Anybody Here Grocery Shopping This Weekend?

[Razors Edge ★]

Let us know BEFORE you head out, and check in when you return. Hopefully with a story @Kirby-style and, if possible, some GoPro footage (grocery shopping is the new "extreme" sport of 2020).

Thx.

[maddmaxx ★]

Need nitevision camera.

[JerrySTL ★]

I drove by a Walmart Superstore. The parking lot was fuller than the day before Christmas.

[maddmaxx ★]

Womaxx couldn't get a parking place at the local stop and shop so she drove up the road 3 miles to an IGA market (not big box) and was the 3rd customer in the store.  She probably paid 15% more.  Smart lady.

[Wilbur ★]

People have gone insane.  

[Allen ★]

I’m running low on goods. I have to face it and go tomorrow. 

[Further]

I generally go to the store everyday. May have to rethink that plan....

[maddmaxx ★]

7:00:30 on a weekday morning.  People aren't that crazy yet.

Well, some are but there aren't a large number.

On the other hand, with the closings, there are more people with time to be crazy instead of going to work.

[Airehead]

I am going to try but need a score sheet to figure out what I am allowed to buy at Wegmans  so many restrictions  I need to do my regular shopping  

Baby

Baby Wipes – limit 2

Baby Medication – limit 3

Diapers – limit 2

 

Bakery 

Packaged Breads & Rolls – limit 2

 

Cleaning Supplies

Bleach, Laundry Boosters & Pre-treaters – limit 1

Household Cleaners – limit 2

 

Dairy

Eggs – limit 2

Milk, Buttermilk & Milk Substitutes – limit 2

 

Frozen

Frozen Vegetables – limit 4

 

Grocery

Boxed Cereal – limit 2

Canned & Packaged Fruit – limit 2

Canned Meat & Beans – limit 2

Canned Seafood – limit 4

Canned Vegetables – limit 4

Flour or Corn Meal – limit 1

Hot Cereal – limit 2

Juices – limit 2

Packaged Dinners & Entrees – limit 4

Packaged Milk – limit 2

Packaged Pasta – limit 4

Pasta Sauce – limit 4

Peanut & Other Nut Butters – limit 2

Rice – limit 2

Soups – limit 4

Sugar, Sugar Substitutes & Corn Syrup – limit 1

Health & Wellness

Allergy Medications – limit 2

Anti-Bacterial Hand Soaps – limit 2

Blood Pressure Monitors, Health Trackers, Thermometers, Vaporizers, and Humidifiers – limit 1

Cold & Sinus Items – limit 3

Cotton Balls, Pads & Swabs – limit 2

Feminine Hygiene Items – limit 3

First Aid Items – limit 3

Hand Sanitizers – limit 2

Herbal Supplements – limit 2

Homeopathic Items – limit 2

Incontinence Items – limit 3

Mouthwash – limit 2

Nutritional Meal Replacements (bars, shakes, powders) – limit 2

Pain Relief Items – limit 3

[maddmaxx ★]

Unbelievable.

Ysomaxx is stopping at 10:30 tonight for Daves killer bread and hot dogs for his lunches.

[Guest]

I have to go to my folks and install a new carpet so WoZack will have to fend for herself at the grocery store.

[Reverend_Maynard]

I went shopping after work today.  It was very busy... unexpected for a friday night, though I can't say I shop on firday night often.  There were quite a few empty shelves... because the store is out or they haven't been able to restock, i don't know.  There were no bananas, few potatoes (though there were loose ones), no pasta, no fresh chicken or pork, only sausages... I saw some beef, but wasn't looking for that.  I did get corned beef for st pattys. The salad bar, olive bar, and loose baked goods were closed down, only packaged available.  I glanced down the TP aisle and it looked bleak.  There was plenty of milk, but not much OJ.  The bread aisle was decimated.

All in all, it was chaotic, but i got most of what I came for.  I had planned to get some chicken and pork, but still have some in the freezer... I don't expect there to be real shortages on those things... they'll be back in a day or a week.

[Razors Edge ★]

42 minutes ago, maddmaxx said:

Daves killer bread

We luckily have 3 loaves of Daves in the freezer.

