Grocery store dystopia....

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Anonymous wrote:Literally the only thing I haven’t been able to find is bagged onions.

If in year 3 of a pandemic, you haven’t figured out how to shop in advance and keep staples on hand, well, you are beyond help.

You obviously haven’t been keeping up with the news. I’ve been to multiple grocery stores on several different days over the last couple of weeks, and they were all out of milk and large sections of produce were empty. It’s temporary, but it’s happening.

It is periodic and overblown. I’ve been in Whole Foods— one brand of yogurt was out of stock. I’ve been in Giant—nothing missing. I’ve been to Mom’s—nothing missing. Target has been out of onions.

You might want to start shopping locally if this really worries you. I buy all my meat and eggs from local farmers.

You know all 6 million of us in the DC metro area can’t do this, right? The logistics don’t work.

Also, why would anyone need to go to target, WF, giant, and mom’s in a week? Is grocery shopping a hobby?

NP. I typically go to Wegmans, MOMs and Trader Joe’s every 10 days. I have specific products I buy at each store. Why is that a strange concept to you?

Do you have a job and kids?

Yes. Do you not know how to manage your time well?

You go to THREE different grocery stores 3x a month and you're being witchy that someone ELSE "doesn't know how to manage their time well?"

Hilarious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have lived here for a decade and a half and never seen it this bad, even for a blizzard.

You missed the blizzad(s) of 2010. I assure you stores are better stocked now vs then

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Anonymous wrote:I have lived here for a decade and a half and never seen it this bad, even for a blizzard.

You missed the blizzad(s) of 2010. I assure you stores are better stocked now vs then

Oops, am I can’t do math tonight. Maybe you were here. Either way, I think that grocery store carnage was worse

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I'm not in your area right now, but I'm not seeing this in grocery stores. Some empty spots, but for most I can find what I need or a close substitute. Maybe just some problems happening in your region (weather related, etc.)?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not in your area right now, but I'm not seeing this in grocery stores. Some empty spots, but for most I can find what I need or a close substitute. Maybe just some problems happening in your region (weather related, etc.)?

Same. Midwest and zero grocery store issues

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Anonymous wrote:If you think DC panics at a snowstorm, you should see them during Omnicrom.

DC is filled with people with high anxiety that are panic driven. I moved to DC from a northern state that regularly got lots of snow and was totally shocked by the grocery store hysteria that happened when anything was forecasted to fall from the sky. People here are nuts.

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Anonymous wrote:I went shopping yesterday and it was fine.

Same. The Giant on Rockville Pike was better stocked than usual as of late. I even found cough drops, which have been in low supply everywhere.

My DH always grocery shops early on Sat mornings. He said the Whole Foods on Rockville Pike was similarly fine.

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We need to get used to communism.

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Anonymous wrote:Literally the only thing I haven’t been able to find is bagged onions.

If in year 3 of a pandemic, you haven’t figured out how to shop in advance and keep staples on hand, well, you are beyond help.

You obviously haven’t been keeping up with the news. I’ve been to multiple grocery stores on several different days over the last couple of weeks, and they were all out of milk and large sections of produce were empty. It’s temporary, but it’s happening.

It is periodic and overblown. I’ve been in Whole Foods— one brand of yogurt was out of stock. I’ve been in Giant—nothing missing. I’ve been to Mom’s—nothing missing. Target has been out of onions.

You might want to start shopping locally if this really worries you. I buy all my meat and eggs from local farmers.

You know all 6 million of us in the DC metro area can’t do this, right? The logistics don’t work.

Also, why would anyone need to go to target, WF, giant, and mom’s in a week? Is grocery shopping a hobby?

NP. I typically go to Wegmans, MOMs and Trader Joe’s every 10 days. I have specific products I buy at each store. Why is that a strange concept to you?

Do you have a job and kids?

Yes. Do you not know how to manage your time well?

You go to THREE different grocery stores 3x a month and you're being witchy that someone ELSE "doesn't know how to manage their time well?"

Hilarious.

I go because I choose to. I happen to enjoy cooking.Why is that getting your underwear in a twist?

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Anonymous wrote:We need to get used to communism.

Sure, go right ahead.

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When you make all the workers sick what do you expect?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not in your area right now, but I'm not seeing this in grocery stores. Some empty spots, but for most I can find what I need or a close substitute. Maybe just some problems happening in your region (weather related, etc.)?

Same. Midwest and zero grocery store issues

Also in the Midwest, and shelves are bare, and have been for weeks. Every time I shop, there's something major I can't get, like milk or bread. YMMV.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not in your area right now, but I'm not seeing this in grocery stores. Some empty spots, but for most I can find what I need or a close substitute. Maybe just some problems happening in your region (weather related, etc.)?

Same. Midwest and zero grocery store issues

Same here - no issues.

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Went to HT in Old Town at 8 this morning.

No chicken

Literally none. Not even bone in skin on parts. The poultry cooler section was just empty.

I know it's just a combination of things but it does make you wonder how bad things could go very quickly.

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Anonymous wrote:Went to HT in Old Town at 8 this morning.

No chicken

Literally none. Not even bone in skin on parts. The poultry cooler section was just empty.

I know it's just a combination of things but it does make you wonder how bad things could go very quickly.

+1

If there's anything I've learned in the last two years is the need to have a minimum 2 week supply of canned goods (chilis, chicken, tuna, beans, veggies, fruit). I'm not a paranoid prepper at all but i have been deployed in reions where families were simply without food.

It's ugly and scary.