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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Explain this to me like I’m 5, in the next two weeks, if I go to Walmart or Safeway, what goods will be missing?

So far the hyped up freak outs are understandable but I’m not seeing the reality of the tariffs.

When will I notice? I don’t eat avocados and I don’t need a new car .

Most of what you want or need will not be available and certainly not at prices you are accustomed to paying.

“Most”.. where all of this stuff going to go if China is supposedly the only manufacturer effecting these supply chains and still makes the stuff? Or do you believe China has shuttered most of its factories and fired millions of workers? If they aren’t sending the goods here, where are they sending the goods? You all make it sound like China holds us by the balls and doesn’t rely on our markets for their economy and simply just boycotted our market and stopped shipping us “most” of the stuff they used to, which is apparently.. nearly everything we consume.

I am not buying the whole empty ports narrative because obviously I cannot verify this for myself and whatever different media outlets say can be taken with a grain of salt, because no media is trustworthy and most of media outlets engage in propaganda. Fear also sells, so they are inclined to publish fear mongering headlines for more eyeballs.

You do you....people are worried because they can't verify....so it may or may not be fear mongering. I for one will stock ups on certain things to feel prepared.

There’s definitely a mix of doom and gloom, but also real reason for concern.

Sales of canned goods are up. I know I’ve been slowly building a pantry of shelf, stable goods like canned beans, tunafish, pasta, and things like nuts and raisins and peanut butter. I’m not gonna buy stuff that we won’t eat, but I think it’s wise to have a supply of food on hand. We also went to the bulk store and bought two giant bags of rice.

There’s plenty of food in the United States. We will be able to buy plenty of produce because exports will be way down so I wouldn’t panic about starving. But prices are really gonna go up.

I tried to think ahead for kids shoes and bought my kids the next size up. That’s an area where you really do need those goods from overseas.

But if it gets that dramatic, you could organize toy, swaps, or even clothing and shoe swaps for kids. That would probably work. I imagine people on Facebook marketplace will do well.

Anonymous wrote:Americans need to buy less crap from China.

Stop trying to defend the tariffs you sound stupid

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Anonymous wrote:Explain this to me like I’m 5, in the next two weeks, if I go to Walmart or Safeway, what goods will be missing?

So far the hyped up freak outs are understandable but I’m not seeing the reality of the tariffs.

When will I notice? I don’t eat avocados and I don’t need a new car .

Most of what you want or need will not be available and certainly not at prices you are accustomed to paying.

“Most”.. where all of this stuff going to go if China is supposedly the only manufacturer effecting these supply chains and still makes the stuff? Or do you believe China has shuttered most of its factories and fired millions of workers? If they aren’t sending the goods here, where are they sending the goods? You all make it sound like China holds us by the balls and doesn’t rely on our markets for their economy and simply just boycotted our market and stopped shipping us “most” of the stuff they used to, which is apparently.. nearly everything we consume.

I am not buying the whole empty ports narrative because obviously I cannot verify this for myself and whatever different media outlets say can be taken with a grain of salt, because no media is trustworthy and most of media outlets engage in propaganda. Fear also sells, so they are inclined to publish fear mongering headlines for more eyeballs.

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Anonymous wrote:It's obvious none of the people here work in CPG. Any increases you see before July 1st will not be related to tarrifs. Companies stockpiled inventory in preparation to get through the quarter.

So why is UPS laying off 20,000 workers and planning to close 73 facilities if this is just business as usual?

I don't know about timing, but this idea has been bandied about by UPS for a while. Their goal is to become less dependent upon Amazon.

That is 25% of UPS’s business. So UPS is going to shrink its business 25%? MAGA logic!

Anonymous wrote:Explain this to me like I’m 5, in the next two weeks, if I go to Walmart or Safeway, what goods will be missing?

So far the hyped up freak outs are understandable but I’m not seeing the reality of the tariffs.

When will I notice? I don’t eat avocados and I don’t need a new car .

You can already see the beginnings. Next time you grow to the grocery store admire the increasing lack of variety. The shelves are not empty but just more of a single product. Just like the Soviet Union.

Anonymous wrote:It’s too late to reel this in. Congress better act now so we can staunch some bleeding.

Congress’s eternal silence is becoming more and more unsustainable. They can’t just be on recess and hide out. Trump has wrecked our economy but no need to let it fester at this point.

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Anonymous wrote:Where does Heinz procure their ketchup bottles from?

All of the little plastic lids of every little piece of food we buy are made somewhere, not the US.

Most of our produce comes from central and south America.

Truckers won't deadhead their runs, so if there is nothing coming back, they won't go.


UPS is already seeing enough of a suspension of demand from retailers that they are laying off 20,000 drivers. What does that mean Amazon and Walmart are seeing?

So Heinz ketchup could go up a whole 5 cents. Wow. I remember when the left was fine with the price increases the last few years and now they are freaking out about pennies. So funny.

You pull that number out of your a$$? Heinz Ketchup is up 22% and the Trump’s tax increases has not hit yet. They are projecting tariffs to increase the cost by 20-25% this year. This is just one product.

You silver spoon conservatives have no idea what is coming. The hate of America will be directed at you soon!

