annieosage
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I mentioned this somewhere a few months ago. Specifically these items to watch. It could have been in a BS thread. DD gets a commodities report and these items were top of the list.
ECON Report food and grocery price increases/shortages here: 2021 Edition
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I mentioned this somewhere a few months ago. Specifically these items to watch. It could have been in a BS thread. DD gets a commodities report and these items were top of the list.
RememberGoliad
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PG, there is a 3rd glaring "bothersome" in Terr's post: The fact that someone decided to name something a "Wet Burrito". I read that and my mental image was of a Stripes burrito that'd been dropped in a parking lot puddle. Then I got to thinking worse.... Nah, no 'wet burritos' for me.
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So.....a real world example of what they do before they start rioting, looting and hijacking grocery delivery trucks?
Good to know. Forwarned is forarmed.
psychgirl
Has No Life - Lives on TB
What!!? Omgosh!!
That’s robbery!
She is almost completely handicapped. She won't be rioting anytime soon.
psychgirl
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Oh ok, well then this is a different scenario. Poor woman.
EMICT
Veteran Member
I read the op as 'she called me out' instead of 'she called me, (she's) out of food'. The lack of a comma may have caused some confusion.Oh ok, well then this is a different scenario. Poor woman.
Sorry about that. My lack of schooling strikes again.
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No, not this one, but still, somehow, she's been trained to call you when she's out of food and obviously/allegedly can't buy any for herself. Unless she called simply to complain about Uncle Sugar(?), but your post didn't sound that way. Sounded like, besides complaining, she wanted/expected you to do something about her being "out of food".
This lady? Might be fine to help out in a pinch, but times are still good. When they aren't, all of the people saying they are "out of food" won't be handicapped.
No, not this one, but still, somehow, she's been trained to call you when she's out of food and obviously/allegedly can't buy any for herself. Unless she called simply to complain about Uncle Sugar(?), but your post didn't sound that way. Sounded like, besides complaining, she wanted/expected you to do something about her being "out of food".
This lady? Might be fine to help out in a pinch, but times are still good. When they aren't, all of the people saying they are "out of food" won't be handicapped.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
And that price for fryer oil is IF you can find any. I posted on a thread in the Bomb Shelter a couple of months ago a friend drove eight hours out of state to another Sam's Club to buy fryer oil, no one in the area had any.
phloydius
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At that price it might be worth it to have someone mail you a care package. Just checked local H‑E‑B in Texas, and 500 extra strength coated tabs, generic, is $2.01 (& is in stock).
I guess it must be my Baptist upbringing doing me in. Mathew 25: 31-46
Roadgeek
Contributing Member
Excellent idea. My wife and I live in Central Texas, but we have relatives in Southeast Texas, Chicagoland and Phoenix. It can work both ways, of course.
Roadgeek
Contributing Member
Agree completely. My wife and I have discussed this at length, and we may be compelled to make decisions that will keep us awake at night, but self-preservation is a strong instinct, and I'm not here to feed the neighbors.
annieosage
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Just for fun I went back to compare prices on a few things a year ago at Smiths (Kroger):
2 pack chicken breast
2020: $3.21
2021: $5.17
Kroger bacon
2020: $4.49
2021: $5.99
18 count eggs
2020: $1.79
2021: $2.79
Kroger butter
2020: $3.29
2021: $3.99
2 pack chicken breast
2020: $3.21
2021: $5.17
Kroger bacon
2020: $4.49
2021: $5.99
18 count eggs
2020: $1.79
2021: $2.79
Kroger butter
2020: $3.29
2021: $3.99
mzkitty
I give up.
Food stamps should be on her state FS card. Does she not have one for some reason? I'm thinking it's possibly a system screw-up? Hmmm, at any rate, you know she has them and hopefully can pay you back, but an odd thing like this, I would have given her some food too, to tide her over. Some people on here are really nasty. Whatever happened to love your neighbor?
psychgirl
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Ran up to Walgreens last night.
Their soda aisle was almost entirely empty.
They had a few stragglers left of random 2 liter drinks but no coke, no Pepsi.... except three, 12 pk cans of Diet Coke left on the very bottom shelf in the back of the rack.
