ECON Report food and grocery price increases/shortages here - UPDATE, new runs on the stores

[mzkitty]

Hadn’t thought of that
Wife smokes.

Yup. Well, my supermarket still has them at the service counter, and 7/11 has them. I would assume most gas stations have them. But this is for now. What if no butts get shipped or there's no trucks to include them in their shipments? I can't afford to stock up, so it's been 1 pack at a time for us. Plus we do have a few half bags and equipment for rollie stuff, but that could run out too. Not good.

 

[packyderms_wife]

He's a thief. You need to treat him like a thief from now on. Never in your house again, and lock whatever you have to.

It sounds like they share a house.

 

[Profit of Doom]

That's justifiable homicide right there... just saying. Don't think for one minute he wouldn't kill you and yours for whatever the hell else he needs, and he probably sold it for drug money.

Are you feeding them? If you are, stop. If not, seize their food.

 

[Profit of Doom]

OHHH HELLLLLL NO.

Somebody would be replacing it...or homeless.

How old is the little shit?

 

[mzkitty]

He's a thief. You need to treat him like a thief from now on. Never in your house again, and lock whatever you have to.

Yup, boot them out, no returns. LE enforcement if necessary. What gall !!!

 

[20Gauge]

Daughter knows owner of a very large dairy that told her that H-E-B normally orders 20 trucks of milk a week from him. Last week was 50 trucks.

The question is do they have it?

 

[Profit of Doom]

Sue, Tell him to use whatever money he made to wipe his ass - then he can use all his cut up shirts. While you're at it, cut up his underpants too.

I hear you can make N95 masks outta them.

 

[20Gauge]

My MIL called the wife and was telling her that things in Indiana are getting sporty.

An older woman was getting the last package of TP and some guy punched her in the face and took it from her.

 

[Doomer Doug]

Both the target and rite aid store are out of everything paper and cleaning related. The homeless scum are taking over downtown complety, although I did see se liberal moron types, on bikes with kids on the waterfront. So called lockdown is what I have been doing the last 3 months and that includes several hours outdoors daily. This portland model might work, but the 100 % inside model will fail completely. Within 10 days we will have HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CASES FROM THE PARTY ANIMALS

 

[Doomer Doug]

My MIL called the wife and was telling her that things in Indiana are getting sporty.

An older woman was getting the last package of TP and some guy punched her in the face and took it from her.

It is why we call them SHEEPLE. You do your prepping before either the sheeple or the wolves are out

 

[xtreme_right]

The question is do they have it?

Deleted, responded to wrong thread

 

[20Gauge]

I forgot. Even though H-E-B around here has been very low/out of meat for over a week, my sister said her local butcher shop in her small town had everything, just limiting amounts. They said they don’t see any issue with


They do. A portion of their milk normally goes to cheese production. She didn’t say, but I’m guessing they are using all for fresh milk in the short term.

Good to know.

 

[Peter]

Good report from Publix, STA, FL...haven't been there in a week and last time it was bad, relatively speaking. Today, their bakery was full, lots of produce, fruits and veggies, cereal in stock, hamburger and turkey burger in stock as was milk and eggs. No TP, PTs, chicken and most dry goods were low on stock. Still much better than a week or so ago. Speaking to cashier, they said today was much better. Things are calming down a bit now, for the moment.

 

[20Gauge]

Good report from Publix, STA, FL...haven't been there in a week and last time it was bad, relatively speaking. Today, their bakery was full, lots of produce, fruits and veggies, cereal in stock, hamburger and turkey burger in stock as was milk and eggs. No TP, PTs, chicken and most dry goods were low on stock. Still much better than a week or so ago. Speaking to cashier, they said today was much better. Things are calming down a bit now, for the moment.

just before the storm....

 

[AlfaMan]

I refuse to eat the meat from the local H-Mart (that’s where we went) it’s never fresh and the whole back of the store where the seafood/meat is stinks something god awful. But, yeah, not many people there and just about everyone was wearing masks and gloves.

