Are you prepping for potential port strike.

Bella said:
America's #1 favorite fruit is rotting in cold storage as we speak. 😟
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Bananas used to be my favorite fruit, but I gave up on them over a year ago. I started noticing they were practically tasteless, even when I let them get good and ripe. I noticed the same thing with whole apples and most watermelons I've had over the past few years. The Motts organic apples sauce I get from Costco tastes like apples. With the exception of Halos oranges and most grapes I've had, fruit just doesn't taste as good as it used to.
 
Impacts are everywhere, even near the west coast since a lot of stuff will be rerouted there and then shipped by truck or train. That means more congestion on the Pacific.

Lots of things can be impacted, including manufacturing and repair parts for tons of products and appliances. Even construction equipment.
 

OneEyedDiva said:
Bananas used to be my favorite fruit, but I gave up on them over a year ago. I started noticing they were practically tasteless, even when I let them get good and ripe. I noticed the same thing with whole apples and most watermelons I've had over the past few years. The Motts organic apples sauce I get from Costco tastes like apples. With the exception of Halos oranges and most grapes I've had, fruit just doesn't taste as good as it used to.
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I'm still enjoying apples, but mostly locally grown. I tend to choose Gala, Honeycrisp, or Granny Smith and refrigerate them for a cool and juicy fresh treat.
 
My thoughts....

Retailers knew this strike was coming, and stocked up.
The strike will likely only last a couple weeks.
It won't be business as usual after dock workers go back to work because there'll be a massive backlog. I expect they'll be catching up until near Christmas.
Hoarders are already causing fake shortages. The only real shortages will be perishables (mainly bananas), some electronics, and goods with expiration dates.
 
Glad I found a deal on canned light skipjack tuna. I bought 16 cans which isn't too bad since I only go through about 1 can per week.
 
JustBonee said:
If coffee runs short, I'll settle for tea. .. I have enough tea bags for probably 2 years! :D
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Over the years I've become more of a tea drinker than coffee drinker. I was running out of coffee though, so I just bought a 3 pack of 8 oz Folgers decaf (my brand) on Amazon for a good price...$18.85. The best by dates are good so the coffee will probably last me until I kick the bucket :LOL: Between my son and me, we have a whole lotta tea in the house.
 
ms gamboolman had me drive her to the store to stock up on Diapers and Formula for our new little Granddaughter that we are keeping afew days per week.
My only comment was to buy all she thinks she needs and then get some more....;)
Other than that not really stocking up - just normal shopping.
 
The toilet paper thing is kind of funny considering…

Roughly 99% of toilet paper Americans use is made in the United States. Kimberly-Clark, Proctor & Gamble and Georgia-Pacific make a majority of the toilet paper in the United States. A Kimberly-Clark paper mill in nearby Chester, Pennsylvania, produced 60% of the entire Scott 1000 type of Scott toilet paper in 2022.
 
Aunt Bea said:
The toilet paper thing is kind of funny considering…

Roughly 99% of toilet paper Americans use is made in the United States. Kimberly-Clark, Proctor & Gamble and Georgia-Pacific make a majority of the toilet paper in the United States. A Kimberly-Clark paper mill in nearby Chester, Pennsylvania, produced 60% of the entire Scott 1000 type of Scott toilet paper in 2022.
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I read somewhere a long time ago that 2 American businessmen taught a group of Chinese businessmen how to make toilet paper...and wood-pulp paper in general.
 
I’m happy that the ports will reopen and goods will start flowing.

I’m also happy that workers wages will increase from $39.00/hour to $63.00/hour over the next six years.

I am concerned that this will become another challenge for people on fixed incomes as prices rise to meet the new higher shipping costs and other industries follow suit by increasing salaries to remain competitive.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
Bananas used to be my favorite fruit, but I gave up on them over a year ago. I started noticing they were practically tasteless, even when I let them get good and ripe. I noticed the same thing with whole apples and most watermelons I've had over the past few years. The Motts organic apples sauce I get from Costco tastes like apples. With the exception of Halos oranges and most grapes I've had, fruit just doesn't taste as good as it used to.
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This is especially true with peaches. They ripen disgustingly into mush from supermarkets because they've been chilled in transport and storage but most farmer's markets know not to chill them. Farmer's market watermelon are yummy too.
 
The only port crises that come to mind as trouble, one coincidentally happened during the Covid crisis. That ship stuck in the Suez Canal was cited as responsible for a technical-parts shortage that made it impossible to buy certain machinery, or obtain parts for machinery we already had. Then there was the Panama Canal incident a couple years later.

There have been port workers' strikes at Vancouver, but I don't recall any inconvenience for us from those. What has me concerned more these days is the climate-related coffee crop failures in some relied-upon producer countries. Coffee beans could become expensive.
 
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AnnieA said:
This is especially true with peaches. They ripen disgustingly into mush from supermarkets because they've been chilled in transport and storage but most farmer's markets know not to chill them. Farmer's market watermelon are yummy too.
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I haven't bought peaches in a long time. I had stopped buying cantelopes and honey dews too. But we used to get the best fruit cups with melons and grapes from the "Brotha" who serves free dinners every Sunday night to all who line up. My husband always loaned a hand, either by letting him use his cook (from the take out joint he owned) or delivering meals. Brotha would tell my husband to take some food at the end of the night because he had too much left over to take home. I hit him up on Facebook and asked where he got such delicious melons from. He said one of the stores in the farmers market here in town, not too far from where we live.
 
Think the USA Warehousing space has Quadrupled in the last 10 years. Every major city / 100 mile circle !
I ordered most everything we really needed on line. 3 - 4 days.
 
The union has agreed to a temporary settlement, pending on the union members votes. A 3-day strike is doable.
Supposedly, they are going back to work.
 
heard they got a 66% raise until January when they start up again. Also heard that normal goods would not be affected but new cars, washer and dryers would be.
 

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