tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post1363013911428643612..comments2024-03-19T05:03:19.939-07:00Comments on Rural Revolution: Empty shelves?Patrice Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012022335047974670noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-83270772619918120832020-07-23T20:40:03.987-07:002020-07-23T20:40:03.987-07:00East Idaho here. Sporadic holes and diminished sup...East Idaho here. Sporadic holes and diminished supply on shelves. Folks, get busy filling what holes you have. Winter is coming and hard times with it. Real hard. World food bank estimates 40 countries will be in famine by December. Do not be complacent. Take the gun and ammo shortage seriously. The same will happen with food.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07340412769017251896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-79964280043757807632020-07-12T10:18:10.214-07:002020-07-12T10:18:10.214-07:00Here in Walla Walla, there was hardly even a prote...Here in Walla Walla, there was hardly even a protest. Police are quite friendly. Area is not high crime. Trucks pull in regularly. Shelves are still bare in spots, with many items in short or no supply.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-19392912062267325962020-07-08T18:19:58.167-07:002020-07-08T18:19:58.167-07:00Toilet paper back in at Costco as of Monday in Gre...Toilet paper back in at Costco as of Monday in Green Bay. Store seemed well stocked though people everywhere are quite tense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-10031393210917065062020-07-08T12:25:24.438-07:002020-07-08T12:25:24.438-07:00Expect prices for Pork and Beef products to increa...Expect prices for Pork and Beef products to increase greatly. Why? In case everybody has forgotten (the lamestreem meejuh has certainly done so), African Swine Flu is killing off pigs in Africa, China, and most of Asia big time. According to what few reports I can find, over 25% of swine in China have been killed, and prit' near the same in Africa.<br /><br />This puts extreme pressure on American and Canadian swine farmers to sell to the highest bidders (China). Don't forget that Smithfield is wholly owned by China and the majority of the pork products produced by Smithfield are shipped directly to China.<br /><br />On the beef front, since slaughter houses and processing plants have been forced to close due to the coronabologna "crisis", many ranchers have resorted to "culling" their herds as they can't sell to the big Co-op processing plants. <br /><br />As stated in a post above, the "strange" weather in the Mid-west has caused all sorts of problemos with grain products, so baked goods will probably get more expensive as well.<br /><br />Then, just to make things "fun", the double whammy of Congressional greed ( the inventory tax ), and stupidity on the part of our glorious "Captains of Industry" adopting the Japanese "just in time" supply chain methodology just compounds shortages, as the monumental stupidity of this thinking combined with the mindless hoarding leaves nothing as a backup when media driven fear causes panic buying. Stores are "wiped out" of things we all take for granted, and then when the "buy more stock" orders go out, there is nothing in the supply chain to make up for the "hole" in the supermarkets. It takes months for the manufacturers to gear up and start producing more, IF they can find the workers to do the work thanks to the stupidity of current policies regarding unemployment compensation and fear of coronabologna .<br /><br />So, as a previous commenter stated, get good with The God of the Bible, do your prepping accordingly, and pray for this Country. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-46451407805472461222020-07-07T17:55:05.811-07:002020-07-07T17:55:05.811-07:00Pork products are going to get more and more expen...Pork products are going to get more and more expensive as African Swine Flu (a subject the lamestreem meejuh is currently ignoring bc they are slavering over the retards running amok) continues to wipe out pigs in Africa, CHINA especially) and other Asian Countries. As pigs are wiped out elsewhere, great pressure will be put on USA, & Canada to make up for everybody else. Don't forget that Smithfield is owned by the Chinese, and most of what Smithfield produces is now sent to China.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-77895724906235208422020-07-06T19:02:54.168-07:002020-07-06T19:02:54.168-07:00That's interesting because I noticed many empt...That's interesting because I noticed many empty shelves in our Ohio Walmart store yesterday (7/5). I asked the cashier about it, and she said it was due to people staying in rented cabins stocking up on supplies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-74923795330163088282020-07-04T19:20:57.069-07:002020-07-04T19:20:57.069-07:00Haven't been able to find any more Lysol to re...Haven't been able to find any more Lysol to restock the deep pantry. Western PACarolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-51144442146544548842020-07-04T16:05:52.929-07:002020-07-04T16:05:52.929-07:00shelves are stocked full across the border in nort...shelves are stocked full across the border in northern MN, too. lynneinMNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10919732300332224012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-71682094716545484382020-07-04T15:16:42.213-07:002020-07-04T15:16:42.213-07:00interesting to learn that del monte is non-gmo. I ...interesting to learn that del monte is non-gmo. I didn't know that. It WILL have an affect on my purchasing.