ECON Report food and grocery price increases/shortages here - UPDATE, new runs on the stores
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I bought 6 bulk packages of yeast from Sam's Club in 2008 and store them in the freezer. I use it every week when I make a batch Keto Bread Rolls and it's still going strong to this day.
thompson
Certa Bonum Certamen
Sherree, if you have a stand mixer like a Kitchen Aid you can make bread using the dough hook. Turns out really great and there are tons of youtube videos to teach/explain the process. Very short learning curve.
SouthernBreeze
Has No Life - Lives on TB
No, I don't have one of those, either. I have a very small kitchen with a very limited amount of countertop to work with. I barely have space to put our coffee maker and toaster oven. My microwave sits on a small baker's rack that Cary built for me. My crockpot sits on top of the microwave. That's all the room I have with only a small space to work on. I don't know where I would put a bread machine if I had one. I still would like to have one, though, even if it has to go in the laundry room, LOL!
thompson
Certa Bonum Certamen
I've had kitchens that small and understand the challenges!
parsonswife
Veteran Member
Just came back from So Oregon Costco. No TP but loads of other items all in stock full pallet of spam four pallets of paper towels dog food etc.They have also started senior shopping days Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8 o’clock in the morning
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straightstreet
Life is better in flip flops
Also W KY report: we went to Farm to Fork for meat this morning (to put more stock in the deep freeze). We went at 10 am when they opened. No ground beef, lots of bare spots.
agmfan3
Veteran Member
I'm very fortunate, we went on a hog hunt and have 4 in the freezer, and at minimum 2 deer. Plenty of meat. I am going to go in the morning for some chicken. Then home till work Monday.
rafter
Since 1999
I have a ton of storage in the kitchen, but a craving for kitchen appliances. So cabinets full and the ones I rarely use like a meat slicer or ice cream maker is stored in guest room closet. I can always find a spot for something I want, even if is someplace weird.
Mary Contrary
Inactive
Since my kitchen is freezing in the winter i don't like to use the stove much to cook. I put the toaster oven in the frontroom and i bake in that and it throws heat. It's just on a small table. I have the crock pot on another table next to the couch where i sleep and it throws heat when i have it on at nite.
Mary Contrary
Inactive
I have a hermit friend who is running out of food. He lives in a trailer way back in the woods and his LONG driveway is so muddy that he can't drive out now. I told him when he goes out to shop at 3 or 4 different stores in order to stock up. He only goes out once a month so i told him to start going out once a wk and by winter should have enough. So just try going to a few stores and you should have enough to stock up on.
Went to Walmart today. Middletown Delaware.
OTC meds isle - 60% empty
Hand soap - 80% empty
Chips/Snacks - almost full
Lunch Meats/Hot Dogs - half
Cereal - almost full
Canned goods/soups - 85% empty
Pasta - almost empty
Lunch meats - 50%
Paper plates/zip locks - full
Freezer - almost full
Eggs - 90% empty
Rice - only had a huge pallet of 20lb bags for $14
Mac and cheese - 90% gone
Cookies-crackers 90% full
Milk - 75% full
Candy - full
Detergent - 75% empty
Bread - 60% full
Paper towels/toilet paper - 70% empty and going fast, even with limit of one per person.
Go early folks, Tuesday-Thursday. I got there at 8am, got a front parking spot. Left at 10am, was getting crowded. Overheard a stock person say that they were not looking forward to the mobs Friday-Sunday. If I had gone in the evening, the above numbers would have been much worse.
OTC meds isle - 60% empty
Hand soap - 80% empty
Chips/Snacks - almost full
Lunch Meats/Hot Dogs - half
Cereal - almost full
Canned goods/soups - 85% empty
Pasta - almost empty
Lunch meats - 50%
Paper plates/zip locks - full
Freezer - almost full
Eggs - 90% empty
Rice - only had a huge pallet of 20lb bags for $14
Mac and cheese - 90% gone
Cookies-crackers 90% full
Milk - 75% full
Candy - full
Detergent - 75% empty
Bread - 60% full
Paper towels/toilet paper - 70% empty and going fast, even with limit of one per person.
