Grocery availability
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Anonymous
DP It's very normal to want to be outside, especially after a day or two. What do you mean by "get national help"? PP you're going to be home several days, maybe start pacing on the Chablis. |
Anonymous
They take everything and then others can’t do their normal shopping. Last night Wegman’s milk shelf was completely empty of all types of milk - absolutely none left except soy and oat milk. |
Anonymous
Are there that many people over the age of 7 who can't go without milk? Bizarre. |
Anonymous
As opposed to us doomsday/Tuesday preppers, who are all home and laughing right now. |
Anonymous
Clearly you're new here, and haven't been indoctrinated in the ways of hurricane/blizzard/heavy rain/political unrest french toast. There will be no milk, no eggs, and no bread. That's how it works EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. You'll get used to it. |
Anonymous
I have a family of 5. The food we eat in a week is not getting bought in one shop. Also, I want fresh produce and we live in a dense area where the supermarket is 5-10 minutes away for most of us. Why go to the store once a week. That's what my mother did in 1985 and she picked up her canned green beans. No thanks. |
Anonymous
My college age son still drinks close to a gallon a day, luckily low fat and he drinks a lot of water but still. DH drinks milk everyday, no fat but not in the huge quantities as DS. DD drinks whole milk but sporadically and cooks/bakes with it. So if everyone is home for 4-5 days I need 4 gallons of low fat milk, one gallon of skim and 1/2 gallons of whole milk. If I had to go a full 7 days. I would need 7 gallons low-fat, 1 gallon skim and 1 gallon whole. I’d look like a milk hoarder during storms. |
Anonymous
DP. PP asked about "can't go without". You say "need". Does your family "need" the 9 gallons of milk per week? What consequences do you face if they go without the 9 gallons of milk? |
Anonymous
| I went this morning at 7 am. The only thing I couldn't get was scallions, weirdly. |
Anonymous
What store is open at 7am? How is Trader Joes in Nova now? Google Maps says its not too busy? |
Anonymous
Wegmans is open at 6 am |
Anonymous
First PP here and yes. They don’t *need* it the way, say, a toddler might. Drinking a gallon of milk a day? Is it fight milk? (IYKYK) |
Anonymous
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I went to Harris Teeter at about 5:15 pm and it wasn't crowded at all. Less busy than a normal Sunday. The shelves were more depleted than usual, but I was able to get everything on my list (except a bag of frozen mixed veggies I was going to throw into soup, but I have other veggies I can use instead). The milk was running low, but there was still "normal" milk and the bread section was low but there were still tons of options.
I wanted to go earlier in the week, but had to many other things going on in the evenings, so this was the first chance I had to go. I'm glad I waited since it sounds like earlier in the week was worse! |
Anonymous
Most grocery stores. Giant opens at 6 am. |
Anonymous
You get a foot of snow with ice over it on your street, canned green beans will start sounding pretty good. |