This. Pitchfork time is coming.
But I guess this is what MAGA wanted: a repeat of the Covid economy because Trump’s first term was so awesome.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where does Heinz procure their ketchup bottles from?

All of the little plastic lids of every little piece of food we buy are made somewhere, not the US.

Most of our produce comes from central and south America.

Truckers won't deadhead their runs, so if there is nothing coming back, they won't go.


UPS is already seeing enough of a suspension of demand from retailers that they are laying off 20,000 drivers. What does that mean Amazon and Walmart are seeing?

So Heinz ketchup could go up a whole 5 cents. Wow. I remember when the left was fine with the price increases the last few years and now they are freaking out about pennies. So funny.

You pull that number out of your a$$? Heinz Ketchup is up 22% and the Trump’s tax increases has not hit yet. They are projecting tariffs to increase the cost by 20-25% this year. This is just one product.

You silver spoon conservatives have no idea what is coming. The hate of America will be directed at you soon!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. I'm in Procurement for a major electronics manufacturer and I can tell you that the supply chain is already severely f'd up, Material costs in our sector are unsustainable. Ports like Long Beach and Seattle have laid off dock workers and truckers for lack of cargo. I can't imagine how small businesses are going to survive.

Small businesses aren't surviving. In the nonprofit world, where charitable works rely on the donations of those who have to help those who do not, we've had multiple donors who are small business owners let us know not to expect their usual donations because they are closing their businesses and are worried about making their personal ends meet.

Small businesses voted for Trump and are now suffering the consequences of their stupidity.

https://www.businessinsider.com/small-businesses-buying-importing-china-face-bankruptcy-trump-tariff-2025-4

80% of small businesses that buy from China could 'just die' because of Trump's tariffs, says logistics company CEO

Trump is F*N around with people's livelihoods. Of course, it doesn't impact him, so why should he care.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where does Heinz procure their ketchup bottles from?

All of the little plastic lids of every little piece of food we buy are made somewhere, not the US.

Most of our produce comes from central and south America.

Truckers won't deadhead their runs, so if there is nothing coming back, they won't go.


UPS is already seeing enough of a suspension of demand from retailers that they are laying off 20,000 drivers. What does that mean Amazon and Walmart are seeing?

So Heinz ketchup could go up a whole 5 cents. Wow. I remember when the left was fine with the price increases the last few years and now they are freaking out about pennies. So funny.

The cost of EACH INGREDIENT goes up because they are almost all imported.
And maybe they are able to procure the bottles or maybe they are not. Well find out in August if we can have ketchup for Labor Day BBQ's.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. I'm in Procurement for a major electronics manufacturer and I can tell you that the supply chain is already severely f'd up, Material costs in our sector are unsustainable. Ports like Long Beach and Seattle have laid off dock workers and truckers for lack of cargo. I can't imagine how small businesses are going to survive.

Small businesses aren't surviving. In the nonprofit world, where charitable works rely on the donations of those who have to help those who do not, we've had multiple donors who are small business owners let us know not to expect their usual donations because they are closing their businesses and are worried about making their personal ends meet.

Small businesses voted for Trump and are now suffering the consequences of their stupidity.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where does Heinz procure their ketchup bottles from?

All of the little plastic lids of every little piece of food we buy are made somewhere, not the US.

Most of our produce comes from central and south America.

Truckers won't deadhead their runs, so if there is nothing coming back, they won't go.


UPS is already seeing enough of a suspension of demand from retailers that they are laying off 20,000 drivers. What does that mean Amazon and Walmart are seeing?

So Heinz ketchup could go up a whole 5 cents. Wow. I remember when the left was fine with the price increases the last few years and now they are freaking out about pennies. So funny.

The US imports tomatoes, with a significant portion coming from Mexico. According to the USDA, 86.1% of total U.S. imports of fresh tomatoes in 2023 came from Mexico. So smarta$$, looks like it'll be more than 5 cents huh?

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Anonymous wrote:Trump is destroying a system it took 50 years to build. 80% of the jobs in the US are white collar or service jobs and 10% are manufacturing. Manufacturers in the US have problems filling their jobs now.

No one wants to work in manufacturing. There is no reason to replace high paying white collar jobs with low paying factory jobs.

I have yet to see one person quit their white collar job for a manufacturing job. Do you know anyone who wants their kids to work in a factory? Let’s have Trump’s children quit their jobs and work in a factory.

Also the US has/had a huge surplus in services section exports. This is not 1920.

Trump is incompetent

And water is wet. You didn’t say anything a sane person did not already know.

And yet we all know seemingly sane people that voted for this gross incompetence.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trump is destroying a system it took 50 years to build. 80% of the jobs in the US are white collar or service jobs and 10% are manufacturing. Manufacturers in the US have problems filling their jobs now.

No one wants to work in manufacturing. There is no reason to replace high paying white collar jobs with low paying factory jobs.

I have yet to see one person quit their white collar job for a manufacturing job. Do you know anyone who wants their kids to work in a factory? Let’s have Trump’s children quit their jobs and work in a factory.

Also the US has/had a huge surplus in services section exports. This is not 1920.

Trump is incompetent

And water is wet. You didn’t say anything a sane person did not already know.