Whatcha Stocking?

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 4:31 pm

If I feel I have really out of the ordinary bad germans on my hands I figure to use rubbing alcohol on them otherwise just soap and water.
My normal schedule takes me to the store again next Friday. We'll see what's going on then.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 4:38 pm

At least the prices to get a quart of beef tallow are still reasonable on Amazon.

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 4:42 pm

dbt1949 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2020 4:31 pm If I feel I have really out of the ordinary bad germans on my hands I figure to use rubbing alcohol on them otherwise just soap and water.

Damnable bad Germans.

Z-Corn · Post by **Z-Corn** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 5:47 pm

I shop every Friday at a SpartanNash store on the edge of an affluent area of town, it's an upscale store. I am a fancy lad.

Anyway today was nuuuttzzz. They were completely out of eggs, flour, sugar, potatoes, onions. The only milk left were four quarts of whole milk, I grabbed two. They only had two brands of TP and they weren't even taking them out of the cases or putting them on the shelves.

Maybe 15 loaves of bread. Almost no peanut butter. I bought the last ground chuck they had.

The worst part was they were out of paper bags. I spent about $100 more than usual (35 of those dollars on a bottle of Jameson) and I bet I had 20+ plastic bags. I hate plastic bags.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 7:41 pm

They're getting ready to ban both paper and plastic bags in Fayetteville.
Which translates to they'll sell them to you for 10 cents each.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 7:52 pm

dbt1949 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2020 7:41 pm They're getting ready to ban both paper and plastic bags in Fayetteville.
Which translates to they'll sell them to you for 10 cents each.

Just like Chicago then? I'll have to remember that the next time I go shopping in Fayetteville. The only place I ever shop in Chicago is the Filipino supermarket, and about half the time I forget about bringing bags (although the amount spent on bags is trivial to the usual $300+ tab at the register).

mori · Post by **mori** » Sat Mar 14, 2020 1:42 pm

Being a single middle-aged guy I still have plenty of TP from the bale I bought from Costco a year ago. I have absolutely no stockpiles other than bathing and sanitizing supplies. As long as I don't get it I can eat out every night if I cannot get anything at the supermarket. I am not a picky eater so it should not be an issue. However, if beer and booze becomes hard to come by, there will be a wake of dead in my path

.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Sat Mar 14, 2020 1:44 pm

I would like to humbly suggest you (at a minimum) get a 3 day supply of food (ideally 7+ days) in the event that heading out to a supermarket or restaurant isn't an option.

mori · Post by **mori** » Sat Mar 14, 2020 1:50 pm

I was exaggerating. I do have enough raw ingredients to feed myself for awhile. As long as I can still cook.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Mar 14, 2020 1:52 pm

Not stocking anything that I already didn't have.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Sat Mar 14, 2020 1:55 pm

mori wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2020 1:50 pm I was exaggerating. I do have enough raw ingredients to feed myself for awhile. As long as I can still cook.

My sarcasm/hyperbole systems are overloaded. Definitely stock up on liquor though. That's also smart.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sat Mar 14, 2020 2:35 pm

I can count on always being able to cook. There is a barbecue on the porch. I live near woods. 1+2 = cooking.

If I didn't have #1, I could dig a hole, toss rocks around it, and put an oven rack on top. If I didn't have #2, I have trees in the yard.

/edit - to be clear, I don't think it will come to that. We'll have power, water, and access to food. But there are always options if something goes sideways.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Mar 14, 2020 2:50 pm

I wonder if theres stuff out there super cheap because of the distancing? Like are movies cheaper? Anything? Im not worried about the virus if stuff is cheap enough

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sat Mar 14, 2020 2:53 pm

Dropping the prices of admission to movies in order to bring in more customers would be a really, really bad thing to do, and the theater would likely get skewered for it. The whole point of all of this is to keep people apart to save lives. Offering incentives to people to get together would not be a good thing.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Sat Mar 14, 2020 2:55 pm

mori wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2020 1:42 pm Being a single middle-aged guy I still have plenty of TP from the bale I bought from Costco a year ago. I have absolutely no stockpiles other than bathing and sanitizing supplies. As long as I don't get it I can eat out every night if I cannot get anything at the supermarket. I am not a picky eater so it should not be an issue. However, if beer and booze becomes hard to come by, there will be a wake of dead in my path .

This was my third consecutive week of buying twice as much beer as I need, so I've got at least a 3-week backlog now.

