Jubilee on Earth
Veteran Member
SW Missouri area here. For the first time since March I stepped into a Walmart today to do some shopping. What a surreal experience.
Roughly 30% of the customers wore masks. All of the workers wore masks. The auto centers are all closed here in our state, which doesn’t make much sense. All the aisles were labeled with directions, but most people weren’t following them. The toiletries section seemed pretty well stocked. Plenty of hand sanitizer, although no Purell. Strange off brands. Still, at first glance I thought things were quite back to normal.
But then I headed over to grocery. Two things I noticed right away:
1) There were still huge gaping holes down most of the aisles. Most noticeable in canned goods. Snacks, breads, dairy, and even meat seemed about 75% stocked. But I had very little luck getting the canned goods on my list (tuna, corned beef hash, cream of mushroom soup, canned beans, canned corn, canned pineapple, etc.)
2) The other thing I noticed was there were very few brand names in the perishable foods. No Philadelphia Cream Cheese, but there were plenty of Walmart’s Great Value brand. Same with shredded cheese and sliced cheese. No Pillsbury biscuits. No Lender’s bagels. It was tough to find brand names anywhere. I normally wouldn’t care, but I had coupons I’d planned on using. It was a strange thing.
Roughly 30% of the customers wore masks. All of the workers wore masks. The auto centers are all closed here in our state, which doesn’t make much sense. All the aisles were labeled with directions, but most people weren’t following them. The toiletries section seemed pretty well stocked. Plenty of hand sanitizer, although no Purell. Strange off brands. Still, at first glance I thought things were quite back to normal.
But then I headed over to grocery. Two things I noticed right away:
1) There were still huge gaping holes down most of the aisles. Most noticeable in canned goods. Snacks, breads, dairy, and even meat seemed about 75% stocked. But I had very little luck getting the canned goods on my list (tuna, corned beef hash, cream of mushroom soup, canned beans, canned corn, canned pineapple, etc.)
2) The other thing I noticed was there were very few brand names in the perishable foods. No Philadelphia Cream Cheese, but there were plenty of Walmart’s Great Value brand. Same with shredded cheese and sliced cheese. No Pillsbury biscuits. No Lender’s bagels. It was tough to find brand names anywhere. I normally wouldn’t care, but I had coupons I’d planned on using. It was a strange thing.