That's why we won't eat from their meat dept. either. It reminds me too much of a Chinese "wet" market. EEEEWWWWW, no thank you!

 

[samus79]

That's why we won't eat from their meat dept. either. It reminds me too much of a Chinese "wet" market. EEEEWWWWW, no thank you!

The girlfriend will eat the live seafood, but that’s because you know it’s fresh...it’s still swimming around in the tank

 

[Bad Hand]

The local grocery store here is always high but now it is real high and lots of empty shelves. Beef went up $2 per pound, butter $1.00 per pound and milk went up $1 per gallon.

 

[Profit of Doom]

The girlfriend will eat the live seafood, but that’s because you know it’s fresh...it’s still swimming around in the tank

Do you get to “meet the meat”?

 

[BluBloc]

Meat, milk and rice are the missing items we are seeing in GA.

 

[samus79]

Do you get to “meet the meat”?

You can see the fish, crabs, lobsters, etc swimming around the tanks behind the counter

 

[CTFIREBATTCHIEF]

Wife and I did a supermarket run this afternoon, to replace what we've used and maybe add a few more things. This is in Connecticut. Local Big Y wasn't crowded at all. Toilet paper aisle..totally empty, no TP napkins, wipes, paper towels. nada. Canned soup aisle was pretty well picked over but i found what I needed without too much trouble. ICE CREAM was pretty picked over as well, gonna be a LOT of porkier people when this is over. LOL. frozen vegtable cases clobbered, same with frozen pasta aisle. Beer aisle is fine! Dairy is pretty good, low on yogurt and oj, but we got the yogurt we wanted. Some pain relievers such as advil in stock. Meat and fish sections fully stocked, plenty of chicken. deli counter and bakery was in good shape.

Damned if I know where all the toilet paper is going..must be insulating houses or something, LOL

 

[Dennis Olson]

I’m actually doing BETTER than before this mess. The other day I had to get a gallon of milk. That was it. I have 3 bags of dry kibble for the pups (1 month per bag) and my freezer is stuffed completely full. Enough canned goods and TP to keep me going for awhile as well.

Took the pups out for a quick run at the school. They haven’t been run for days. It’s been raining here almost constantly. The ground is soaking wet. But I had to take them out, as they were going stir crazy.

 

[questionable1]

Feed store: No chicks left. Out of 200 hundred or so three weeks ago. They usually get more every week.
No chicken scratch. Low on other feeds. Still haven't restocked purina dog chow...Im switching brands based on earlier advice.
No seed potatoes left.

 

[Jubilee on Earth]

Feed store: No chicks left. Out of 200 hundred or so three weeks ago. They usually get more every week.
No chicken scratch. Low on other feeds. Still haven't restocked purina dog chow...Im switching brands based on earlier advice.
No seed potatoes left.

I popped into Tractor Supply yesterday, and they had only a handful of chicks left. I bought the last four pullets.

 

[Dennis Olson]

Note that when you change dog foods, unless you do it slowly, they can have loose poop for several days. That’s normal as their bodies adjust to the change.

 

[lonestar09]

Down in deep South Texas on the border here. Reverse osmosis water filter units sold out at the home stores. The water vending machines here have a line of cars with people waiting to fill one gallon jugs of water. Water filters in the camping sections at stores are sold out. One thing about here is fresh produce is cheap. If it comes from south of the border. All the staple foods are sold out same as everywhere. Looks like rationing has started on what is being put on the shelves. Walmart stocker was only restocking 24 canisters of oatmeal. Not even remotely enough to refill shelf space.

 

[TxGal]

I popped into Tractor Supply yesterday, and they had only a handful of chicks left. I bought the last four pullets.

Yep to you and questionable 1 - I was calling around on Friday about available chicks. I really wanted to wait until summer for more, but at this point I'm not sure we'll see more available this summer.

