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Post by JIM on Jun 7, 2019 10:39:25 GMT -6
i did my monthly primary shopping yesterday.i learned that its cheaper to buy ground beef and bacon at Walmart instead of at h.e.b. i also learned that it's cheaper to buy loafs of bread at h.e.b. instead of dollar general. but that's only if I'm in the immediate area of the store..
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Post by JIM on Aug 2, 2020 15:53:47 GMT -6
I took someone to a doc appt the other day.in which I bought a large thing of crushed red pepper 🌶️ and cheese cloth. don't really need either right now.but good to stock up on.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2020 1:19:21 GMT -6
before covid we were going to a supermarket weekly with a short shopping list, once we came out of lockdown we went fortnightly/2 weeks, now we have the tourist season and a lot more people are vacationing in Devon and Cornwall we will extend that to every 3 weeks until the fall. we buy locally at the weekly market and buy eggs from road side stalls, our meat is delivered to the door about once a month.
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Post by JIM on Aug 3, 2020 9:31:10 GMT -6
Milk and bread shopping trips is one thing but I don't enjoy weekly shopping trips.much less every 2 week's.i rather stock up on what I need for the month on what I can.we have a small town brokshire bro grocery store here. But they get their about to go bad meats from the bigger town store's.and because of that I do my primary shopping in a town 30+ miles away.so stocking up on the first part of the month works best for me.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2020 0:13:03 GMT -6
because we are rural our shopping trip is done in a town about 25 miles away, I used to enjoy our food shopping trips but now we have to wear a mask its not so pleasurable. depending on how bad the R rate(the infection rate) gets in the autumn/ fall may even only go once a month. Milk and Bread I can get locally, thats not a problem, but the local shop dosent stock the number of cans I need so that means a supermarket. not that our rural supermarkets are that large, they are quite small compared to city stores.
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Post by JIM on Aug 4, 2020 6:40:39 GMT -6
My local grocery store probably can fit into the Walmart I go to 20 to 30 times,
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Post by dirtdiva on Aug 4, 2020 6:48:34 GMT -6
In the last few months we have started doing curb side pick up to avoid being exposed to the crowds. We arrange grocery orders when we have errands such as dr's appointments or have to pick up feed or livestock supplies. Right now since we are in the middle of the growing season we have been pretty well eating out of our garden and have not really had to tap into our preps at all.
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Post by sonic on Aug 25, 2020 7:02:54 GMT -6
For the first time since March I went to the supermarket. I got a bit giddy in the frozen section and came home with a load of bags of frozen vegetables destined to become dehydrator fodder.
I was struck by how much things had gone up in price. Meat in particular is noticeably more expensive.
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Post by dirtdiva on Aug 25, 2020 12:13:19 GMT -6
Had to laugh. I sliced and blanched okra this morning and finished out the load in my dehydrator with mixed vegetables. Great minds think alike You are right though things have gone up in price quite a bit.
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Post by dirtdiva on Oct 8, 2020 6:54:52 GMT -6
Recently made a Walmart run and thought I would post a few observations. In the produce section the shelves and bins have been arranged further apart to disguise the lack of fresh produce or possible accommodate social distancing? Higher prices but a much smaller selection. In the frozen food section again less of a selection but still food there. Higher prices and smaller quantity. Paper goods are still spotty depending on when you go. Toilet paper and paper towels come and go. Canning supplies non existant. As well as vacuum sealers and vacuum sealer bags. Dog food aisle had fewer brands with less of a flavor selection and badly picked over but still some there. Dry goods were hit pretty hard. Dry rice and beans, flours and meals, sugars all had been hit pretty good. Canned goods the same way. Hot items were canned beans, soups and fruit. Alcohol has been gone for months, hydrogen peroxide is available from time to time. Cleaning supplies are getting pretty picked over as well. Anything germ killing such as Lysol seems to fly off the shelves. My restaurant supply house still is the place to shop. Large quantities, good prices better selection. I purchase large quantities and then repackage and vacuum pack. Bought 5 pound box of pecan pieces frozen for baking and oatmeal. and 15 pounds of frozen cherries that I think I will dehydrate when I get an empty dehydrator. All in all I think higher prices but a smaller selection but food is still out there and flowing. May not be what people are used to eating but it is there. *** Interesting note while checking out there were two gentleman in front of me with packed multiple shopping carts. They were having a prepper discussion and found it interesting that they were prepping for election day violence. They seem to think that there will be violence surrounding the election and civil unrest and wanted to prepare so as not to have to venture out into it. I found that interesting because there had been zero civil unrest of any kind in the small secluded area that we live in.
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Post by sonic on Oct 8, 2020 8:41:08 GMT -6
Where I get my weekly shop, things are much the same but prices seem to have risen again. The big tell will be tomorrow when I go to Farmfoods, they are mainly a frozen food store with lots of things sold in bulk. This was the shop that was completely emptied when lockdown started so this will be a good barometer to see where things are now.
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Post by sonic on Oct 12, 2020 12:56:23 GMT -6
I got to go Farmfoods today. I couldn't see any difference so I think this panic buying is being hyped as I got everything I wanted, including TP! The store was being topped up as I was in there.