Go early folks, Tuesday-Thursday. I got there at 8am, got a front parking spot. Left at 10am, was getting crowded. Overheard a stock person say that they were not looking forward to the mobs Friday-Sunday. If I had gone in the evening, the above numbers would have been much worse.
wendsday afternoon at manchester tn walmart. no paper towels or tp. only canned veggies left was peas and lima beans. no canned meat exept for some hormel canned chili and some tuna. not one loaf of bread or buns, very thin on milk, i bought 2 pounds of butter and there were only 5 or 6# left. most of the freezer section was gone, no eggs or pasta. only thing in abundance was bacon.
Mary Contrary
Inactive
I rarely bake bread altho i did last winter. I have about 20 lbs in a large bucket and some yeast pd. I got 3 bags of self rising flour at walmart a few days ago. Got the last three. All gone.
Mary Contrary
Inactive
Went to walmart wed with a friend. Few people in the store. No frozen veggies at all, no eggs, no yogurt, no meat at all. As i walked out i saw the nice red headed checker girl who i always talk to. She's always very nice to me. Well, this time she wasn't. I said where did all the food go? She said with a mad look on her face that "they cleaned us all out". She was not nice to me at all as though i was the one who cleaned out the store. She was very mad.
Imagine how she’s been treated during all this. That’d be enough to make anyone testy.
naturallysweet
Has No Life - Lives on TB
You have to think outside the box right now. Found shortening at Vitacost, Amish noodles at Ebay etc. Pies at Southern baked pie co. Muffins and goodies at Wolfermans
And thanks to whoever it was a month or so ago that had a link to one of those disinfecting lights on Amazon before they ran out. Now all I have to worry about are deliveries making me sick.
And thanks to whoever it was a month or so ago that had a link to one of those disinfecting lights on Amazon before they ran out. Now all I have to worry about are deliveries making me sick.
Meemur
Voice on the Prairie / FJB!
This is what I do. I got a bread machine as a gift and never used it: I think it needed special flour or something -- it was one of the original ones.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
They produce better bread when you use bread flour instead of regular flour.
Sozo
Insignificant Contributor
Our Walmarts have been hit the hardest. We're in a very small town, but still within a half hour drive to 2 big ones.
The one closest to me is at about 25% capacity in the grocery department. No milk, eggs, water, TP, bleach, occasionally you can find bread, no canned veggies other than the oddball items such as seasoned kale, or sriracha corn. Most isles are just wiped clean. No meats, deli, and even the frozen section is bare.
I can understand frozen veggies, but Pizzas & TV dinners are decimated. Still plenty of ice cream though.
Most stores in the area are out of the obvious items (TP, Sanitizing wipes), and low selection on the rest of the store.
There's no way to actually 'stock up' on anything. You may find 4 cans of your brand, and a few from different brands.
BUT, I did go to the next small town by me today and they must have had several trucks come in this morning because I've never seen them as fully stocked as they were today.
I don't mean stocked, I mean the shelves were full, plus they had unopened boxes in the aisles.
Boxes and boxes of Toilet paper (limit 2) from all different brands.
They didn't have any of those super sized 24 or 30 packs, but they had packages of 4 to 12.
Plenty of everything you may have been looking for, and even had their regular sales going on.
All other stores in the area have cancelled their weekly sales.
Another small grocer in the next town over is either out or running low on some items, but they have meats galore, and are even advertising by the case if you want it.
They are listing how many cases of each item they have along with price (25lb box of wings, 40lb box of thighs, 10# packs of hamburger) and all at very reasonable prices.
They haven't been able to get milk from their regular source though, so the only milk they have is $5.50/gal.
