What Shortages are You Seeing?

[LadyLocust]

I had to run to the store for work today. While looking for tinfoil, I noticed little or no formula of course and frozen items were sparse. Plenty of tinfoil so I was glad (yep I'm aware it's not tin.) I didn't look any further so don't know what else.

 

[Amish Heart]

Did you notice the price on foil? Boy, it's gone up.

 

[LadyLocust]

Did you notice the price on foil? Boy, it's gone up.

$7ish - can't remember exactly, and that was the smaller roll but heavy duty Reynolds. I hadn't bought any for probably 4ish years.

 

[user 55]

Shortages here currently; none overall. Exceptionally high prices? Yes.

 

[Pearl]

$7ish - can't remember exactly, and that was the smaller roll but heavy duty Reynolds. I hadn't bought any for probably 4ish years.

That's why TeeJ doesn't have his hat on anymore!!

 

[Amish Heart]

Foil's gotten so pricey, I guess I'll start washing it like grandma did.

 

[ClemKadiddlehopper]

I feel so old my wrinkles must have wrinkles. I have always washed it. It's so precious, I don't let the dogs lick it.

 

[Curmudgeon]

What Shortages are You Seeing?

Hmmmmm, here lately cash and common sense.

 

[Weedygarden]

What Shortages are You Seeing?

Hmmmmm, here lately cash and common sense.

Common sense has been in short supply for quite some time.

 

[Magus]

Well, time for my report.
Lots of chips are missing, notably Canadian products, most of which are better than ours. the Walmart
Pringles knock off are just SO much better as is the Ramen. a few kinds of soup are AWOL, as is my beloved Alfredo from Boyardee. a can of that on a turkey patty is a meal. my favorite sardines are gone everywhere and eggs are going up again, so no kippers and eggs omelette. Most of the good pasta is gone, so no routini-bean casserole, no Lipton onion soup to go in it either, no canned gravy but turkey. rice is a coin flip. the fresh veggies are well stocked, the meat dept is so-so. good luck on whole wheat crackers and specialty breads like sour dough and many spices are missing and I refuse to eat Chinese imported food and leery of Mexican. lots of beers are going missing, such as Amstel and Sam Addams
We're eat up with craft beers and the cheap crap that they brew just down the road. (butt geyser, nasty natural and its ice brewed bigger brothers nasty and nasty daddy!) Peanut butter abounds as does many dairy products, but this IS Georgia and pork is off the hook cheap THIS WEEK.

 

[ladycat]

All this talk about foil made me remember this one deal I passed up. That was on March 17, a little over 2 months ago. The roll that was $3.97 at Walmart is now $4.98 there! :O
But anyhow, Amazon put the 130 sq. ft. heavy duty rolls of Reynold's Wrap on sale for $5 and change each a couple weeks ago so I ordered some of that.
They also had the regular (not heavy duty) 200 sq. ft. rolls for something crazy, I think it was $4.54 a roll, but I didn't order that one because I'm still working on a mega sized roll I got a few years ago, I think from Sam's.
The heavy duty kind can be washed and reused a lot more times also.

 

[Amish Heart]

I've got a couple of boxes of Sams Club heavy duty big boxes stashed. I pick up small rolls here and there when the price is good, but lately the price is bad.

 

[Neb]

All this talk about foil made me remember this one deal I passed up. That was on March 17, a little over 2 months ago. The roll that was $3.97 at Walmart is now $4.98 there! :O
But anyhow, Amazon put the 130 sq. ft. heavy duty rolls of Reynold's Wrap on sale for $5 and change each a couple weeks ago so I ordered some of that.
They also had the regular (not heavy duty) 200 sq. ft. rolls for something crazy, I think it was $4.54 a roll, but I didn't order that one because I'm still working on a mega sized roll I got a few years ago, I think from Sam's.
The heavy duty kind can be washed and reused a lot more times also.

Hmmm...

Can you wash aluminium foil in a dishwasher ?

Ben

 

[ladycat]

Hmmm...

Can you wash aluminium foil in a dishwasher ?

Ben

No idea. I don't even have a dishwasher.

 

[goshengirl]

rice is a coin flip.

