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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCame face to face with empty shelves-unnerving
Went to my local Publix and saw the results of panic buying. I expected there to be empty shelves of toilet paper (and there was) but didn't expect to see the meat cooler empty. All beef, chicken, pork, etc. gone. And the shelf of the dry goods like pasta , beans, rice were empty. Empty shelves on the canned veggies, except for a few exotic types. No bleach, no dry wipes and even the soda isles had empty spaces. No soap products, no napkins, bread shelves at the bakery empty. Egg department dry as a bone, even the cartons of egg whites gone.
Scary stuff -
wcmagumba
(2,889 posts)packman
(16,296 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)bottomofthehill
(8,343 posts)That is the way my grocery store looked in northern virginia
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)had to buy 1 HUGE familly pack of burger.
The only carton of eggs left had a broken one-we bought it anyway
I need alcohol wipes for my finger sticks-none
We always keep a small bottle of rubbing alcohol and peroxide-NONE
lysol wipes-gone
soap of any kind-gone
Our weekly grocery list got about 1/2 filled
SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)on Saturday morning. Haven't bothered to venture out again to see if it's gotten any better, but I doubt it.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)shops, like dollar stores, for a lot of this stuff. Just picked up a thousand napkins for five bucks.
My problem is getting distilled water for the cpap machine. Why anyone needs gallons of distilled water I I do not understand unless maybe they're just grabbing random water jugs off the shelf.
underpants
(182,868 posts)I had to run to Publix and it was spilling over with produce. No TP though.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,018 posts)eerie. so weird.
MoonchildCA
(1,301 posts)My daughter is in Asheville. My husband and I are considering retiring in Hendersonville--about 8 years from now.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,018 posts)We absolutely love it!
MoonchildCA
(1,301 posts)We were in Asheville a year ago. We really loved it there as well.
In California now, near Ojai. It's lovely here and the weather's great, but we can buy a house there for about half the price of our house here.
EarthFirst
(2,901 posts)Took us a few days just to get our weekly list crossed off with minimal extras as they were simply unavailable.
We could pull it off if we needed to I suppose.
Its surreal though; thats for sure!
Blueplanet
(253 posts)Went to three stores looking for bread before I found some. Seeing all of the empty shelves was just plain eerie. I've never seen anything like it before. No chicken, except for a few organic roasters. Paper products were almost non-existent, except for some napkins.
BigmanPigman
(51,623 posts)last Tues and saw previews on the local news. Trader Joe's had only a certain number of customers allowed in the store at a time so I skipped it and went to Ralph's (Kroger) and I let out a loud HA! when I saw the empty shelves. No TP, napkins or paper towels. All cleaning stuff was gone as was all the pasta, fresh meat, chicken and fish, and oatmeal/hot cereal. The hours at both stores changed and are no longer open 24 hours but are closed at 8PM.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)earlier this afternoon at my Lowe's Foods market in town. Meat and milk are pretty much gone, and the produce department is almost stripped bare. No bread on that aisle, good thing I have yeast and flour and can bake my own if needed.
I didn't even bother looking at the paper products aisle.
gibraltar72
(7,508 posts)the uncertainty is what's driving this. The rules keep changing so people are preparing for the worst. It's like the stock market a no confidence vote.
captain queeg
(10,232 posts)Today lots of empty shelves, lots of shoppers being very aggressive tearing up and down the aisles.
BumRushDaShow
(129,359 posts)to see what was left and grab a few items... And the entire section of chicken was gone (not much different when I was there in the morning a couple days ago). There were some assorted packages of beef scattered here (no ground beef) as well as some pork. Of course the paper products shelves continued to be bare.
What was different was that this time the shelf with flour was bare. In addition, the whole refrigerated "breakfast" section - notably the frozen waffles - was empty. There was a significant drop in some of the produce although they still had a good amount left. There were some loaves of bread left too, as well as bagels/English muffins, etc.
In any case, the store was semi-crowded but not overly so. I expect later tonight it will really pack up.
roamer65
(36,747 posts)Told her if you are home a shower and a washcloth can do the same job. Just bleach the cloth after...duh.
She shut the fuck up.
shanti
(21,675 posts)there are PLENTY of chickens, don't they lay eggs daily? Maybe it's time to raise my own backyard chickens.
Windy City Charlie
(1,178 posts)What's happening with the store shelves is exactly why the need to flatten the curve with social-distancing. Look at all the items on the store shelves that are now gone. There's a whole lot less supply than that when it comes to the health care system. Furthermore, there's a whole lot more grocery stores than there are health care facilities.
Just imagine what's taking place at the stores now and transferring that to our health care system and what sort of problems we could be facing if the curve doesn't get flattened.
drmeow
(5,022 posts)counters were the most disconcerting for me.
Also - the vegetables! They don't keep. Of course, in that case the other grocery store a few miles down the road had plenty.
MLAA
(17,318 posts)Paper goods all out. But the rest of the shelves about 60 to 70 percent still stocked. Plenty of fresh veggies.