What I couldn't get this week shopping

Aneeda72 said:
And we have lots of those but could not get paper plates
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Paper plates have been in short supply in our area, too....for the past 3 or 4 months. My wife uses them frequently when preparing meals, so we try to keep a pack or two on hand. We were down to the last few last week, and I stopped at the local Dollar General, and they had a half dozen packs, finally, so I bought two. That should last us till Christmas. The alternative is the styrofoam or fancy "party" plates, but they are far more expensive, and a waste of money for something that is just going to be thrown away.
 

Twice in a month I’ve stopped in a Dollar store and they had no small glass containers with lids. Half the row on the one side was basically empty.
 
MickaC said:
Yes i did, Aunt Marg, don't like it as well, i don't care for stirred yogurts.......once i get something in my head, stomach.......there's no changing me. :sneaky:😜🤪
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Oh, I know all about it, Micka.

I have always rebelled over change. Fight it all the way kicking and screaming. LOL!
 
Baking soda! I'll bet people are cleaning with it.

A few months ago I read a little tip on the internet about how to keep your quilts from getting a musty smell while in the linen closet. You make a little sachet out of a square of cloth with about a tablespoon of soda gathered inside. I did that.

Then just this morning I noticed a few bananas had gone over to the other side, so I started making banana bread when I remembered I had no soda. Well, yes, I opened one of those sachets and used the soda inside.

Do you think that makes me a bad person?
 
Aneeda72 said:
Soft soap is becoming hard to find. I am afraid as the virus increases so will the shortages. I wonder if I should plug in the freezer, just in case? We seem to have lots of meat available still and we don’t each much. I just hate to load up too much. I bought a lot of soup but only because it was on sale at such a good price and gave some to my son.
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The shortages will definitely increase if the UK is anything for you to go by...we had a huge shortage of soap, pasta, TP.. paper products, disinfectant.. Oh lots of different groceries.. during lockdown.. this went on for months..

However we've been back to normal now for several months.. and everything people on the last 2 pages have been finding shortages of in the USA, we have , if not a surfeit, certainly plenty of.. but for how long who knows , because we're being threatened with another lockdown very soon...

WE have plenty paper plates, TP..and everything mentioned here...

With regard to soft soap.. which was either unavailable during lockdown.. or massively increased in price..instead of buying a regular bottle of soap, I bought a large bottle of Shower gel , which worked out at the same price as the small bottles.. but was , almost entirely ignored by most shoppers who were only interested in anti-bacterial soap.

I have no intention of being left lacking in groceries or other goods as we were during our last lockdown.. so I'm not embarrassed to say I have ensured I'm stocked up in readiness for the next shortage of goods
 
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hollydolly said:
The shortages will definitely increase if the UK is anything for you to go by...we had a huge shortage of soap, pasta, TP.. paper products, disinfectant.. Oh lots of different groceries.. during lockdown.. this went on for months..

However we've been back to normal now for several months.. and everything people on the last 2 pages have been finding shortages of in the USA, we have , if not a surfeit, certainly plenty of.. but for how long who knows , because we're being threatened with another lockdown very soon...

WE have plenty paper plates, TP..and everything mentioned here...

With regard to soft soap.. which was either unavailable during lockdown.. or massively increased in price..instead of buying a regular bottle of soap, I bought a large bottle of Shower gel , which worked out at the same price as the small bottles.. but was , almost entirely ignored by most shoppers who were only interested in antiseptic soap.

I have no intention of being left lacking in groceries or other goods as we were during our last lockdown.. so I'm not embarrassed to say I have ensured I'm stocked up in readiness for the next shortage of goods
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I double checked my pantry and freezer inventory a couple of days ago. In honor of the upcoming holidays I made my list and checked it twice. Need to bump my supply of canned and dried beans, mixed nuts and pistachios, applesauce, 25 lbs of bread flour for pizza, and some other odds and ends. None of what I need tends to be wiped from the shelves by panicky shoppers.

My paper products, bleach, soaps and detergents are in strong supply - they'll probably last through Feb, maybe longer. I don't use Lysol type disinfectants but happened to have some pre-pandemic and my supply remains good although the grocery stores remain out of them.
 
StarSong said:
I double checked my pantry and freezer inventory a couple of days ago. In honor of the upcoming holidays I made my list and checked it twice. Need to bump my supply of canned and dried beans, mixed nuts and pistachios, applesauce, 25 lbs of bread flour for pizza, and some other odds and ends. None of what I need tends to be wiped from the shelves by panicky shoppers.

My paper products, bleach, soaps and detergents are in strong supply - they'll probably last through Feb, maybe longer. I don't use Lysol type disinfectants but happened to have some pre-pandemic and my supply remains good although the grocery stores remain out of them.
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During our lockdown and panic buying by shoppers here, the first thing aside from Pasta & toilet rolls to fly off the shelves were canned baked beans .
 
hollydolly said:
During our lockdown and panic buying by shoppers here, the first thing aside from Pasta & toilet rolls to fly off the shelves were canned baked beans .
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Yes, that happened here, but less than a month later beans were back in full stock and haven't been out of stock since. People who aren't typically bean eaters likely have their pantries stocked with cans and bags of pinto, garbanzo, kidney, lentils, cannellini and other beans - and on those shelves they'll remain until they get donated or tossed in the trash.

Canned baked beans fall under a different category because Americans often serve them at picnic. They're sweet and require nothing more than a quick heat up. Interestingly, canned baked beans are one of the few bean and legumes that I don't stock.

Baked beans are a big breakfast item for Brits, correct?
 
StarSong said:
Yes, that happened here, but less than a month later beans were back in full stock and haven't been out of stock since. People who aren't typically bean eaters likely have their pantries stocked with cans and bags of pinto, garbanzo, kidney, lentils, cannellini and other beans - and on those shelves they'll remain until they get donated or tossed in the trash.

Canned baked beans fall under a different category because Americans often serve them at picnic. They're sweet and require nothing more than a quick heat up. Interestingly, canned baked beans are one of the few bean and legumes that I don't stock.

Baked beans are a big breakfast item for Brits, correct?
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Correct ! There's not a meal that most Brits won't have baked beans with including snack ( baked beans on toast).. and they're cheap and nutritious so even people who wouldn't generally eat baked beans..like myself.. were stocking them..
 
Baked Bean fans...I have a cupboard full....three big tins for £1 in Home Bargains.HP.Can't turn that down.......no Food Hall tomato soup though.So I couldn't get that.But Heinz is 50p a can in Poundland!So I got that instead,
 
Furryanimal said:
Baked Bean fans...I have a cupboard full....three big tins for £1 in Home Bargains.HP.Can't turn that down.......no Food Hall tomato soup though.So I couldn't get that.But Heinz is 50p a can in Poundland!So I got that instead,
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I don't eat Canned soup.. but we did the same and stocked up with Beans even tho' I'm not a big bean fan.. my o/h like to eat them a couple of times a week . We prefer Branston because they're not so sweet as Heinz.. ☺
 

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