the US if they have commercials addressing the topic now.

I saw one at lunch during CH. 13 NBC local news out of Des Moines and pretty much ignored it, I'm not ignoring it anymore. Market to Market on PBS should be interesting this coming Friday evening.
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That is not good. Once you hear that on the radio or late night tv, it is too late.
 
Shadow

Shadow

Swift, Silent,...Sleepy
WalknTrot said:
Interesting. I suspect they are buying up food service surplus. Those big cans are not very practical for the average sized family meals, but are probably cheap ingredients if you wanted to make up big batches and can homemade soup.
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That is an interesting thought. With restaurant patronage down there is probably some pressure to move goods already canned.

Shadow
 
Melodi

Melodi

Disaster Cat
Those are cans that were destined for the foodservice industry, I used to take the ones in glass jars home with me and/or just the glass jars.

One place I worked I even talked the busboy into showing me how to run the industrial dishwasher on the jar cycle - I used the jars for storing flour and other dry goods they were perfect!

They are not useful for most households because people don't think about (or often have the time and space) to open one up, take out what you want and freeze (or otherwise preserve) the rest - if a can wash it out and recycle it or use it for "can" stuff like making homemade cheese presses and the like.

For jars, they are worth their weight in gold for food storage of some items, as long as you have a safe place to put them where the won't fall or get too hot or too cold (and crack or sweat).

I never got bugs in the stuff in those jars, I really miss them; sometimes I can get Nightwolf giant jars of olives at Lidles and reuse them but that's all I've seen here.

I will ask my German housemate who is doing pretty much all the family shopping for the last three months (she is the youngest and the healthiest in the household) if she is starting to see more big foodservice packages being sold in addition to the usual smaller sized items.
 
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meandk0610

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marymonde said:
I haven’t seen it, but I rarely watch local stations. What I have noticed, and I’ve never seen it before at my local Kroger store, is giant cans of potatoes, green beans, corn, etc. They have them placed all over the store. It hasn’t gone unnoticed by the customers. I was talking to a couple ladies looking at it all, one older lady said, see that, they’re telling you to stock up for what’s to come. We all agreed.
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I figured this was also due to packing problems. I haven’t seen multipacks of 14.5 oz cans of green beans in months.
 
Meemur

Meemur

Voice on the Prairie / FJB!
meandk0610 said:
This may be a silly question, but can they be recanned into smaller mason jars?
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I've known people who have. When I've had to use large cans in a one-person household, I vac sealed or put what I couldn't use in a week in freezer bags and froze them.

I go through A LOT of green beans in a week during the summer. They can be served hot or cold and add some fiber without many calories.
 
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