<br /><br />I am not much on Amazon but I am in an area that within a 25 mile radius of my home I have 4 Wal Marts,2 Krogers, 4 independent grocery stores and 9 Dollar Generals. Strange since I live 15 miles from the nearest town. I can usually find what I need/want. <br /><br />kathy in MSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-82026863918367583212020-07-04T12:22:31.674-07:002020-07-04T12:22:31.674-07:00Here in Walla Walla it's somewhere in the midd...Here in Walla Walla it's somewhere in the middle, but not closer to the abundant end. Many holes in the shelves as far as food goes. <br /><br />The Dak canned hams are in a new type can and not to be trusted, Right off the shelf I can shake them and hear the slosh around inside.Air pocket anybody? Many items are smaller, or lower quality, IF they have stock at all. This is just one example.<br /><br />We have some canned meats, but not much. The canned veggies is mixed. Some have only a few cans that are all pulled forward to give the illusion of stock, some are missing, and a couple have a bit more. Never like it was though. Good luck finding much pork. Pasta and dried beans/rice are hit and miss.<br /><br />The GV 3lb bacon which used to cost $11 roughly just a couple months ago is now over $15, if they have it. Little Smokies with cheddar are frequently out of stock.<br /><br />With the advent of the grand solar minimum, food production is dropping like a rock all over the planet where historically its been good growing for last couple centuries, but taking off in North Africa and Middle East as food growing belts shift towards the equator. Problem with those areas though is the increase in food capacity has sparked locust swarms to eat it all and a large chunk of it is in countries that hate the US. Think Iran is going to be eager to sell the US food? Not likely.<br /><br />A trip down the kitchen appliances section shows mostly empty shelves. Guess you can't import slow cookers or air fryers from China right now lol.<br />Better get used to it, its supposed to last for a min of 10-15 years, perhaps more depending on which sun cycle is taking us down. Better learn which plants grow in climates colder than your current one as things cool off, and plant accordingly. This has happened before, many times, and it always follows the same script.<br /><br />But above that, make sure you're right with Jesus. The Bible talks about the end being a days wages required for enough food for one person for one day. Not enough for your family, just you. That time is upon us. Your preps wont last long, and you wont be able to grow much food, even on a farm. <br /><br />Look what happened to many farms last couple years: late planting due to weather, early freezing so much could not ripen or be harvested. Even seed crops were wiped out for things like lentils and potatoes. <br /><br />And its not just the US. Most grain exporting countries have banned selling food to the rest of the world in some sort or fashion. They know they are not going to have enough for their own people here soon, so keep it in country.<br /><br />Welcome to the new norm. <br /><br />The leadership of countries know it, so do much of the corps who make up our food chain. Why do you think Del Monte has been abandoning the northern parts of the US slowly? Don't tell me its because of old factories and processing equipment. If there was money to be made, they would rebuild the plants. There is no money to be made right now, because there isn't much food going to be grown there for a while.<br /><br />Its time folks, its startedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-69910192523188841082020-07-04T11:17:02.458-07:002020-07-04T11:17:02.458-07:00I live in central Maine. I haven't been to Wal...I live in central Maine. I haven't been to Walmart since this whole pandemic mess began so I don't know how it is. However, I went to the grocery store today and it is better stocked than it has been in a long time. The canned goods were on the low side but everything else, including TP was fine.Pam in Mainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588443988861902514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-56705751168738548812020-07-04T10:59:05.922-07:002020-07-04T10:59:05.922-07:00I’m in Green Bay WI and I was surprised to find Co...I’m in Green Bay WI and I was surprised to find Costco was running very low on toilet paper again. For the past month everything seemed to be back to normal supply-wise, but this past week I noticed almost everyone had a package of both toilet paper and paper towels in their carts. I don’t watch mainstream news, so it made me wonder if a resurgence is being “predicted”. As of a few days ago, canned goods were still fully stocked, but at the grocery store I’m still hearing people openly discussing which items have the best shelf life. At least where I am people are still very much on edge. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-7092183223888893472020-07-04T08:57:17.874-07:002020-07-04T08:57:17.874-07:00I work on the sales floor at my local Home Depot, ...I work on the sales floor at my local Home Depot, and I live in Upstate NY.<br /><br />Local grocery stores vary. The big stores are FINALLY getting stuff back in stock enough to keep the shelves from looking empty, BUT, if you look close enough its often not always the USUAL stuff. They're throwing whatever they can get onto the shelves to make it look full. Prices on many many things are headed through the roof. Smaller grocery stores, and stores outside of city areas, are doing better about keeping shelves full of reasonably normal stuff, but prices are on the rise there too. Still can't get yeast local (though I was finally able to order some), peanut butter is still scarce. Purchase limits are mostly gone, except on papergoods.