Trader Joe's was almost all empty shelves at 8:45 tonight.  We didn't get bananas but they did have garlic, so that's a plus.  Cashiers looked shell shocked.

[Ralphie ★]

Just now, Razors Edge said:

Cashiers looked shell shocked.

TSD

 

[Ralphie ★]

5 minutes ago, Razors Edge said:

We luckily have 3 loaves of Daves in the freezer.

Trader Joe's was almost all empty shelves at 8:45 tonight.  We didn't get bananas but they did have garlic, so that's a plus.  Cashiers looked shell shocked.

https://modernfarmer.com/2014/04/illustrated-odd-true-tale-dave-killers-bread/

[jdc2000]

There is no bread or canned goods available at any stores in my town right now.

 

[ChrisL]

We gave up, nothing we need is in stock and the lines are crazy...

[Prophet Zacharia]

My grocery store was sold out of riced cauliflower, but had everything else I needed. Pork baby back ribs were 50% off. It was empty just after noon today.

[Page Turner]

...I went out to buy fish emulsion and camellia fertilizer, The Home Depot garden section was filled with wonderful fresh plants, and there was no limit on fish emulsion. Likewise the Green Acres plant nursery had plenty of fertilizer, but it did look like they failed to restock the camellia section for their plants so far this year.  Which means I guess they'll skip a year, because they usually order them when they're in flower, and easier to sell.

If the Sunday farmers market gets cancelled because of crowd size, there are gonna be some long faces around here.   

[dinneR ★]

11 minutes ago, Page Turner said:

 

If the Sunday farmers market gets cancelled because of crowd size, there are gonna be some long faces around here.   

Ours is still scheduled for tomorrow. They have put rules in place to make it available like a grocery store. I'm just going to pick up my salmon order.

[petitepedal ★]

I am still on vacation in Nebraska..but looking at empty grocery store shelves makes me think I will be in trouble le when I get home  Oh well..I need to lose some weight anyway 

[Longjohn ★]

Our LGS was busy but they were handling it well. Checkout lines were about three people long. The shelves were fully stocked, they didn’t run out of anything. I have two Amish groceries in my neighborhood. I have never been in them, maybe I should?

[Forum Administrator]

I went yesterday....  Hoarders are freaking stupid. 

There was zero hand soap in the store.  One aisle over, the shelves were stocked with anti-bacterial dish soap.  Any shelves with something like Lysol or disinfecting wipes were completely bare. Two aisles over, I could buy as much bleach as I wanted.  The coffee aisle was out of k-cups, but plenty of ground coffee. Instant and one-minute oatmeal was all gone.  Five minute oatmeal? It was all there.

Here's my favorite....  all of the flour was gone.  What?  These boneheads who can't figure out how to make their own coffee or bleach water disinfecting solution are suddenly going to start baking from scratch?

[donkpow]

I went to the grocery before sunrise today, early to beat the weather. More customers than usual for this time of day. The stock clerks can't keep up with demand. Some items that are being hoarded are dry goods (pasta, rice, etc.), canned goods, eggs, hamburger, chicken, bottled water, some frozen foods. The toilet paper was all gone and people are buying all the paper towels they can get. Roto-rooter will be busy.

My BIL and I had a discussion a month or so ago about disaster preparation. This in the after math of the tornadoes that hit last year. I normally maintain some level of emergency food stuffs. I could go three weeks pretty easy with very little change to my diet. If I anticipated a disaster, I could begin rationing immediately and stretch my supplies out for much longer. For example, I have one tin of coffee. However, my stock also includes green and black tea bags, instant coffee and tea. I could stretch the coffee into three weeks if need be. Caffeine wouldn't be an issue.  Protein could be a problem in a troubling situation. Since my meats are frozen, I would have to front load my consumption with the loss of power. I could probably make some salted jerky or something like that. Peanut butter would have to sustain me in the near term. After that it would be cat stew and roasted robin. 

I could go on.

[smudge ★]

12 hours ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said:

https://modernfarmer.com/2014/04/illustrated-odd-true-tale-dave-killers-bread/

Dang!!!!!

Hmm, I may have to stop at a few grocery stores on the way home just for amusement to see how things are locally.   

