What I couldn't get this week shopping

hollydolly said:
some of our stores look like this ...

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-2-000-HGV-drivers-Royal-Logistics-Corps.html
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@hollydolly, in the first photo, what do the three freezer segment on the right normally hold? It looks like the script says "Free From" but I have no idea what that means. Is this free food? Natural food? Vegan/vegetarian food?

Those photos are shocking and the article is even more so. What a logistical nightmare!
Can't blame people who're deleting that app if they've been vaccinated or gotten immunity from having been sick with Covid.
 

StarSong said:
@hollydolly, in the first photo, what do the three freezer segment on the right normally hold? It looks like the script says "Free From" but I have no idea what that means. Is this free food? Natural food? Vegan/vegetarian food?

Those photos are shocking and the article is even more so. What a logistical nightmare!
Can't blame people who're deleting that app if they've been vaccinated or gotten immunity from having been sick with Covid.
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it's food free from Gluten or Dairy or Wheat etc...
 
This is about not what i can't get.....but .....what i won't buy unless it's on a good sale.
One kind of Swanson's T. V. dinner that i like, haven't been on sale since late spring.....regular price, 4.70, will pay this if i'm at
a weak moment.....finally came on sale this past week for 3/9.00.....stocked up.
Janes Breaded Chicken Breast Strips.......regular price.....15.99.....sale also past week, 9.99.....stocked up.....before Covid, they used to come on sale for as little as 6.99.
My main staple of meat......Co-op Sensibles marinated, skinless, boneless breasts, frozen......the price has gone up to 44.99 per box of about 15 breasts......used to be before this past week.....38.99......sale price often.....26.99......hard to say what kind of sale price would be now.
I will buy regular price if i have to.....pretty much the only meat i eat other than fish.
 

I was panicking because I couldn't get Kirkland (Costco brand) toilet tissue for 6 months! I bought other brands including Scott (out of desperation...I rate it a D) and Charmin, which doesn't last as long as Kirkland. A feed the seniors program donated a few rolls of a no name brand and I found I liked Walgreens and Shoprite's new brand. Finally Costco started stocking their brand again.

Another thing I can no longer find, even before COVID is Campbell's green pea soup...not the split with ham but the meatless green pea paste that must be diluted with water. Upon checking Campbell's site, I found out it's been discontinued. :confused:
 
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MickaC said:
This is about not what i can't get.....but .....what i won't buy unless it's on a good sale.
One kind of Swanson's T. V. dinner that i like, haven't been on sale since late spring.....regular price, 4.70, will pay this if i'm at
a weak moment.....finally came on sale this past week for 3/9.00.....stocked up.
Janes Breaded Chicken Breast Strips.......regular price.....15.99.....sale also past week, 9.99.....stocked up.....before Covid, they used to come on sale for as little as 6.99.
My main staple of meat......Co-op Sensibles marinated, skinless, boneless breasts, frozen......the price has gone up to 44.99 per box of about 15 breasts......used to be before this past week.....38.99......sale price often.....26.99......hard to say what kind of sale price would be now.
I will buy regular price if i have to.....pretty much the only meat i eat other than fish.
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what weight is that for 15 skinless chicken breasts ?..frozen skinless chicken breasts here for 1.8kg... (4 pounds in weight, not sure how many in the pack) is £10.00 sterling at todays prices , which equals ...=$17 Canadian
 
Strangely enough there is a run on bottled water again and possibly toilet paper. Couldn’t find the brand of bottled water I like, which I haven’t bought in months, at Costco. Costco has other water and has limited it to two cases. I think putting limits on things starts a run and a false image of shortages.

At Sams club there were no limits on bottle water but people were buying 6 to 8 large cases of it. They did not have our brand either, but we bought two cases, only 2.22 for 40 bottled water. Since we are traveling through Nevada, Arizona, and Texas; we want to make sure we have plenty of water with us in case of delays on the highways.

The brand of water we like was available and on sale at Target and other places but the cases were smaller, we would have had to buy more, and that would take up more room in the car. I also saw people buying LOTS of TP, but it was not limited in how much you could buy.

Otherwise, still no shortages here.
 
I haven't spotted TP shortages in over a year. Most large bottled water purchases and shortages mystify me. I make my own using a purifier and refilling 2 liter soda and 1 gallon water bottles. Sometimes I take a small bottled water with me while running errands on a hot day, more often I use a refillable bottle like a Contigo, adding ice to keep it cool.

If my area's stores are experiencing true shortages (not typical "we ran out of that, there'll be more next week"), they've slipped under my radar.
 
hollydolly said:
what weight is that for 15 skinless chicken breasts ?..frozen skinless chicken breasts here for 1.8kg... (4 pounds in weight, not sure how many in the pack) is £10.00 sterling at todays prices , which equals ...=$17 Canadian
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Next time i'm at the grocery store, i'll check the weight on the box of chicken breasts.....when i get them home, i always divide them up in freezer bags, so i don't have the weight here.
 
I had to take my lawn mower blade back to Lowe's and as long as I had to go way over there, I decided to do some grocery and slipper shopping at WalMart which is just a few miles down the road from Lowe's. I think they had more bare shelves that the local market. Hardly and brand-name packaged cold cuts, very few ladies slippers. They had ONE package of oyster crackers.
 
I made an early morning Walmart run.

I was able to get most of the things on my list but I did notice many empty shelves in the convenience food sections. I’m not sure if that is because of supply line issues or because the local colleges and university kids are back in town.

The one thing that did hit home this morning is the low prices at Walmart compared to my local Tops Friendly Market. Every item at Walmart was fifty cents to a dollar cheaper. This summer I’ve been walking to Tops for the exercise. It’s a nice little one mile round trip. I enjoy the walk but I need to stick to the weekly specials and be a little more selective.
 
debodun said:
I'd shop more at WalMart if it were closer. I usually only go there about twice a year. I don't like the congested traffic around it. But then, they wouldn't build one out in the middle of the boondocks.
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Mine is a five mile round trip. I go at 6:00am when they open.

Monday is actually a pretty good time to go. The bread guys and stock clerks swarm the place first thing in the morning

I only go every couple of months and stock up.

The worst part is all of the lugging and tugging when I get home.
 
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Don M. said:
It appears that some parts of the country are seeing people beginning to "stock up" again. Between the rise in this pandemic, and product shortages, some store aisles are getting empty again. Costco recently announced limits on how much of some items they will sell.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/cos...imits-items-213700656.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall
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According to the article, they're placing limits on sale items which is something I've observed there (and at other retailers) many, many times over the years. "The reason for the current purchasing limits is a member-only sales event going on through August 29."
 
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