<br /><br />I've been avoiding Walmart and the like, so I can't comment there.<br /><br />At my work: we've got mad empty shelves ALL OVER THE STORE. It started in cleaning supplies when the virus first hit and everyone panicked, but its spread to the whole store. Based on what I'm seeing in the ordering system, and feedback from my management, its being caused by several factors.<br /><br />1: people's buying habits changed, sometimes drastically, when the pandemic hit. While stores like HD do a pretty decent job at stocking for expected sales, no one expected such a drastic buying change. Available stocks of items sold out quickly. <br /><br />2: some of the needed items were/are available in warehouses, but there's limits to how much can be shipped at any one time. Plus trucking companies were feeling the concerns over the virus, so some drivers weren't driving, and there were issues with states not allowing reststops to be open so the truckers could park and sleep, and.....yah<br /><br />3: manufacturing basically shut down for 2-3 months. The places that were able to keep producing often had to slow down production in order to space out employees to alleviate virus concerns. Employees were scared of the virus and called out of work. Note that this runs all the way down the chain. So not only is the factory that builds the lawnmower affected, but the factory that makes the parts for the lawnmower, and the factory that processes the raw materials for the parts for the lawnmower. AND that assumes that those factories are in the USA, do I really need to explain what happened to everything coming in from out of country? Plus all of this affected the warehouses that store all those products too, on the same scale.<br /><br />4: people are still panic buying. Oh, they don't see what they're doing as panic buying, but thats whats happening. My work has been getting in the occasional case of the various high demand cleaning supplies, and in every single case people walk in, see it on the shelf and say "oh, Lysol! I better grab a bottle while I can" even if they don't NEED it. The end result is constantly empty shelves of high demand product, which in turn drives people to buy it when they see it even if they don't need it, the next time it comes in. The only way to fix this buying pattern is to get enough product in to fill the shelves and keep them full for at least a couple weeks. Which is going to take a ridiculous amount of product to do country wide. So its going to be a while.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11924993310937754220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-17502796930336058672020-07-04T08:04:34.637-07:002020-07-04T08:04:34.637-07:00I am in Central Oregon. The shelves here at the t...I am in Central Oregon. The shelves here at the two Walmarts in Bend and Redmond are sporadically empty. One can have a full selection of soup, the next 4ft section is nearly empty. Pasta is scarce. Meat is just a few packages of each, usually the most expensive is what is left. They have double the sausage/kielbasa sections. Our local store in Sisters is starting to look like it did earlier in the year. Usually the eggs are gone, just the spendy $6 organic ones are left. Milk is picked through and the dairy and oj sections are pretty bare. Because it is so expensive we usually only get the basics so we don't have to do the 50 mile round trip into town. Safeway has tripled it's seafood area, but it's nothing I would buy as most if farm raised out of the country. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-30382074298791959112020-07-04T07:47:39.461-07:002020-07-04T07:47:39.461-07:00Last week in Central Texas the Home Depot, Costco ...Last week in Central Texas the Home Depot, Costco and HEB (major local chain grocery) seemed well stocked. HEB management and workers were magnificent during the worst of this.<br /><br />There's a website* that tracks consumer spending (not store inventory). It has grocery purchases at +12% (Jun 24 vs. Jan 2020) nationwide, and +10% in Maine, and +12% in Texas.<br /><br />* Search "tracktherecovery" on duckduckgo or google for a link the the website. <br /><br />A LOT of other information on that website. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-29892280659461306412020-07-04T05:50:29.401-07:002020-07-04T05:50:29.401-07:00Here in VA, we cannot find yeast or Clorox wipes. ...Here in VA, we cannot find yeast or Clorox wipes. The canned goods shelves are looking a bit weird - 20 feet of Campbell's soup, but sorely lacking in variety. No problem getting meat, flour, sugar or other staples. I am thankful I have plenty of canning jars and lids that I stocked up on last year. I stopped at the fabric store last week and there is no elastic. Most of the quilting fabric has been pulled and fleece blanket kits are filling the shelves. I have heard that all the essentials for sewing have been pulled to fill mail order requests, but I can't confirm. I am just afraid we will have to go through the whole toilet paper thing again if the virus gets worse, so I am stocking up.Jean Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18244968309213848871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-72801044111649084312020-07-03T18:57:53.987-07:002020-07-03T18:57:53.987-07:00Nice to see a fellow North Mississipian here that ...Nice to see a fellow North Mississipian here that loves this blog.Jeff from Mississippihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195095046880556679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-75101203961473907922020-07-03T18:09:03.381-07:002020-07-03T18:09:03.381-07:00Been having trouble getting bread flour and yeast ...Been having trouble getting bread flour and yeast near Clemmons, NC. TP is back on the shelves, the decent kind without splinters. No other store has limits except for Publix.