The one closest to me is at about 25% capacity in the grocery department. No milk, eggs, water, TP, bleach, occasionally you can find bread, no canned veggies other than the oddball items such as seasoned kale, or sriracha corn. Most isles are just wiped clean. No meats, deli, and even the frozen section is bare.
I can understand frozen veggies, but Pizzas & TV dinners are decimated. Still plenty of ice cream though.
Most stores in the area are out of the obvious items (TP, Sanitizing wipes), and low selection on the rest of the store.
There's no way to actually 'stock up' on anything. You may find 4 cans of your brand, and a few from different brands.
BUT, I did go to the next small town by me today and they must have had several trucks come in this morning because I've never seen them as fully stocked as they were today.
I don't mean stocked, I mean the shelves were full, plus they had unopened boxes in the aisles.
Boxes and boxes of Toilet paper (limit 2) from all different brands.
They didn't have any of those super sized 24 or 30 packs, but they had packages of 4 to 12.
Plenty of everything you may have been looking for, and even had their regular sales going on.
All other stores in the area have cancelled their weekly sales.
Another small grocer in the next town over is either out or running low on some items, but they have meats galore, and are even advertising by the case if you want it.
They are listing how many cases of each item they have along with price (25lb box of wings, 40lb box of thighs, 10# packs of hamburger) and all at very reasonable prices.
They haven't been able to get milk from their regular source though, so the only milk they have is $5.50/gal.
Farmgal
Senior Member
I ventured out this evening.....first time out in 2 weeks....I'm stocked....went to town in WV to get prescriptions for my 84 year old Mom. The rural Dollar General close to my farm is really well stocked even with lots of TP but no hand sanitizer. Went on into a large town to Super Walmart for Mom's prescriptions and they looked sparse. Meats, breads, soups, TP, sugar gone. Milk, dairy, eggs well stocked. I got her prescriptions and some groceries and got the H out of Dodge. LOL I don't want her going out.
naegling62
Veteran Member
I went to a Piggly wiggly today in New Hope Alabama. Most everything was in stock. Meat, milk, can goods, snacks, chips, water and even toilet paper on the end caps. New Hope is a lower income, white, small community. Not many shoppers, actually very few. So just a thought, these type grocery stores aren't used by the masses, medium or upper income. Seems like a place we should look for in shopping and want to avoid the craziness.
Also, chances are less likely to encounter someone who just got back from Europe or a cruise within that community. Just good hard working folks.
Also, chances are less likely to encounter someone who just got back from Europe or a cruise within that community. Just good hard working folks.
twobarkingdogs
Veteran Member
N.Ga
The Ingles in my area just canceled their friday super sale that they had scheduled. I'm kind of disappointed as I was wanting to see how they handled all of the out of stock conditions or if they had held back product just for the sale
tbd
The Ingles in my area just canceled their friday super sale that they had scheduled. I'm kind of disappointed as I was wanting to see how they handled all of the out of stock conditions or if they had held back product just for the sale
tbd
Cacheman
Ultra MAGA!
Specific Retail Food Shortages Will Not Soon Improve, But the Overall Food Supply Chain is Very Strong... - The Last Refuge
We are entering into phase-3 of the supply-chain distribution shortages within the retail food sector. Phase-1 was immediate impact. Phase-2 was the spread to the warehouse and distribution. Phase-3 impacts are further upstream, processing & suppliers. The current shelf-stock shortages are...
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Specific Retail Food Shortages Will Not Soon Improve, But the Overall Food Supply Chain is Very Strong…
Posted on
8-10 minutes
We are entering into phase-3 of the supply-chain distribution shortages within the retail food sector. Phase-1 was immediate impact. Phase-2 was the spread to the warehouse and distribution. Phase-3 impacts are further upstream, processing & suppliers.
The current shelf-stock shortages are not soon to reconcile; however, the shortages are still in the regional phase. Meaning there is a big difference in the availability of products depending on the type of distribution network, and the specific retailers, in your area.