Nobody's predicting outages in water, power, or gas. I guess people are stockpiling water just out of habit, because it's SOP for natural disasters.

We went out for brunch today and the diner was only slightly less busy than usual. It still won't surprise me if restaurants start closing over the next week or two. I plan to patronize the locally-owned ones for as long as possible, because they're at the highest risk of not reopening. Chains will be fine.

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Sat Mar 14, 2020 3:13 pm

Case of TP arrived from Amazon today

I am accepting bids.

stimpy · Post by **stimpy** » Sat Mar 14, 2020 3:39 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2020 2:50 pm I wonder if theres stuff out there super cheap because of the distancing? Like are movies cheaper? Anything? Im not worried about the virus if stuff is cheap enough

Got some emails from theaters saying they are reducing ticket sales to 50% of capacity.
They also are asking to leave seats in-between when possible.
No price drops that I've seen.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Sat Mar 14, 2020 3:40 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2020 2:50 pm I wonder if theres stuff out there super cheap because of the distancing? Like are movies cheaper? Anything? Im not worried about the virus if stuff is cheap enough

Boooo

em2nought · Post by **em2nought** » Sat Mar 14, 2020 3:50 pm

Jeff V wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2020 7:52 pm
dbt1949 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2020 7:41 pm They're getting ready to ban both paper and plastic bags in Fayetteville.
Which translates to they'll sell them to you for 10 cents each.
The only place I ever shop in Chicago is the Filipino supermarket, and about half the time I forget about bringing bags (although the amount spent on bags is trivial to the usual $300+ tab at the register).

Thai same same

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Sat Mar 14, 2020 6:11 pm

Today went to a baby hazing and a luncheon afterward. In abundance of caution, I refused to drink anything not sterilized by being alcohol. The actual drinking event was scheduled for afterward and somewhere else, but my wife works tonight, and while the father of the baby did invite me, I had to decline because I to take my wife home and there's roughly no chance she would allow me to hang with this crowd without her supervision.

Afterward we stopped at a produce market because she wanted molongay leaves. They had none! She called the Filipino store and they were out too! WTF people, you can't really wipe your ass with them, what's the reason for hoarding them?

naednek · Post by **naednek** » Sat Mar 14, 2020 6:15 pm

Braved Costco this morning. Was hoping to get there right when they opened @ 930 which I did, but they decided to open @9am without any warning so I was already in for a fight with the crowds.

TP and Towels were in stock. I didn't need any as we bought some last week. I was worried that the meat would be gone, as the folsom costco was down to beef ribs. Corona virus is not going to make me a vegetarian.

Saw some dude take 5 bags of frozen fish sticks. I stopped him and told him hey man, everything is going to be ok. Out of all the things to pile up, that's what you want to take?

There were 3 lines that stretched the length of the store. I didn't hide my thoughts as I passed the TP aisle.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Sat Mar 14, 2020 6:16 pm

Except for asswipes, I was able to get everything on the shopping list today. Had to get bakery rye for the corned beef (shorter shelf life so tomorrow is corned beef and cabbage day) because the Beefsteak was all out, as well as any other mass-market breads. We have plenty to execute the meal plan for the week.

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Sat Mar 14, 2020 6:59 pm

naednek wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2020 6:15 pm

Saw some dude take 5 bags of frozen fish sticks. I stopped him and told him hey man, everything is going to be ok. Out of all the things to pile up, that's what you want to take?

Isn't it still lent?

Kraken wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2020 2:55 pm Nobody's predicting outages in water, power, or gas. I guess people are stockpiling water just out of habit, because it's SOP for natural disasters.

What happens if there's an ice storm that knocks down powerlines and half of the lineworkers are sick? This is multiplicative. Any normal disruption will be far worse than normal.

It's not just the impact of Covid-19, it's the impact of Covid-19 and whatever else goes wrong.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Sat Mar 14, 2020 7:15 pm

LawBeefaroni wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2020 6:59 pm
naednek wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2020 6:15 pm

Saw some dude take 5 bags of frozen fish sticks. I stopped him and told him hey man, everything is going to be ok. Out of all the things to pile up, that's what you want to take?

Isn't it still lent?

Kraken wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2020 2:55 pm Nobody's predicting outages in water, power, or gas. I guess people are stockpiling water just out of habit, because it's SOP for natural disasters.
What happens if there's an ice storm that knocks down powerlines and half of the lineworkers are sick? This is multiplicative. Any normal disruption will be far worse than normal.

It's not just the impact of Covid-19, it's the impact of Covid-19 and whatever else goes wrong.