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-46940662878775571532020-07-03T18:02:02.795-07:002020-07-03T18:02:02.795-07:00Went to Walmart in Nogales , Arizona yesterday, wi...Went to Walmart in Nogales , Arizona yesterday, with the exception of caned Vegetables they were pretty well stocked , no limit on meat ( I don't buy my meat there anyway ) The Walmart here stoped selling guns and ammo a few yrs ago .Safeway was well stocked, again caned vegetables were sparse , Del Monte was no where to be seen . No limit on meat purchases but no Pork ribs or country style ribs .. I buy my meat at a family market in Nogales , two of the bins were empty, no pork or Country style ribs , again no Del Monty caned vegetables. No limit on meat purchases . I only buy Delmonty as they are the only Caned Veggies that are reasonably priced and are non GMO. I ended up ordering some caned veggies from Amazon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-31895722476744052192020-07-03T14:02:04.991-07:002020-07-03T14:02:04.991-07:00Up here 500 miles north of the US border things ar...Up here 500 miles north of the US border things are coming back to Walmart and our local grocery stores. Yeast is still difficult to find. Flour at Costco was limited to 1 but that has since been lifted. Some things at Costco, like the bottled German bratwurst long hotdogs that I like to buy to keep on the shelves hasn't been available since April. Canning jars and lids are well stocked, but the jars are going up in price. So far thrift stores are keeping their jar prices at 50c per jar - same pre-Covid price. KarenBCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-24060783693027849262020-07-03T09:07:30.008-07:002020-07-03T09:07:30.008-07:00I shop at 3 different grocery stores here in MI -...I shop at 3 different grocery stores here in MI - Meijer, Family Fare, and Kroger. They seem to be on some weird rotation, where if one has no beef or no chicken or no pork, another has the missing meat, and if one is low on canned goods, another has full shelves. The one item it is impossible to get in any of them is Clorox wipes. There are still limitations on how much customers can buy of particular items, and the entire paper products aisle is a joke.<br /><br />Because I teach rifle marksmanship regularly, and because everyone in the family has decided to take the course this summer, I've had to buy a lot of ammo. While .22 is still available, it is impossible to get my usual brand and bullet type/weight, so we are conducting experiments on the accuracy of different brands through our various firearms with what we can get. 5.56 is GONE, from everywhere. The local gun store had a completely full parking lot yesterday early afternoon (a Thursday), with a line outside across the front of the building and wrapped around the side. My daughter was with me as we drove past, and we looked at each other and just had to laugh.<br />XaLynnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-466414192943651402020-07-03T08:47:36.882-07:002020-07-03T08:47:36.882-07:00Interesting how goods are limited because of Chine...Interesting how goods are limited because of Chinese closuresdeb harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05110992898072146282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-21061575692194822212020-07-03T08:13:14.846-07:002020-07-03T08:13:14.846-07:00In all fairness Walmart charges their customers bo...In all fairness Walmart charges their customers bottom dollar too. This is why I like Walmart, low prices and lots of choices.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-2743135601937137192020-07-03T08:04:38.509-07:002020-07-03T08:04:38.509-07:00I am a manager in the General Merchandise dept. of...I am a manager in the General Merchandise dept. of a Meijer (Midwest superstore). We are almost fully stocked on just about everything food and paper related. We have been notified from corporate that we will not be getting anymore pools, a/c units, grills, etc. due to the factories in China shutting down. We are however as of this week dealing with a nation-wide coin shortage. We are no longer accepting cash in the self-scan register lanes. We have lifted the limits on almost everything. Yeast is just about the only thing that we can not get in regularly. Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316755254302050130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-1260031776795501952020-07-03T05:58:13.406-07:002020-07-03T05:58:13.406-07:00I'm in northern Wisconsin as well. I'm o...I'm in northern Wisconsin as well. I'm only shopping once a month but the last time I went the meat counter was about half full. Toilet paper was depleted (again). Everything else was okay but not full. There were still empty spots here and there. We live in a tourist town and lots of folks are here for the 4th. Demand is high.Cherihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11388528649168161483noreply@blogger.com