[donkpow]

1 minute ago, smudge said:

Dang!!!!!

Hmm, I may have to stop at a few grocery stores on the way home just for amusement to see how things are locally.   

There was no Dave's bread on the shelves. I had to go with store brand.

[Dirtyhip]

35 minutes ago, Forum Administrator said:

I went yesterday....  Hoarders are freaking stupid. 

There was zero hand soap in the store.  One aisle over, the shelves were stocked with anti-bacterial dish soap.  Any shelves with something like Lysol or disinfecting wipes were completely bare. Two aisles over, I could buy as much bleach as I wanted.  The coffee aisle was out of k-cups, but plenty of ground coffee. Instant and one-minute oatmeal was all gone.  Five minute oatmeal? It was all there.

Here's my favorite....  all of the flour was gone.  What?  These boneheads who can't figure out how to make their own coffee or bleach water disinfecting solution are suddenly going to start baking from scratch?

How are the bulk bins?  I bet I can still get flour in bulk.  The bulk bins are largely ignored.  Although, we already bought before the mayhem began.  

I want to go out, just so I can report.  Generally, my husband goes in the early morning on weekdays.  He is the main shopper for our family.  

We bought two of a favorite essential oil blend that has antibacterial qualities.  They had a limit of 5, and I only bought two (not a greedy person here).  Now they are limiting it to 1, and I expect much of this stuff will be out of stock soon.  I am already well stocked and prepared for a myriad of medical issues anyway.  Naturopathy is a lovely thing, when medical costs are insane. This is just my normal routine.  We do have a gallon of bleach that has been here for a long while.  I use very little of it, because it is toxic.  This is last resort cleaning, IMHO.  

Maybe I will make a large batch of castille soap and peddle it.    no, I am kidding here.  What I should do is offer a class for my friends on how to make things like bread, soap, milk, etc.

[donkpow]

3 minutes ago, Dirtyhip said:

We do have a gallon of bleach that has been here for a long while.  I use very little of it, because it is toxic. 

I am on the mailing list for a restaurant. They sent me an e-mail letting me know what they are doing to disinfect. They say they use hydrogen peroxide.

[Dirtyhip]

6 minutes ago, donkpow said:

I am on the mailing list for a restaurant. They sent me an e-mail letting me know what they are doing to disinfect. They say they use hydrogen peroxide.

We have a partial bottle that has been in the med cabinet for years.  Currently, we don't use it for anything.  My husband says that regular soap and water is best, with a heavy scrub.  His method is ouchie, but I trust his education on wound care.  We do have some iodine for more concerning cuts or deeper wounds. 

[Mr. Silly]

paper product aisle and the frozen veggie section

[team scooter]

Around here, the shelves at the bigger stores like Wallyworld, Targa, Coskto are bare. But the locally owned stores are still well stocked. I guess hoarders don't follow the shop local mantra.  

[donkpow]

6 minutes ago, Dirtyhip said:

We have a partial bottle that has been in the med cabinet for years.  Currently, we don't use it for anything.  My husband says that regular soap and water is best, with a heavy scrub.  His method is ouchie, but I trust his education on wound care.  We do have some iodine for more concerning cuts or deeper wounds. 

Peroxide and iodine will destroy living tissue. I don't use iodine and only use peroxide to remove necrotic flesh. Sometimes to remove a scab that is interfering with healing. I am guessing that disinfecting surfaces with hydrogen peroxide avoids the unpleasant smell of bleach. 

[Razors Edge ★]

1 minute ago, team scooter said:

Around here, the shelves at the bigger stores like Wallyworld, Targa, Coskto are bare. But the locally owned stores are still well stocked. I guess hoarders don't follow the shop local mantra.  

I think the warehouse stores and Walmart are popular for the bulk sizes and bulk PRICING.  32 rolls of TP for the price of 10 at the smaller places sort of thing.  It is way easier to hoard when you can buy by the case only!

[donkpow]

Quaternary ammonia compounds are useful to disinfect surfaces. I believe Lysol contains a quaternary ammonia compound.