The ‘spider-spread effect’ happens when large metropolitan chains, serving large urban and megalopolis areas (1 million+ residents in 50 mile radius), reach a critical shortage in their supply network; and those residents then drive distances to locate their needs. This is going on now across the country as regional supply chains try to keep up with demand.
Most consumers are not aware food consumption in the U.S. is now a 50/50 proposition. Approximately 50% of all food was consumed “outside the home” (or food away from home), and 50% of all food consumed was food “inside the home” (grocery shoppers).
Food ‘outside the home’ includes: restaurants, fast-food locales, schools, corporate cafeterias, university lunchrooms, manufacturing cafeterias, hotels, food trucks, park and amusement food sellers and many more. Many of those venues are not thought about when people evaluate the overall U.S. food delivery system; however, this network was approximately 50 percent of all food consumption on a daily basis.
The ‘food away from home‘ sector has its own supply chain. Very few restaurants and venues (cited above) purchase food products from retail grocery outlets. As a result of the coronavirus mitigation effort the ‘food away from home’ sector has been reduced by half of daily food delivery operations, possibly more. However, people still need to eat.
That means retail food outlets, grocers, are seeing sales increases of 25 to 50 percent, depending on the area. This, along with some panic shopping, is the reason why supermarkets are overwhelmed and their supply chain is out of stock on many items.
There is enough food capacity in the overall food supply chain, and no-one should worry about the U.S. ever running out of the ability to feed itself. However, the total food supply chain is based on two segments: food at home and food away from home.
The seismic shift toward ‘food at home‘ is what has caused the shortages, and that supply chain is not likely to recover full service of products again until the ‘food away from home’ sector gets back to normal. No need to panic, but there will be long-term shortages.
At the top of the food supply there is ample product and capacity. Its the diversion of customers to the retail grocery sector causing the shortages.
Large chain-stores were impacted first and worst as their proprietary supply chain, and their automated replenishment systems, are more vulnerable to such wide-scale disruption. Their resupply is based on eight week averages. Smaller regional markets, less than 25 stores or mom-and-pops, are/were impacted less due to their use of wholesalers for distribution and a faster response time.
However, in this phase-3 those wholesalers will now enter a period where they are in competition for resupply with the large retail outlets…. so we are entering the phase were smaller stores, and independents, are going to have more trouble getting product.
Additionally, distance from distribution hub will also play a role in your ability to locate product.
Residents within 50 miles from a distribution center (retail grocery warehouse) will find their stores with a better in-stock position.
Residents living 50 to 100 miles from distribution will see less products available. People living 100+ miles will likely see the worst in-stock positions for typical staples, perishables and non-perishables unless they are locally procured.
The fresh-meat, poultry and produce sections are the first disrupted (short term) but least disrupted long term. The reason is simple, the raw material isn’t needed in the restaurant supply chain; those products are right now in the process of being shifted to manufacturing, protein processing, and eventually into the retail food supply chain to end up in your local supermarket refrigerated store cases.
With the increased diversion, increased production and increased distribution, inside of two weeks we should see fresh meats, chicken, pork etc. (protein sector) return to normal in your area supermarket.
Produce is both nationally and locally sourced, so that supply chain was never as much at risk of disruption. Additionally, with the restaurant sector demand reduced the produce operations will recover quickly as soon as supply chain diversion and distribution increases. Less than a week and the produce section in your local supermarket should be solid.
However, the frozen foods, frozen pizzas, frozen meals ready to eat (RTE) and specifically processed lunchmeats and cheeses will continue to suffer from supply chain issues. The reasons are not complex. Processed food has a production capacity. Think about Oscar Meyer, Tyson, Hormel, etc. they can only process a maximum amount within their manufacturing facilities. [China owns Smithfield, so China controls that company]
To the extent that extra shoppers means extra consumers wiping out frozen foods, lunch-meats, bacon and cheeses, the manufacturing side of the retail food system will be limited by their capacity. That sector is not going to change and long-term supply chain issues will continue. However, on the good news side, we should be able to buy lunch meats at the in-store deli counters because that bulk delivery processing sector will have more production capacity.
