FOOD Report food & grocery shortages / price increases here: 2022 Edition
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school marm
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It wasn't my usual shopping day, but it was the normal time--noon. Store brand butter is now $5.00/lb. Two-pound blocks of cheese have a higher "new low price"--I can't remember what it is, but it seems like I remember about a 7% increase over the 16% increase we had during the summer. Dairy products were very thin and the Kroger/Smith's chain seems to have implemented new pricing strategies. Potato chips, which I haven't purchased in months, were something like "buy 4, save $2" and crackers were "buy 2, save $2". Previously, everything worked together, but now I had to buy four bags of potato chips and two boxes of crackers to get the savings. Also, I talk to the lady who does the clearance shelves every week. She's exhausted and taking a few days off for vacation. She said everyone there is stressed and stretched thin because a bunch of people just quit.
Smith's had their case lot sale this week. All of the sugar was cleared out. A few bags of flour were still left, but I passed on them. The 25-lb bags were still cheaper per ounce, so I loaded the two of them up and took them home. I strongly believe the food situation is going to become truly dire this winter.
Smith's had their case lot sale this week. All of the sugar was cleared out. A few bags of flour were still left, but I passed on them. The 25-lb bags were still cheaper per ounce, so I loaded the two of them up and took them home. I strongly believe the food situation is going to become truly dire this winter.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
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Freezer burned meat isn't going to hurt them at all. It wouldn't *hurt* a human... in more desperate times, you'd toss it into a highly seasoned dish like chili without a qualm
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Curries also hide a multitude of food sins!
Freezer burned meat isn't going to hurt them at all. It wouldn't *hurt* a human... in more desperate times, you'd toss it into a highly seasoned dish like chili without a qualm
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Curries also hide a multitude of food sins!
Loretta Van Riet
Trying to hang out with the cool kids.
Curries also hide a multitude of food sins!
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I have also found throwing the frozen "freezer burned" meat into my pressure cooker turns it into a delicious meal with no one asking "what tastes funny"?
4 day old, sun baked armadillo...YUM!!
For extra fun, roll in the leaves where it has been marinating...go home and rub on all your hoomans.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
This too!
ainitfunny
Saved, to glorify God.
i laugh because people that wouldn't touch anything "freezer burnt" will eat freeze dried meats and vegetables!
Awesome, until the power goes out...
school marm
Veteran Member
DH saw an article yesterday that said 50% of the North American supply of potash for fertilizer comes from Florida in an area that was currently underwater.
So basically, our entire food supply is affected, again.
LONG stretches of empty shelves at H-E-B this afternoon. I really paid attention this time. Deli, frozen, bread, canned goods, eggs, dairy.
ALL had at least 35% empty stretches.
Funny anecdote: recently, I’ve noticed multiple people buying Borden milk. A gallon of it is $6.50. I can’t stop myself from making a snarky remark when I see them doing that.
ALL had at least 35% empty stretches.
Funny anecdote: recently, I’ve noticed multiple people buying Borden milk. A gallon of it is $6.50. I can’t stop myself from making a snarky remark when I see them doing that.
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packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
If there weren't price caps on dairy we'd all be paying that or more per gallon of milk.
tnphil
Don't screw with an engineer
Makes one wonder how dairy farmers are doing. While I hate to pay more for dairy, I don't want the damned government getting in the middle. I don't wanna see dairy farmers saying "you know what? Screw it. Not worth the effort". I don't care too much about milk. But, cream, cheese, yogurt, etc? Yeah.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
The dairy farms in the US have been closing left and right, the dairy scene is starting to become precarious, unbeknownst to the average american.
tnphil
Don't screw with an engineer
Then we need to abolish price caps. Yeah, I know it's painful, but the market needs to bounce and adjust. The farmers must stay in business, for all of us.
You can live without politicians, you can't live without farmers.
babysteps
Veteran Member
This ^^^
Just in my area we've had 4 family dairies - 3 of them had been operated by their respective families for over a hundred years each - close since January.
It's heartbreaking.
Phil, the farmers wouldn’t see a cent more. The bloodsucking corporations would take it all.
There is a reason all the Thanks Giving and Christmas cooking and candy stuff is out now. There is nothing else to put on the shelf. Why when you walk down past the big displays they are corn curls or beer or soda or water? Big bulky things to take up space. A bunch of different wines on and end cap or 3-4 different items with different prices. Not enough merchandise to do a solid end cap. I know that this is what is happening at my Wally World and several other local stores. We had inside lawn and garden empty first week of September an started putting Christmas out 2 nd week all our Christmas is out but wrapping paper and that will be all out by next week. See if buy it cause it’s not coming back in.
psychgirl
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Never do I buy those brands! Always Kroger or store brand. That’s just crazy.
I had to buy milk once once on the fly..,ran up to Walgreens because it was fastest.
I had to buy their fancy brand (this was a few years ago too ) at over 4$. Can’t remember the name but it’s similar to Borden.
Won’t make that mistake again.