I should have grabbed one but they were 6.99$ and I was in a hurry.
Their soda aisle was almost entirely empty.
They had a few stragglers left of random 2 liter drinks but no coke, no Pepsi.... except three, 12 pk cans of Diet Coke left on the very bottom shelf in the back of the rack.
I should have grabbed one but they were 6.99$ and I was in a hurry.
Backwoods Chic
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My husband went to Aldi's here in central Illinois last night. He said they low or were out of many things. He called me kind of panicky. He mentioned to the stocker he came across that "the store sure is out of a lot of stuff", to which the stocker replied "We have been informed to expect 500 items out of stock next month."
Roadgeek
Contributing Member
As the National Hurricane Center is fond of saying just before landfall of a major hurricane, "....All preparations should be rushed to completion..."My husband went to Aldi's here in central Illinois last night. He said they low or were out of many things. He called me kind of panicky. He mentioned to the stocker he came across that "the store sure is out of a lot of stuff", to which the stocker replied "We have been informed to expect 500 items out of stock next month."
psychgirl
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It’s started, for sure now.My husband went to Aldi's here in central Illinois last night. He said they low or were out of many things. He called me kind of panicky. He mentioned to the stocker he came across that "the store sure is out of a lot of stuff", to which the stocker replied "We have been informed to expect 500 items out of stock next month."
I do remember a post somewhere, stating from a member here, who had insider type info that October is the end of recent food delivery contracts and there would be none after.
To paraphrase.
RememberGoliad
Veteran Member
I'll be making the trip to town Thursday in hopes of stuffing an Excursion. Back row seat out and middle row folded. Might drag a trailer. Probably not going back to town this year. Or next, if there's enough TP. I'm kinda OCD about them paper rolls ever since running out one time when I was young and stupid. Put it this way, I still have a yellow box of Sam's house brand, 45 rolls, good quality stuff, that I picked up for I think 9.99. (THAT's to show how long ago I got it, not bragging on scoring a sale!) Basically, when I can see that box, that's my 'warning' that I'm running low, and over the weekend I noticed a corner of it between the other packs. LMAO.
Tennessee gal
Veteran Member
Same here in N. E. Ohio. Both Aldie’s and Dollar General were low on stock.
My niece’s mother and I use muscle cream for arthritis that is normally sold at Dollar General . My niece went to 3 Dollar General stores and they were out. I called a fourth one and they were out.
20Gauge
TB Fanatic
As did the GRAMMAR POLICE!!! You have been warned apparently.....lol
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rafter
Since 1999
Hadn't been to the store for about 3 weeks. Today was Walmart and Aldi day.
Walmart...produce looked great. Meat was low. Turkeys which they had less than a dozen were $1.48 a pound. There were no gallons of water of any kind. Very few cases of bottled water. Not much sugar or flour. Chip aisle was half empty. Mexican canned stuff and salsa was to the point of nonexistent. Pasta empty. Maybe 10 pkgs on the shelf. Same with spaghetti sauce. No pkgs of mac and cheese....wiped out. TP aisle half of it was completely empty. Prices up on everything I looked at.
Aldi... Better stocked than Walmart but there were obvious holes through out the store. Egg prices up 30 cents since last time I was there to $1.56. Meat up a lot. Ribeyes last time I was there was $12.99...today $15.99!! That just priced me out of buying them. Frozen meat was very low...lots of empty shelves all the way down the frozen aisle.
My eating patterns are changing because of prices. Still trying to stock a few things because I know it is only going to get worse or not available.
Walmart...produce looked great. Meat was low. Turkeys which they had less than a dozen were $1.48 a pound. There were no gallons of water of any kind. Very few cases of bottled water. Not much sugar or flour. Chip aisle was half empty. Mexican canned stuff and salsa was to the point of nonexistent. Pasta empty. Maybe 10 pkgs on the shelf. Same with spaghetti sauce. No pkgs of mac and cheese....wiped out. TP aisle half of it was completely empty. Prices up on everything I looked at.
Aldi... Better stocked than Walmart but there were obvious holes through out the store. Egg prices up 30 cents since last time I was there to $1.56. Meat up a lot. Ribeyes last time I was there was $12.99...today $15.99!! That just priced me out of buying them. Frozen meat was very low...lots of empty shelves all the way down the frozen aisle.