So if you’re looking for bologna (or similar), and the it’s not available pre-packaged in the traditional case, try looking for it in the deli section. It will be more expensive, but such is life with coronavirus.
In addition to the shortages in frozen foods, processed lunch-meat and dairy items, the non-perishable goods will also have wide-spread outages. Again, this is a store issue (phase-1), distribution capacity issue (phase-2), and will now become an upstream production capacity issue in phase-3.
Bread, canned goods, rice, cereals, pasta, flour, sugar, bottled water, etc. are selling beyond the capacity of the traditional supply chain to keep up with demand.
Traditional emergency food recovery and distribution models (think hurricanes) are designed for short-term disruptions to the restaurant sector that provides 50% of food outside the home; and, as a result, short-term increases to at home food needs. Those emergency and recovery models have contingency plans for short-term regional bursts of specific non perishable products into specific areas. This ain’t that.
The current supply chain disruption is a severe reduction in the availability of ‘food outside the home‘ for a sustained period. Losing the entire sector is very unusual, unprecedented, unforeseen in scale; and there is no national contingency plan for a nationwide demand on all retail supermarket food products simultaneously.
Once these warehouse fulfillment centers run out, every retail outlet in the country is pulling from the same upstream supplier network. Again, there’s no need to panic, the total food supply is not short, we all just need to adjust our shopping habits and get a little creative.
If you love seafood there should be plenty of it. 75% of all U.S. seafood was consumed at restaurants. The seafood sector will, by necessity of its perishable nature, rapidly move into the retail supply-chain. That should mean low prices and plenty of seafood in your neighborhood store.
On the paper-goods production side… there is no model for needing paper towels, kleenex and toilet tissue at the extreme level currently identified. Production of cleaning products has been increased by every manufacturer and paper-goods suppliers like Georgia Pacific are operating 24/7… but the demand is gobsmacking.
Why the heck has everyone been buying so much toilet tissue? Weird.
Agree totally, but bread machines will still work with all purpose flour. Might need a little more time on the rising cycle(s). That should be easy to arrange. Or, you can just use the machine for mixing and first knead, then take it out and put it in breadpans to raise (in it's own time) and bake the old fashioned way. You still eliminate the worst of the mess and kneading that way.
We all have plenty of time to experiment...and any bread experiment I ever did always got ate warm, with a supply of butter and jam.
Adapt. Overcome.
SouthernBreeze
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Since I haven't been able to find a bread machine, Cary has been wanting to get me a Kitchen Aid. I keep turning him down for lack of room for it. If I try really hard, maybe I can make room for it somewhere. I have very few cabinets in my kitchen, too, so the cabinet space is for all my dishes and cookware. My laundry/sun room is open to my kitchen, and can possibly set the Kitchen Aid up in there. That's where my wood cookstove is already located.
I noticed last night and this morning that my local meat store is running radio ads that they plan to take care of their customers for the duration. They will keep everybody apprised via Facebook and they are trying to fight price increases as best they can.
Frankly, I expect much of the same coming soon across the radio/media from our regional (locally owned) grocery chain.
Frankly, I expect much of the same coming soon across the radio/media from our regional (locally owned) grocery chain.
Jackpine Savage
Veteran Member
Agree totally, but bread machines will still work with all purpose flour. Might need a little more time on the rising cycle(s). That should be easy to arrange. Or, you can just use the machine for mixing and first knead, then take it out and put it in breadpans to raise (in it's own time) and bake the old fashioned way. You still eliminate the worst of the mess and kneading that way.
We all have plenty of time to experiment...and any bread experiment I ever did always got ate warm, with a supply of butter and jam.
Adapt. Overcome.