Old Gray Mare
TB Fanatic
Think this is kind of a related dot. It may be related to my specific area, maybe not. Safeway has a weekly sales flyer with a section titled: Pantry. For the last few months there's been little or nothing in it I would consider "Pantry" food. It's mostly snacks and drinks.
People really need to stop giving their much-loved pets "human attributes". They are not human they are dogs or cats. Fact is dogs will and do eat shit so worrying about giving them "things you won't eat" doesn't compute. As far as cats are concerned, they will eat you if you happen to die and no one feeds them. They are animals who behave as animals even though they currently are pampered. Fact is they would/could survive at a much lower level. I'm not saying you shouldn't prep for your pets, just do not do so at the expense of the humans in your household.
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TxGal
Day by day
Thanks for this info! I am so thankful, as is DH, that we shopped the after-Christmas sales this year and got wrapping paper, bows, and Christmas cards, even a few stocking stuffers, all at half price. We won't need any of that for years. We had a hunch it could get ugly going forward.
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helen
Panic Sex Lady
Bar and chain oil at Lowes is skimpy. The shelf space for it is only about 15 inches wide now. I have enough wood cut, split, and stacked to keep me warm through Christmas, but now heating prices are going up. I've got requests from four houses with fireplaces no one was using. They offered to help cut, so that's not a problem. Just scary how quickly that happened. They need wood so they spend heat dollars on food.
Marseydoats
Veteran Member
Most of the local auto supply stores sell chain saws and supplies. Maybe yours do as well.
And just a PSA -- if those fireplaces haven't been used in awhile, the chimneys will need to be cleaned.
helen
Panic Sex Lady
Two fireplaces were professionally cleaned. I'll clean the other two. I'm looking at two-block rocket stoves. I wonder if putting it inside the fireplace would throw more heat for less wood?
I'll be looking at a lot of other stores for more oil. I got the last gallon jug at Lowes. They will get more, but the shelf space dedicated to it is unbelievably short.
Local Walmart shrank the shelf space dedicated to crisco and their generics. Local IGA remodeled and put their shelves much further apart. There is much less product in both locations than even a year ago.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
This^^^ and now back to our regularly scheduled doom and gloom.
tnphil
Don't screw with an engineer
You feed your dog, I'll feed mine.
No, they're not human, but I've paid some pretty damn stiff vet bills over the years, over a couple of grand several times. I have cooked for my dogs, especially when my dog was on chemo. I'll continue to cook for them to the highest possible standards of freshness and cleanliness.
As my MIL used to say, "it's just a dog!"
Yes, yes it is. And way more preferable to be around than most people. And 100% more loving and loyal.
goatsrus
Senior Member
I was going to laugh at this, but then I realized you’re not trying to be funny. Sobering thought.
bracketquant
Veteran Member
Traditionally, pantry food to me means long term storage (one year or more) at room temp; most canned goods of soup, meat, veggies, and fruit, and dry goods like rice, beans, and pasta. It's old technology that goes back many many decades, and used by average folks.
Snacks and drinks are not pantry food, to me.
Old Gray Mare
TB Fanatic
Growing up Mom would get the cheapest kibble. To that she added leftovers and edible waste. What the dogs didn't get or eat was passed on to the cats, then the chickens and pigs, not necessarily in that order. Nothing went to waste. She'd buy potatoes by the 50 lb. bag and we had pasta often. There was always food on the table.
Martinhouse
Deceased
One autumn when I was a kid, my dad went to an experimental farm (I presume part of the University of Minnesota?) and came home with two or three 100 lb. burlap sacks of potatoes for he'd gotten for $1 each. Not real sure, but I think he also got at least a couple full bushels of apples, too, if not more.
We were already a growing family back then....I turned out to be the oldest of eight.
We were already a growing family back then....I turned out to be the oldest of eight.
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nomifyle
TB Fanatic
A lab mix that we had for 15 years loved to clean out the cat box.
ETA: The goats and chickens will go before the dog.
Dogs eat cat poop because it’s almost pure protein. Even the most rudimentary search will provide that data.
ainitfunny
Saved, to glorify God.
Wow! Im used to organic, free run, no antibiotic, chicken eggs almost costing that much but not store brand.
tnphil
Don't screw with an engineer
Went to Kroger last night (middle TN). As we unloaded the cart to checkout, I told my wife that we didn't get a lot of stuff. Still $289.
Pork loin on sale at $1.49/lb, chicken thighs at $2.49, salmon at $9.99. Store-brand butter $3.00. Didn't buy eggs, but store brand was $2.99/dozen. Paper products like paper towels are ridiculous at $9.99 for six rolls. Gas has come down a bit, now $3.19.
Pork loin on sale at $1.49/lb, chicken thighs at $2.49, salmon at $9.99. Store-brand butter $3.00. Didn't buy eggs, but store brand was $2.99/dozen. Paper products like paper towels are ridiculous at $9.99 for six rolls. Gas has come down a bit, now $3.19.
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