What I couldn't get this week shopping

The last pick up order from Walmart was about $80, and all items there except a small container of salt...they had to ship an 80 cent item..???..go figure.

Last month I sent in an order with Macy's ....3 items, one item, a top, was sent from Austin to Dallas...it spent nearly two weeks in Dallas going from distribution center to distribution center..??Finally got it a few days ago.
 
Packerjohn said:
If the expiry date is in 4 days, those eggs should be on sale with a real deep discount.
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yes but they weren't, they were out for full price..😟 and I've noticed in other supermarkets that many other food items are now on sale with just one days use by date on them... and no reductions as one would usually expect
 

I've been able to find all the groceries I'm looking for. Sometimes I need to hit a second store to complete my list and a few items have been discontinued to my dismay, but only a bit more often than before Covid ever showed up on the worldwide scene.

Unlike Spring 2020, I haven't seen store shelves with wide swaths of empty spaces.
 
I was in desperate need of groceries - I haven't been in about 2 and a half weeks. I've been living on Girl Scout cookies and Sprite. I was appalled at the bare shelves in the grocery and the dollar store. Looked like they were going out of business. Likely due to holiday shopping and supply chain issues. I did get enough to tide me over about a week. Shocked at the continuing lack of soda - at least the ones I purchase.
 
debodun said:
I was in desperate need of groceries - I haven't been in about 2 and a half weeks. I've been living on Girl Scout cookies and Sprite. I was appalled at the bare shelves in the grocery and the dollar store. Looked like they were going out of business. Likely due to holiday shopping and supply chain issues. I did get enough to tide me over about a week. Shocked at the continuing lack of soda - at least the ones I purchase.
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😂 girl scout cookies and sprite. What flavor of Girl Scout cookies? No problem here except we did have to go to a second store for distilled water. Seems to be a run this water-again.
 
I thought on Saturday morning the store would be stocked up for the weekend rush. More and more empty shelves. I was able to get about half of what was on my list. Although I didn't need pet food, I couldn't help notice the bareness there. This is getting alarming! Half of what I usually get and it came to $110 - the most I ever spent in one trip for groceries.
 
debodun said:
I thought on Saturday morning the store would be stocked up for the weekend rush. More and more empty shelves. I was able to get about half of what was on my list. Although I didn't need pet food, I couldn't help notice the bareness there. This is getting alarming! Half of what I usually get and it came to $110 - the most I ever spent in one trip for groceries.
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What couldn't you get besides store brand diet soda in your preferred flavors?
 
I was stunned a couple of days ago, when I popped into the supermarket in the next town...not only was there very little available.. the prices had shot up exponentially .

One noticeable things was canned goods of all types..meat, vegetables..

In this particular supermarket part of a large chain, and in a busy area .. ever since they opened they've had their canned goods taking up both sides of a long aisle...

two days ago..I went looking for a can of palm hearts.. and I thought I;d slept walked past the aisle..so I went back again.and in it's place in the long aisle was 2 rows of baby things, which is why I missed it ... and I eventually found the canned goods in a completely different area..taking up just a 1/3 of the end of the biscuit (cookie) aisle ...so there was just very few canned items, and I couldn't get anything I wanted at all
 
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We haven't seen many empty shelves in our local stores. They may be out of a specific item one week, then well stocked by the next week. Since this pandemic hit, we have kept more food in the house, in case there is a shortage that lasts more than a few days.

The thing we've noticed is the large Jump in prices, over the past few months. We are probably spending at least 10% more than we were a year ago.

I'll be curious to see what happens to gas prices by Summertime. Usually, we see prices in the $2/gal. range this time of year. This year, $3/gal is cheap. I won't be surprised if the prices hit $4/gal, or more, this coming Summer.
 
Our roads are closed again because of weather. There was very little fresh produce, dairy, or meats. No whipping cream so I’ll have to wait for another day to make the cheesecake. Just realized I need the pre made graham cracker crust too - the one I looked at on the shelf and couldn’t think why I needed it.
 
A few things that have been substituted or completely unavailable at my Walmart recently....Walmart Brand Skim milk, Thomas English Muffins, Apple Butter, breakfast sausage, Wright Brand bacon, the COVID test kit, ziplock baggies and Folgers half and half coffee.
 

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