"Results from manufacturers' data sheets and from published scientific literature indicate that the quaternaries sold as hospital disinfectants are generally fungicidal, bactericidal, and virucidal against lipophilic (enveloped) viruses; they are not sporicidal and generally not tuberculocidal or virucidal against hydrophilic (nonenveloped) viruses.† Poor mycobactericidal activities of quaternary ammonium compounds have been reported.

The quaternaries are commonly used in ordinary environmental sanitation of noncritical surfaces such as floors, furniture, and walls. EPA-registered quaternary ammonium compounds are appropriate to use when disinfecting medical equipment that comes into contact with intact skin (e.g., blood pressure cuffs)."

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/quaternary-ammonium-compounds

[team scooter]

 

[Razors Edge ★]

My niece works at Wegmans and says it is pure insanity.  Worse than any holiday or snow storm.  People are getting mean, unruly, and selfish.  Said some folks take the cart disinfectant wipes and LINE their cart with them - not use one or two to wipe down the surfaces.   WTF???? 

Of course, the craziness in the stores, also explains the way some folks don't understand how a highly contagious and deadly virus is something to worry about and act upon.  Selfishness seems to be the order of the day

[ChrisL]

My wife & went last night with our daughter as she needed some stuff.  We gave up on regular shopping and threw some dog food and some snacks we found in her basket.  Nearly everything else we eat regularly at home was gone.

My daughter had just gone on a Costco run last week so gave us some TP.  I’m going to try some Asian markets later today & see if it’s any better. However my wife & I are just going to eat out more for the next few weeks as I’m not dealing with this..

[Kirby]

If you want social distancing, come to my office this weekend.  I needed to pick up a few things and I need to do some work that I'll get done much faster in the office than at home.  I definitely have more than 6 feet to myself.  I stopped by the grocery store near my office before coming in.  They still seemed to have some of everything except hand sanitizer, but the stock for some items was lower and there may not have been as many choices.  For the first time I saw signs asking people not to take more than 2 of certain paper products (TP and towels are the ones I noticed but there may have been more).  Lines were pretty short, but this store is always pretty well staffed.  I also stopped by the drugstore across the street and that seemed to be all out of toilet paper and vitamin C.  I had to chuckle at the guy who casually asked the cashier where the hand sanitizer was stocked.

[Razors Edge ★]

5 minutes ago, ChrisL said:

I’m going to try some Asian markets later today & see if it’s any better.

We'll see. I have a nearby shopping center with a Mom's Organic, Lotte, and a Sprouts. Across the street is a Safeway. I JUST WANT BANANAS!!!!!  We'll see how it goes.

[Allen ★]

Saw a fight over the last gallon of milk today. Two women in their 20s. They got separated and escorted from the store. 

[Razors Edge ★]

2 minutes ago, Allen said:

Saw a fight over the last gallon of milk today. Two women in their 20s. They got separated and escorted from the store. 

I laugh a little, but then I think about folks who have families.  For many, the weekend is "grocery shopping" time, and the difference between last weekend and this one is dramatic.  If they didn't go big last weekend, then they may be in a situation where they're low on "regular" food that kids seem to demand.  Crazy stuff.

[Bikeguy]

We when shopping on Thursday, and then on Friday, we went back to pick up a few things we forgot.  

On Thursday, there were paper towels and just a few packages of TP.  On Friday, no paper towels, and no TP.

I'll guess the store is like a black Friday sale today.   We didn't want to find out, so we shopped early.

[ChrisL]

8 minutes ago, Razors Edge said:

I laugh a little, but then I think about folks who have families.  For many, the weekend is "grocery shopping" time, and the difference between last weekend and this one is dramatic.  If they didn't go big last weekend, then they may be in a situation where they're low on "regular" food that kids seem to demand.  Crazy stuff.

That’s pretty much us.. Milk for coffee & cereal, bananas, other fruit, ice cream...  I’ll probably grab some creamers from work for my wife... Cereal is a scratch for now.  We can grab meals out but it’s the little stuff we eat daily.  

I told my niece earlier in the week I’d make her favorite dish (home made mac n cheese) but I can’t freaking find elbow macaroni. 

[Dirtyhip]

I am heading out soon.  Sort of a social experiment more than anything else.  Our list is actually quite small.  