I got a great deal on rice the other week - $2.99 for a 5lb bag. You know why it was that price? It was marked down because it had Uncle Ben's picture on it. The "current" packaging (without Ben's picture) are running $9.95/5 lbs. I bought what was left and packed it for long-term storage.

 

[user 55]

Not sure but I have and do reuse vacuum sealer bags after washing and sanitizing in the dishwasher. Lose a couple inches of bag each time. Small ones end up with spices or various things. Foil might be cleanable and reusable. Never had the need to try.

 

[goshengirl]

Glad to know that works for you, @Guardian. I never feel like I get my used vacuum sealer bags clean enough - but I don't have a dishwasher currently (but I will when we move - yay!).

 

[user 55]

Glad to know that works for you, @Guardian. I never feel like I get my used vacuum sealer bags clean enough - but I don't have a dishwasher currently (but I will when we move - yay!).

The big thing here has always been the disinfection since we have kids here daily. When the kids were our own there were plenty of dishwashers...

Read it on a forum and tried it and have been pleased with the results.

 

[Amish Heart]

The heavy duty foil should do ok in a dishwasher. I used to think finding white rice for 40 cents a lb was a good deal, or even the 2lb bag for a buck at Dollar Tree. Not anymore. I did buy a case of Annie's brand Cheesy Rice at the amish store today. 12 boxes in the case for $5.99. I repackaged them.

 

[Magus]

Hmmm...

Can you wash aluminium foil in a dishwasher ?

Ben

yes, if its the heavy stuff. getting it out after is the trick. if you don't weigh it down it moves, gets caught in the spray arm etc.

 

[Hooch]

Fruit and vegetable scraps=booze.
But the idea is, it distills water perfectly. why waste it playing Isis? LOL

Pruno... gag! Lol...

 

[UrbanHunter]

At the grocery store today I noticed that even with half the shelves gone the bread section was full of holes. The meat section was okay, except for the high prices and CHICKEN, the store have 6 whole chickens, chicken wings, and skinless breasts; but there were on bone-in-skin on thighs or drumsticks... what's with that are they growing legless chickens? As far a prices go the pork was okay, the beef was above $6/pound, and I got 1 fryer chicken $8. I looked at a porterhouse steak, but I just couldn't drop $25 for 1 steak.....

I did pick up some cream-of- soups, $2/can! And these aren't big cans just the regular 10oz cans..... And they didn't have a big supply of them either.....

 

[Tommyice]

Went to two stores today--Lidl and Stop&Shop. Both were loaded with food; very few, if any, bare spots. Lidl's had 6 boxes of angel hair pasta. That was it. No other pasta. Stop&Shop had a full area of pasta, although that area is half the size it used to be. Stop&Shop was loaded with eggs for $3.79 a dozen. Lidl was somewhat empty of eggs but I did get an 18-count for $2.38.

 

[Hooch]

I got off work early n drove down to bimart. I noticed they had lots of canning jars but are limiting to 6 per cart. Bottled water was 3 24 packs per family limit.

 

[UrbanHunter]

Hit W-mart this morning, they were well stocked with everything except MY SODA and flour.. I am to the point of not even looking at the prices (they get me upset), but hey if I can get what I need today I will find a way to be happy with that....

 

[Amish Heart]

That's what my favorite cousin said when I took her to Walmart. She had not been in there for months and months. Usually she has her daughter pick up what she needs. I warned her about prices going up. And around here, the butter price is making all the ladies mad. So when she filled the cart, I asked her what she thought. She said she was not going to look at the price.

 

[Hooch]

Went back to the woods n found some more...Danny Dog is exhausted again..
Relaxing with a drinky poo...beautiful day..
Cheers!

 

[jazzy]

local grocery store had no grocery bags---they had to use boxes for peoples groceries. not sure when their order will come in. im glad i got those cloth grocery bags a few years back.

 

[lilmissy]

Our Costco doesnt have any ricotta cheese and havent had it for months.
had to pick up 2 sm zucchinis at Aldis for a picnic yesterday and it was $5 for 2 small ones!

 

[Amish Heart]

Aldi here has ricotta cheese for a decent price. I wonder if yours does?