Or you can paint it and call it a pet rock
BTDT
Specific Retail Food Shortages Will Not Soon Improve, But the Overall Food Supply Chain is Very Strong... - The Last Refuge
We are entering into phase-3 of the supply-chain distribution shortages within the retail food sector. Phase-1 was immediate impact. Phase-2 was the spread to the warehouse and distribution. Phase-3 impacts are further upstream, processing & suppliers. The current shelf-stock shortages are...
Specific Retail Food Shortages Will Not Soon Improve, But the Overall Food Supply Chain is Very Strong…
Posted on
8-10 minutes
We are entering into phase-3 of the supply-chain distribution shortages within the retail food sector. Phase-1 was immediate impact. Phase-2 was the spread to the warehouse and distribution. Phase-3 impacts are further upstream, processing & suppliers.
The current shelf-stock shortages are not soon to reconcile; however, the shortages are still in the regional phase. Meaning there is a big difference in the availability of products depending on the type of distribution network, and the specific retailers, in your area.
The ‘spider-spread effect’ happens when large metropolitan chains, serving large urban and megalopolis areas (1 million+ residents in 50 mile radius), reach a critical shortage in their supply network; and those residents then drive distances to locate their needs. This is going on now across the country as regional supply chains try to keep up with demand.
Most consumers are not aware food consumption in the U.S. is now a 50/50 proposition. Approximately 50% of all food was consumed “outside the home” (or food away from home), and 50% of all food consumed was food “inside the home” (grocery shoppers).
Food ‘outside the home’ includes: restaurants, fast-food locales, schools, corporate cafeterias, university lunchrooms, manufacturing cafeterias, hotels, food trucks, park and amusement food sellers and many more. Many of those venues are not thought about when people evaluate the overall U.S. food delivery system; however, this network was approximately 50 percent of all food consumption on a daily basis.
The ‘food away from home‘ sector has its own supply chain. Very few restaurants and venues (cited above) purchase food products from retail grocery outlets. As a result of the coronavirus mitigation effort the ‘food away from home’ sector has been reduced by half of daily food delivery operations, possibly more. However, people still need to eat.
That means retail food outlets, grocers, are seeing sales increases of 25 to 50 percent, depending on the area. This, along with some panic shopping, is the reason why supermarkets are overwhelmed and their supply chain is out of stock on many items.
There is enough food capacity in the overall food supply chain, and no-one should worry about the U.S. ever running out of the ability to feed itself. However, the total food supply chain is based on two segments: food at home and food away from home.
The seismic shift toward ‘food at home‘ is what has caused the shortages, and that supply chain is not likely to recover full service of products again until the ‘food away from home’ sector gets back to normal. No need to panic, but there will be long-term shortages.
At the top of the food supply there is ample product and capacity. Its the diversion of customers to the retail grocery sector causing the shortages.
Large chain-stores were impacted first and worst as their proprietary supply chain, and their automated replenishment systems, are more vulnerable to such wide-scale disruption. Their resupply is based on eight week averages. Smaller regional markets, less than 25 stores or mom-and-pops, are/were impacted less due to their use of wholesalers for distribution and a faster response time.
However, in this phase-3 those wholesalers will now enter a period where they are in competition for resupply with the large retail outlets…. so we are entering the phase were smaller stores, and independents, are going to have more trouble getting product.
Additionally, distance from distribution hub will also play a role in your ability to locate product.
Residents within 50 miles from a distribution center (retail grocery warehouse) will find their stores with a better in-stock position.
Residents living 50 to 100 miles from distribution will see less products available. People living 100+ miles will likely see the worst in-stock positions for typical staples, perishables and non-perishables unless they are locally procured.
The fresh-meat, poultry and produce sections are the first disrupted (short term) but least disrupted long term. The reason is simple, the raw material isn’t needed in the restaurant supply chain; those products are right now in the process of being shifted to manufacturing, protein processing, and eventually into the retail food supply chain to end up in your local supermarket refrigerated store cases.
With the increased diversion, increased production and increased distribution, inside of two weeks we should see fresh meats, chicken, pork etc. (protein sector) return to normal in your area supermarket.
