What I couldn't get this week shopping

I've heard that some deliveries are going AWOL these days....not quite sure what that may mean, and the person who told me didn't elaborate. It happens more often now, but I'm just fed up that I can't get the basics sometimes when I go to the local shops and have to traipse into town to get milk!
 
No Polar brand diet soda. Not many diet sodas available in the store I usually shop except Coke. I wonder if they are phasing them out. I know the discount store next to this one has.
 

All the summer fruits have disappeared except for a few sorry looking peaches - no plums or nectarines. The citrus and apples have replaced them. Grapes are $5.99 a pound. Still no diet cream soda! Not many low sugar content beverages at all! Where have they all gone?
 
debodun said:
All the summer fruits have disappeared except for a few sorry looking peaches - no plums or nectarines. The citrus and apples have replaced them. Grapes are $5.99 a pound. Still no diet cream soda! Not many low sugar content beverages at all! Where have they all gone?
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our fruits seemed to be the only thing that there isn't a shortage off.. Grapes are £2.30 a pound at our local supermarket .. Got plenty Diet Cream Soda, in fact I got a 2 litre bottle today
 
debodun said:
All the summer fruits have disappeared except for a few sorry looking peaches - no plums or nectarines. The citrus and apples have replaced them. Grapes are $5.99 a pound. Still no diet cream soda! Not many low sugar content beverages at all! Where have they all gone?
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Summer is waning so autumn produce is starting to show up. This week, my preferred produce store is selling peaches for 79¢/lb, strawberries $1.50/lb, grapes $1.29/lb and russet potatoes have finally dropped to $1.99 for a 10 lb bag.

https://superkingmarkets.com/pages/anaheim-circular
(Produce is shown on pages 1 and 8)
 
Having a discount code, I thought I’d order a red winter coat from the Bay. No winter coats available. I‘ll take my chances in a couple of months. Eventually they’ll have a large selection. If I can’t find red or another really bright colour, I won’t buy anything.
 
Lots of winter coats available here... I used to have a red winter coat about 10 years ago I have a photo somewhere.. fun colour, and I used to loved red.. but for some reason I didn't feel it suited me..
 
Trasped all the way across town to Aldi and they didn’t have any half and half for my morning coffee. I’ll have to remember to check at different stores nearby and be prepared to pay their jacked up prices.
 
J-Kat said:
Trasped all the way across town to Aldi and they didn’t have any half and half for my morning coffee. I’ll have to remember to check at different stores nearby and be prepared to pay their jacked up prices.
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Long ago I can remember my sister using whipping cream when there was no 1/2 & 1/2 available.
Might be worth a try in a pinch.
 
debodun said:
Wheat Thins went from two boxes for $5 to $3.99 for 1 box in 2 weeks.
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Was 2/$5 a sale price? If not, that's a huge jump.
debodun said:
I've also noticed that store/generic brands are the first items to disappear from shelves.
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Over the past year or two, numerous reports have discussed the shift by many shoppers to less expensive brands and generics.

With increasing grocery prices, choices are clear. Suck it up and pay more for the same item you've been using, purchase a cheaper brand or version, stop buying it altogether, buy in bulk (presuming it works out cheaper), or stock up during sales.
 
Baking mix and bath/body powder that wasn't baby powder. The clerk in the Dollar General said their brand of body powder had been discontinued. Corn cakes are nowhere to be had locally. I did a Web search and even WalMart doesn't have them. They aren't corn muffins - they are like rice cakes except made with puffed corn.
 
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The prescription eye drop I use in one eye hasn’t been available for a few months. There’s a complete shortage of not just this one but all steroid eye drops. Fortunately I am messy and cheap. I started ordering two at a time to save paying the prescription fee and had stashed the second ones away too carefully. I have enough to keep me for six months.

My neighbour is lucky that her lens for cataract surgery is available. Some appointments have been cancelled at the last minute because they can’t get the lenses.
 
I saw a fair number of gaps on Aldi's shelves earlier this week but was able to get what I needed.

99¢ Store has raised many of its price levels to the point where they're often more expensive that Aldi, Walmart or Amazon.
 
Walmart Equate q-tips with fat ends for babies. Also I wanted their makeup q-tips that have a sharp end and a flat end. They haven’t had either of these in ages. I bought a box that showed a flat head on each end. Turned out to be just the regular type which I have no need for. All the cotton puffs area is empty.
 
It seems to me that it's the store and generic brands (what I usually buy) that are usually missing form store shelves. The local Dollar General cotinues to be pathetic - about 50% shelf space filled. They haven't had their brand of Wheat Thins crackers in a long time.
 
Costco has been out of Kirkland ground decaf coffee and crunchy peanut butter for at least a month, and I've checked several different Costcos. (The PB is for my daughter who can't get it at her local Costco either.) The decaf has been increasingly difficult to find over the past year. When I come across it next I'll buy 3 cans (3 pounds each) so I won't have to worry about it for awhile.
 
StarSong said:
Costco has been out of Kirkland ground decaf coffee and crunchy peanut butter for at least a month, and I've checked several different Costcos. (The PB is for my daughter who can't get it at her local Costco either.) The decaf has been increasingly difficult to find over the past year. When I come across it next I'll buy 3 cans (3 pounds each) so I won't have to worry about it for awhile.
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Costco here has NO hotdogs at the cafeteria?.. that's been weeks now.. instead they're cooking an inferior sausage in a bun... along with Pizza slice... .. I mean how can they not get Hot Dogs ?
 
No whole milk at Walmart. For a week. Tried Giant grocery store. Also no whole milk. Lots of 2% so I got that instead.

And no generic Raisin Bran cereal at Shoprite. Lots of brand name, overpriced raisin bran, like Post, but they haven't had generic store brand raisin bran for months, it seems.
 
Royale paper napkins. Seems like many paper based products aren’t available.
 

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