What I couldn't get this week shopping

StarSong said:
Moving back to this thread...
My daughter, who lives about 18 miles away, and I often do cooperative shopping. Whatever she can't get I can usually score and vice-versa. Before the pandemic it was mostly a matter of convenience. We'd planned to see each other over the weekend and one would text the other with a "going to Costco/Aldi/Trader Joe/wherever today, do you need anything?"

Post pandemic it was, "I couldn't get X, Y or Z at the store today. Do you have shopping plans?"

Lately it's been particularly challenging to complete our grocery lists. Lots of out-of-stocks though it's hard to tell exactly what's afoot. Are there pallets of mdse in the back room, but too few employees to replenish shelves? Are trucks delayed because of fewer drivers? Have there been "runs" on suddenly popular foods à la toilet paper two years ago? Are less popular items being discontinued? Are providers struggling to get their products out of their hands and into the stores' distribution centers? Hard to say. Probably all of the above.

Nevertheless it took us a total of 4 stores to (mostly) complete our non-extraordinary grocery lists this week. One store had no fresh salsa, orange sweet potatoes, red onions or almond milk. Another was out of celery, romaine lettuce and bell peppers. You get the idea.

Are others seeing this?
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Yes. For quite some time stores in my area weren't suffering lots of shortages while others did. But it finally caught up to us. For the past few months, I see lots of empty shelves and higher prices.

Could not get fresh parsley nor Cream of Wheat cereal the other day. 2% lactose-free milk is hard to find sometimes. Canned pet food shelves are seriously depleted. Aldi bags of frozen vegetables were totally gone (except for broccoli thank God), as well as most of the ice cream.
 

I've been reading that about canned pet food.

@RadishRose, my daughter also mentioned she couldn't get frozen mixed vegetables at the Aldi near her. My local Aldi's deli, dairy and frozen food sections had more empty shelves than filled ones this week. It was a disturbing sight.

What I've noticed in addition to empty shelves is the expansion of other products into the shelf areas usually occupied by something that's out of stock. If you're casually walking past the freezer you likely won't realize Trader Joe's frozen roasted corn is gone because there's double the usual amount of frozen edamame.

None of these outages are overly serious; I can easily make do.

It's just so very odd to see empty shelves, isn't it?
 
StarSong said:
I've been reading that about canned pet food.

@RadishRose, my daughter also mentioned she couldn't get frozen mixed vegetables at the Aldi near her. My local Aldi's deli, dairy and frozen food sections had more empty shelves than filled ones this week. It was a disturbing sight.

What I've noticed in addition to empty shelves is the expansion of other products into the shelf areas usually occupied by something that's out of stock. If you're casually walking past the freezer you likely won't realize Trader Joe's frozen roasted corn is gone because there's double the usual amount of frozen edamame.

None of these outages are overly serious; I can easily make do.

It's just so very odd to see empty shelves, isn't it?
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we had that for a while when the stores would stock the oddest things to fill up the huge spaces. In one supermarket they'd filled the empty stand up freezers with cans of soup... :oops:

We seem to be doing much better lately in the stores.. stock seems to be getting back to almost pre covid days
 
Some things have really ratcheted up in price. DH eats eggs and I've noticed that they cost more than double what they were a year ago. $2.49/doz at Aldi. Way more than that everywhere else except Costco where they're $1.93/doz. (So DD & I split a Costco package.)

Thanks for the tip about expiration dates, @debodun.
 
debodun said:
I've also noticed things out on the shelves that are way past due on their expiration dates. The last item I remember was a bag of chopped walnuts that expired last October. When I point these things out to the stock clerks, I just get blank looks for my trouble.
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very odd that we've been having the same problem here lately too.. several times now in the last couple of months in different supermarkets I've had to point out food that's past it's use by date.. and also I've noticed that products within date are all much closer to their sell /use by date than ever before.

Today for example.. a huge stack of packs of Dozen eggs in Tesco, and the Use by date is the 14th of Feb..2 days hence.. whose going to use 12 eggs in 2 days ?.. not many people.. but it's the same with fresh meat and smoked , and I refuse to buy meat or smoked fish close to the use by date...
 
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StarSong said:
Some things have really ratcheted up in price. DH eats eggs and I've noticed that they cost more than double what they were a year ago. $2.49/doz at Aldi. Way more than that everywhere else except Costco where they're $1.93/doz. (So DD & I split a Costco package.)

Thanks for the tip about expiration dates, @debodun.
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Our eggs are still not too expensive..I got a dozen free range for £1.75 today in Tesco.. that's about average , and not any more expensive than last year if my memories serves me well
 
Hubby keeps a bag of cat food for strays who hang around our home. NO dog/cat food to be seen at our local grocery store. I've never seen that craziness before.
 
debodun said:
I've also noticed things out on the shelves that are way past due on their expiration dates. The last item I remember was a bag of chopped walnuts that expired last October. When I point these things out to the stock clerks, I just get blank looks for my trouble.
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Grab a manager and show him its expired. I have always told a mgr. and its taken care of.
 
Lassco smoked salmon
Jimmy Dean breakfast croissants
Hagen Daas spirits ice cream
Maple Walnut granola clusters
 
fancicoffee13 said:
I just went shopping for chicken wings and there were NONE! So, I bought chicken thighs. And no rotisserie chicken either.
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Super Bowl Sunday

hollydolly said:
and I refuse to buy meat or smoked fish close to the use by date...
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Neither will I.

What I’ve noticed for the absence of an item of one brand, another has the counterpart.

Since I’ve learned to adjust, I’m not doing without much.
 
Jules said:
Super Bowl Sunday


Neither will I.

What I’ve noticed for the absence of an item of one brand, another has the counterpart.

Since I’ve learned to adjust, I’m not doing without much.
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fancicoffee13 said:
I just went shopping for chicken wings and there were NONE! So, I bought chicken thighs. And no rotisserie chicken either.
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Jules just took the words right out of my mouth! There are never any wings around Super Bowl time. Any that you might find are priced like filet mignon.
 
Kaila said:
I can't eat cream cheese, but I would love the popovers!:LOL::ROFLMAO::LOL::giggle:;)
At your house, @hollydolly !:love:
Tomorrow? :unsure:
And we can buy each other flowers! 💐💐💐💐💐
:LOL::ROFLMAO::D:)
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Come on Over..I'll put the kettle on....
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