My eating patterns are changing because of prices. Still trying to stock a few things because I know it is only going to get worse or not available.
Marseydoats
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20Gauge
TB Fanatic
Darn it!!! got caught!!!!You mis-spelled grammar...
Normallguy
"just a human bein'"
Just got back from Meijer in Richmond, IN.
LOW T.P. and paper towel and limits of 2 per person.
But what got my attention was in automotive/home there was very few cans of spray paint. No real colors left just tans and some specialty paint.
LOW T.P. and paper towel and limits of 2 per person.
But what got my attention was in automotive/home there was very few cans of spray paint. No real colors left just tans and some specialty paint.
Jubilee on Earth
Veteran Member
It’s been this way at our Meijer for a while. Back in June I bought a can of red spray chalk paint for a project I was working on. Turned out I needed a second can. It’s now almost November, and I still can’t find that second can. Not at Meijer or Home Depot or any of the hardware stores. They’ve all had signs up about the paint shortage.
bracketquant
Veteran Member
I bought another 20 lbs of dry pasta at .49 a pound. I found all of the herbs and spices I was looking for, except celery seed (as someone else mentioned in a previous post). A couple of pounds of bacon (4.19 a pound) is all I use in a year. One pound for baked beans, and one pound for chicken corn chowder.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
My husband went to Aldi's here in central Illinois last night. He said they low or were out of many things. He called me kind of panicky. He mentioned to the stocker he came across that "the store sure is out of a lot of stuff", to which the stocker replied "We have been informed to expect 500 items out of stock next month."
That's a large amount of items.
vector7
Dot Collector
Catturd™: Thank you Democrats.
MSNBC: this year’s Thanksgiving will be “the most expensive meal in the history of the holiday.”
Yet they focus on January 6 and Voter ID laws.
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View: https://twitter.com/kevinf456/status/1452987098324250631?s=20
MSNBC: this year’s Thanksgiving will be “the most expensive meal in the history of the holiday.”
Yet they focus on January 6 and Voter ID laws.
RT 1min
View: https://twitter.com/kevinf456/status/1452987098324250631?s=20
vector7
Dot Collector
THANKS JOE! Thanksgiving 2021 Will Be ‘Most Expensive Meal in the History of the Holiday’
Not for Joe and his family. Their Thanksgiving meal is on us.
View: https://twitter.com/lee_hornbaker/status/1453028954550546432?s=20
Not for Joe and his family. Their Thanksgiving meal is on us.
View: https://twitter.com/lee_hornbaker/status/1453028954550546432?s=20
SageRock
Veteran Member
chicken breast: $5.17/$3.21 = 1.61, or a 61% price increase in one year
Kroger bacon: $5.99/$4.49 = 1.33, or a 33% price increase in one year
18 count eggs: $2.79/$1.79 = 1.56, or a 56% price increase in one year (1.558 rounded to 1.56)
Kroger butter: $3.29/$3.99 = 1.21, or a 21% price increase in one year
Damn!!
tiredude
Veteran Member
i bet you didn't get a 22% raise this year did you.......
psychgirl
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Craziest thing at Kroger, central Indiana area yesterday!
They had a large meat case with a ton of marked down/clearance lunch meats and cold cuts.... also large, 2 lb echrich keilbasa packs (5.99$! Reg 10$ !)
I got the sausage, (should go get more ) but no lunch meats because we really don’t eat those and they do not freeze well, or I would have. They were sort of off brands, so I wonder, if maybe they’d gotten stuck in shipping somewhere and close to the expiration date?
I mean, there were a lot of them all lined up, same brand, same turkey im pretty sure.
They had a large meat case with a ton of marked down/clearance lunch meats and cold cuts.... also large, 2 lb echrich keilbasa packs (5.99$! Reg 10$ !)
I got the sausage, (should go get more ) but no lunch meats because we really don’t eat those and they do not freeze well, or I would have. They were sort of off brands, so I wonder, if maybe they’d gotten stuck in shipping somewhere and close to the expiration date?
I mean, there were a lot of them all lined up, same brand, same turkey im pretty sure.
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