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Post by dirtdiva on Oct 12, 2020 14:05:19 GMT -6
20 pounds apples, 20 pounds green peanuts, 10 pounds sweet potatoes and 5 pounds pecans. Apples will become apple sauce, peelings will dehydrate for hot apple tea and cores for homemade apple cider vinegar fermented. Peanuts will be boiled and canned as boiled peanuts, sweet potatoes will become sweet potato powder. for oatmeal. pecans will be frozen for baking, oatmeal and trail mix.
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Post by JIM on Jan 7, 2021 16:57:47 GMT -6
went to town to take care of a couple of things. so i stopped at the Sam's club. bought a 45 count of toilet paper. and two cases of 45 count of water. I should have enough toilet paper to do me for the rest of my life now. lol
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Post by dirtdiva on Feb 18, 2021 10:43:12 GMT -6
Yesterday I made a run to the city for a dr's appointment so stopped by Walmart on my way out of town to grab some fresh fruit and salad fixings since I was already there. I found a mess! Meat was cleaned out, bread was cleaned out, milk was gone. Most fresh produce was gone. Since we are in the middle of a winter storm I can see topping up on a few items but people had carts and carts of stuff. Jeez it seems as if every time you turn around now there is a new panic gripping people.
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Post by billmasen on Feb 18, 2021 11:37:21 GMT -6
Yesterday I made a run to the city for a dr's appointment so stopped by Walmart on my way out of town to grab some fresh fruit and salad fixings since I was already there. I found a mess! Meat was cleaned out, bread was cleaned out, milk was gone. Most fresh produce was gone. Since we are in the middle of a winter storm I can see topping up on a few items but people had carts and carts of stuff. Jeez it seems as if every time you turn around now there is a new panic gripping people. Blind irrational panic appears to be the default setting for millions of people in the western world.
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Post by kelabar on Feb 18, 2021 15:40:23 GMT -6
Jeez it seems as if every time you turn around now there is a new panic gripping people. Blind irrational panic appears to be the default setting for millions of people in the western world. IMO it isn't new and it isn't irrational. You may have noticed that the election was stolen by a group hostile to the people of the US. This has already happened in the rest of the world. People aren't panicking, they are responding to legitimate concerns. Their faith in their 'rulers' is so low they have no expectation that they will be cared for, left to die is more likely. To paraphrase the TX governor(?)EDIT: mayor "you are on your own, we're not helping you". One of the few areas where gov should play a role IMO is wide scale disaster relief. Comms and assets are available which can't be accessed at a local level. When helping people becomes secondary to political concerns, people have no choice but to help themselves. Yes, a lot of good work is done, but the effectiveness and intention varies a lot from the little info I have. If there was a feeling of "we've got this no matter how bad it gets" amongst the people then this sort of buying wouldn't happen. The fact that it is happening says all you need to know about the current feelings of the population. On topic, stores in Aus have most things on the shelf. There may be delays in delivery of ordered items but a fairly accurate delivery date can generally be given.
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Post by dirtdiva on Feb 18, 2021 16:19:43 GMT -6
Jeez it seems as if every time you turn around now there is a new panic gripping people. Blind irrational panic appears to be the default setting for millions of people in the western world. IMO it isn't new and it isn't irrational. You may have noticed that the election was stolen by a group hostile to the people of the US. This has already happened in the rest of the world. People aren't panicking, they are responding to legitimate concerns. Their faith in their 'rulers' is so low they have no expectation that they will be cared for, left to die is more likely. To paraphrase the TX governor(?)EDIT: mayor "you are on your own, we're not helping you". One of the few areas where gov should play a role IMO is wide scale disaster relief. Comms and assets are available which can't be accessed at a local level. When helping people becomes secondary to political concerns, people have no choice but to help themselves. Yes, a lot of good work is done, but the effectiveness and intention varies a lot from the little info I have. If there was a feeling of "we've got this no matter how bad it gets" amongst the people then this sort of buying wouldn't happen. The fact that it is happening says all you need to know about the current feelings of the population. On topic, stores in Aus have most things on the shelf. There may be delays in delivery of ordered items but a fairly accurate delivery date can generally be given. Actually kelabar I think you have hit the nail on the head. In my own opinion that is how Trump was elected because he was not a politician. I think the general population has lost trust in their elected officials, the medical profession, all government agencies, main stream media, big pharma and big business etc. I think between the elections and pandemic has been so badly handled that people are frightened and it does not take much to set off a stampede. There is no safety anymore. It is going to take a whole lot more than a couple stimulus checks for people to feel safe. Our product availability goes up and down depending on the crisis of the moment. The media many times blows it out of proportion and the grocery stores take another hit. It will take them several weeks now to bounce back and restock.
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Post by dirtdiva on Feb 19, 2021 11:33:42 GMT -6
Here is a photo of the produce section of 1 of the 2 grocery stores in the small town nearest. (Walmart) The second grocery looks the same.
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Post by sonic on Feb 21, 2021 8:10:54 GMT -6
Is it simply the weather that has caused this panic? I only ask because things are perfectly normal here.
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