Our Tractor Supply said they're getting more in this coming week. You might call around and see if others near you are also getting more in. If worse comes to worse, there are the big hatcheries like Murry McMurry and small ones like MyPetChicken.com that doesn't require those large minimums to ship.

 

[Dennis Olson]

Tractor supply carries Taste of the Wild dry kibble, FYI.

 

[bw]

Looks like rationing has started on what is being put on the shelves. Walmart stocker was only restocking 24 canisters of oatmeal. Not even remotely enough to refill shelf space.

Whole lot less customer friction if they just drizzle it out onto the shelves, instead of telling you at the cash register that you can't have it all.

I'm sure the stores don't intend this effect, but slow stocking and quotas mean that you spend the maximum possible time around other infected people. That's why you don't want to be shopping with the slow-learners.

 

[pauldingbabe]

When the Great TP Panic of 2020 began, I decided to not buy more just because I figured others would need it and we were good and supplied. My altruistic attitude, though, was brought up short this past Tuesday when the nephew - who also lives here in brother's house, along with his gf - took every paper towel, every roll of tp to sell. Since then, I've looked in multiple stores at various times every day, though I'd much rather not be out as I'm in that age range. Just came back from yet another failed trip. Will try two more stores in the morning during the early 'senior hours' and after that, all his shirts are getting cut up and everyone gets a bucket and instruction on how to deal with their own.

I know, small potatoes with what could be coming -I just think he is a creep and I'm a tad steamed.

are they on drugs???

 

[vessie]

When the Great TP Panic of 2020 began, I decided to not buy more just because I figured others would need it and we were good and supplied. My altruistic attitude, though, was brought up short this past Tuesday when the nephew - who also lives here in brother's house, along with his gf - took every paper towel, every roll of tp to sell. Since then, I've looked in multiple stores at various times every day, though I'd much rather not be out as I'm in that age range. Just came back from yet another failed trip. Will try two more stores in the morning during the early 'senior hours' and after that, all his shirts are getting cut up and everyone gets a bucket and instruction on how to deal with their own.

I know, small potatoes with what could be coming -I just think he is a creep and I'm a tad steamed.

They did that to you with such ease.

With the ease of drug users who steal for their families and thing nothing of it.

I wonder what else they've stolen from you to sell or pawn that you have discovered yet.

They sound like seasoned thieves who have gotten away with it for too long and think that it's ok.

Remember, this was not an accident, this took intent and planning ahead.

And they knew also for some reason, that they wouldn't get into too much trouble.

I can easily *see* that this was not their first time.

I know people with this mindset and it will only get worse.

Change your locks now.

And if he has anything of value in your home, confiscate it.

Let him feel what it's like to be violated like that. V

 

[vessie]

Sue, Tell him to use whatever money he made to wipe his ass - then he can use all his cut up shirts. While you're at it, cut up his underpants too.

If he had his wallet/money laying around in the kitchen, I would get the shears out and have him watch me cut all his paper money into tiny pieces.

After all, it's your TP that was converted into FRN's. V

 

[nebb]

Do you get to “meet the meat”?

That’s what he said.......Baa da boom

 

[AlaskaSue]

Well, you are all correct, of course. I won't list everything he's stolen from me the last couple years: several big things, like my bicycle and my really good snowblower - and little stuff, like kitchen items I've had for decades and just miss. It all goes to needles. Was a normal guy, no bad childhood to blame. Just a bad addict whom my brother has seen thru detox and recovery twice that I know of. The kid (no kid, he's almost 30) is an absolute thug and I don't like the position I'm in. Have been working hard to change it. My room has an exterior door and lock that I absolutely keep locked. And yes, I've been very afraid sometimes when strangers come to the house in the night. My brother is usually very smart, tough, and pretty hard-core about things - but this one has him beat. He works nights and we do have cameras now, but all that does is show his son taking things away - which he always denies doing.