Produce is both nationally and locally sourced, so that supply chain was never as much at risk of disruption. Additionally, with the restaurant sector demand reduced the produce operations will recover quickly as soon as supply chain diversion and distribution increases. Less than a week and the produce section in your local supermarket should be solid.
However, the frozen foods, frozen pizzas, frozen meals ready to eat (RTE) and specifically processed lunchmeats and cheeses will continue to suffer from supply chain issues. The reasons are not complex. Processed food has a production capacity. Think about Oscar Meyer, Tyson, Hormel, etc. they can only process a maximum amount within their manufacturing facilities. [China owns Smithfield, so China controls that company]
To the extent that extra shoppers means extra consumers wiping out frozen foods, lunch-meats, bacon and cheeses, the manufacturing side of the retail food system will be limited by their capacity. That sector is not going to change and long-term supply chain issues will continue. However, on the good news side, we should be able to buy lunch meats at the in-store deli counters because that bulk delivery processing sector will have more production capacity.
So if you’re looking for bologna (or similar), and the it’s not available pre-packaged in the traditional case, try looking for it in the deli section. It will be more expensive, but such is life with coronavirus.
In addition to the shortages in frozen foods, processed lunch-meat and dairy items, the non-perishable goods will also have wide-spread outages. Again, this is a store issue (phase-1), distribution capacity issue (phase-2), and will now become an upstream production capacity issue in phase-3.
Bread, canned goods, rice, cereals, pasta, flour, sugar, bottled water, etc. are selling beyond the capacity of the traditional supply chain to keep up with demand.
Traditional emergency food recovery and distribution models (think hurricanes) are designed for short-term disruptions to the restaurant sector that provides 50% of food outside the home; and, as a result, short-term increases to at home food needs. Those emergency and recovery models have contingency plans for short-term regional bursts of specific non perishable products into specific areas. This ain’t that.
The current supply chain disruption is a severe reduction in the availability of ‘food outside the home‘ for a sustained period. Losing the entire sector is very unusual, unprecedented, unforeseen in scale; and there is no national contingency plan for a nationwide demand on all retail supermarket food products simultaneously.
Once these warehouse fulfillment centers run out, every retail outlet in the country is pulling from the same upstream supplier network. Again, there’s no need to panic, the total food supply is not short, we all just need to adjust our shopping habits and get a little creative.
If you love seafood there should be plenty of it. 75% of all U.S. seafood was consumed at restaurants. The seafood sector will, by necessity of its perishable nature, rapidly move into the retail supply-chain. That should mean low prices and plenty of seafood in your neighborhood store.
On the paper-goods production side… there is no model for needing paper towels, kleenex and toilet tissue at the extreme level currently identified. Production of cleaning products has been increased by every manufacturer and paper-goods suppliers like Georgia Pacific are operating 24/7… but the demand is gobsmacking.
Why the heck has everyone been buying so much toilet tissue? Weird.
Wow, that was a very informative article!
Definitely worth a read if you haven't done so already.
K.A. flour has bread machines. Some in stock, some not.
Bread Tools - Shop the Essentials
shop.kingarthurflour.com
Clear up counter space by getting a rolling rack … kinda like a tea trolley. You can roll it into out of the way rooms when you don't need it. Or a rolling butcher block with storage space beneath it.
SouthernBreeze
Has No Life - Lives on TB
K.A. flour has bread machines. Some in stock, some not.
Bread Tools - Shop the Essentials
Thanks for the link! I checked it out. Showed it to Cary, and he wants me to get a Kitchen Aid instead. It's more versatile.
thompson
Certa Bonum Certamen
Great idea! I bought my Kitchen Aid well over 30 years ago and it is, hands down, the best value for the money spent of all of the many kitchen appliances/gadgets I have or have had. It has been a workhorse for me over the years, and still running strong.
TY for the reminder! I do ! And I scored some Prime yeast on Amazon. Let's see if it comes.....
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