I will take pics.  

Wish us luck.

[Page Turner]

....from today's NY Times:

"On March 1, the day after the first coronavirus death in the United States was announced, brothers Matt and Noah Colvin set out in a silver S.U.V. to pick up some hand sanitizer. Driving around Chattanooga, Tenn., they hit a Dollar Tree, then a Walmart, a Staples and a Home Depot. At each store, they cleaned out the shelves.

Over the next three days, Noah Colvin took a 1,300-mile road trip across Tennessee and into Kentucky, filling a U-Haul truck with thousands of bottles of hand sanitizer and thousands of packs of antibacterial wipes, mostly from “little hole-in-the-wall dollar stores in the backwoods,” his brother said. “The major metro areas were cleaned out.”

Matt Colvin stayed home near Chattanooga, preparing for pallets of even more wipes and sanitizer he had ordered, and starting to list them on Amazon. Mr. Colvin said he had posted 300 bottles of hand sanitizer and immediately sold them all for between $8 and $70 each, multiples higher than what he had bought them for. To him, “it was crazy money.” To many others, it was profiteering from a pandemic.

The next day, Amazon pulled his items and thousands of other listings for sanitizer, wipes and face masks. The company suspended some of the sellers behind the listings and warned many others that if they kept running up prices, they’d lose their accounts. EBay soon followed with even stricter measures, prohibiting any U.S. sales of masks or sanitizer.

Now, while millions of people across the country search in vain for hand sanitizer to protect themselves from the spread of the coronavirus, Mr. Colvin is sitting on 17,700 bottles of the stuff with little idea where to sell them."

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[dinneR ★]

I picked up my box of salmon. No wait. Went to the liquor store and bought a box of wine and a bottle of whisky. They were not busy.

Time to go for a ride. We are under a winter storm advisory. The snow is stacking up and visibility is limited. 

[2Far ★]

Amazon/Whole Foods delivered today. They substituted Andouille sausage for brats, frozen beef patties for a chuck roast, and were out of Hellman’s mayo. 
 

Wo2 is distraught.  

[Square Wheels]

1 hour ago, Page Turner said:

....from today's NY Times:

"On March 1, the day after the first coronavirus death in the United States was announced, brothers Matt and Noah Colvin set out in a silver S.U.V. to pick up some hand sanitizer. Driving around Chattanooga, Tenn., they hit a Dollar Tree, then a Walmart, a Staples and a Home Depot. At each store, they cleaned out the shelves.

Over the next three days, Noah Colvin took a 1,300-mile road trip across Tennessee and into Kentucky, filling a U-Haul truck with thousands of bottles of hand sanitizer and thousands of packs of antibacterial wipes, mostly from “little hole-in-the-wall dollar stores in the backwoods,” his brother said. “The major metro areas were cleaned out.”

Matt Colvin stayed home near Chattanooga, preparing for pallets of even more wipes and sanitizer he had ordered, and starting to list them on Amazon. Mr. Colvin said he had posted 300 bottles of hand sanitizer and immediately sold them all for between $8 and $70 each, multiples higher than what he had bought them for. To him, “it was crazy money.” To many others, it was profiteering from a pandemic.

The next day, Amazon pulled his items and thousands of other listings for sanitizer, wipes and face masks. The company suspended some of the sellers behind the listings and warned many others that if they kept running up prices, they’d lose their accounts. EBay soon followed with even stricter measures, prohibiting any U.S. sales of masks or sanitizer.

Now, while millions of people across the country search in vain for hand sanitizer to protect themselves from the spread of the coronavirus, Mr. Colvin is sitting on 17,700 bottles of the stuff with little idea where to sell them."

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If this is true, hopefully he goes bankrupt. 

[Prophet Zacharia]

14 minutes ago, Square Wheels said:

If this is true, hopefully he goes bankrupt. 

aGREED. 

[donkpow]

17 minutes ago, 2Far said:

Amazon/Whole Foods delivered today. They substituted Andouille sausage for brats, frozen beef patties for a chuck roast, and were out of Hellman’s mayo. 
 

Wo2 is distraught.  

Understandably so.