Appreciate your comments more than I can say; I've hesitated to ever say anything. Just before the CV deal began I was getting ready to walk away and leave all that I have left (not that it's much). I was just here to help my brother out fixing yard and house stuff as he's helped me try to get on my feet from other real-life horrors. As a pragmatist I never thought it before - but talking here it seems I've been a bit of a frog in a pot and the water temp is getting critical.

Yes, I'm armed - and this situation is why I've worked hard to be fit and strong (not that that's any guarantee - but it's something). I must leave a state where I was born to be, but I do have grandchildren who I want near - means a move of 4,700 miles. CV has just added a lot of difficulty to it, but it looks like that's what I need to get busy and figure out.

Again, my apologies for thread drift; I just thought I should reply.

 

[Dozdoats]

Not drift, AS - a preview of coming attractions. So sorry it happened to you that way, hope you can extricate yourself from the situation sooner rather than later. I wouldn't bet this will be over in April were I you, leave ASAP! Bad family will get worse not better, and the trashy people they hang with will also.

 

[Mary Contrary]

Also I have used CBD cigs to help. For me it's all that was needed. After 30 plus years of smoking a pack plus a day, I stopped smoking cold turkey.

Having a pack of cbd cigs in my pocket help greatly. And when I got streesed I would smoke one. And usally it was one or two cbd cigs a day. At $15 a pack it was good that even one cbd cig a day took the strees away. And calmed me down, both in my body and mind in my pocket, where for over 30 years a pack of tobacco cigs lived.

I never heard of cbd ciggs. Where do you get them? Are they marijuana?

 

[mzkitty]

I never heard of cbd ciggs. Where do you get them? Are they marijuana?

CBD (weed) products have the "high" stuff removed. You can use it for everyday aches and pains, to relax, sleep, stuff like that. There are shops that carry it and you can get it online too. It helps with things like arthritis and fibromyalgia, which my son has.

 

[West]

I never heard of cbd ciggs. Where do you get them? Are they marijuana?

Yes, they are made from the flowers of THC free marijuana(no buzz). About $15 a pack. Of course there expensive but I only needed a few ciggs a day at first, then one cigg and now none. Probably burned threw a dozen packs that took a whole year to smoke.

Money is tight right now and I have not been stressed out or around other peoples who smoke regular ciggs. It's been a year and 4 plus months since I smoked a tobacco cigg and about 4 months now since I smoked any CBD ciggs.

I chewed tobacco for years too. Hopefully I never smoke or mainline (chew) tobacco aver again!

 

[tno5]

Some grocery stores in Charlotte, NC are opening their stores for those 60 and over from 6 to 9 a.m. It was great, just a few older people in each store, with everyone else that was younger, sitting in their cars. I went to two stores that I have never been to, a large Latino grocery and one in the "hood". These stores were stocked more than the big name stores, I was shocked. For the first time in 3 weeks, I was able to get eggs, vegetables, bread and chicken stock for me and my elderly neighbors, who are in their 90's and have no business going anywhere. I didn't bother with the meat aisle, they've raised the prices too much - I'd rather make meals with beans, rice and veggies.

 

[parocan]

Some grocery stores in Charlotte, NC are opening their stores for those 60 and over from 6 to 9 a.m. It was great, just a few older people in each store, with everyone else that was younger, sitting in their cars. I went to two stores that I have never been to, a large Latino grocery and one in the "hood". These stores were stocked more than the big name stores, I was shocked. For the first time in 3 weeks, I was able to get eggs, vegetables, bread and chicken stock for me and my elderly neighbors, who are in their 90's and have no business going anywhere. I didn't bother with the meat aisle, they've raised the prices too much - I'd rather make meals with beans, rice and veggies.

They started doing that here on Vancouver Island last week. But then we do have a very high elderly rate here since our
weather is generally better all year round then the rest of Canada. We jokingly refer to Victoria as land of the newly wed and nearly dead lol.