Are there any companies talking about shutting down because of this? At my company, there's a lot of discussion around employees who can WFH actually being enabled to WFH, but no corporate directive to actually do so (my job is once that most certainly can be done from home, no matter what my boss says). But at the end of the day, you can't run printing plants from home...some workers have to be in the plants doing what they do, and the technicians that report to me need to support this in person as well.

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Sat Mar 14, 2020 9:09 pm

I already had a significant amount on hand, and started to increase my supply over the last couple of trips and Amazon orders. When I last went to the grocery store, four days ago (during a non-busy time), I didn't see that much different.

Stuff I got, or checked to make sure I had enough of: Fruits, veggies, yogurts, eggs, cheese, turkey, rice, beans, lentils, canned corn, soups, tuna fish, dried fruit, sunflower seeds, popcorn, cough syrup, asprin, ibuprofen, bandaid, TP, hand sanitizer, soap, gloves, cleaning supplies, light bulbs.

I've got enough to last me at least a month (I guess I'm a little low on paper towels. If I run out, I guess I can use toilet paper

).

What happens if there's an ice storm that knocks down powerlines and half of the lineworkers are sick? This is multiplicative. Any normal disruption will be far worse than normal.

It's not just the impact of Covid-19, it's the impact of Covid-19 and whatever else goes wrong.

Yes. Somewhere in this country, there will be a natural disaster and those people will have their problems compounded.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sun Mar 15, 2020 1:55 am

LawBeefaroni wrote: What happens if there's an ice storm that knocks down powerlines and half of the lineworkers are sick?

laughs in Texan

Z-Corn · Post by **Z-Corn** » Sun Mar 15, 2020 5:58 am

I got pretty annoyed last night when our case of TP that was scheduled to arrive from Amazon got changed to a Monday delivery. I can't help but buy into the TP hoarder mentality.

It's just a regular part of our Subscribe and Save order. So we deserve to get it, not like these other idiots who are johnny-come-latelys to the world of on-line TP delivery.

So I asked my wife how much TP we had in reserve, "Oh, like a case and a half..."

54 rolls! I'm already sitting on a king's ransom and I never appreciated it.

Formix · Post by **Formix** » Sun Mar 15, 2020 7:00 am

Walmart at 5:30 this morning was like Soviet Russia. The bread aisle was completely wiped out, even the little Debbie's. Maybe 20 cans of beans total left in the entire store. Paper product aisle had 3 rolls of the pitiful basic paper towels, nothing else. Freezer section, hot dogs, the frozen breakfast and dessert section, milk, flours, lunch meats, all wiped out. Now, they just canceled schools statewide for 2 weeks yesterday, but damn.

mori · Post by **mori** » Sun Mar 15, 2020 9:02 am

Went on my weekly Sunday morning grocery run. It was a little busier than usual. Things I noticed at my local store. Potatoes, hamburger, bread, and pasta cleaned out. Must of gotten a shipment overnight of TP as there were pallets and pallets of the stuff. People were marching in the store just to grab more of it though. I got some ramen, frozen pizzas, trash bags, and some snacks. Would of liked some fresh bread though.

morlac · Post by **morlac** » Sun Mar 15, 2020 10:19 am

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2020 2:50 pm I wonder if theres stuff out there super cheap because of the distancing? Like are movies cheaper? Anything? Im not worried about the virus if stuff is cheap enough

That's nice of you. This is why America will fail at this.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Sun Mar 15, 2020 11:27 am

I'm planning to make my normal Sunday afternoon grocery run unless the store is mobbed and stripped, in which case I'll just turn around and go back tomorrow instead. I have plenty of dry goods; now I want to live mostly on perishables to avoid drawing down my stockpile.

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Sun Mar 15, 2020 11:31 am

I’m debating hitting the grocery store today as well. The stores are typically dead on Sundays around here anyways, as Mormons typically don’t shop on Sundays.

Might be a good time to grab a few things.

Rumpy · Post by **Rumpy** » Sun Mar 15, 2020 1:37 pm

Oh now our Province is discouraging people from stockpiling to avoid a shortage.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Sun Mar 15, 2020 1:44 pm

mori wrote: ↑Sun Mar 15, 2020 9:02 am Would of liked some fresh bread though.

Commercial bakeries here generally don't deliver until Tuesday. I wonder if any ramped up production.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Sun Mar 15, 2020 4:08 pm

The op & hop wasn't at all busy this afternoon, probably because it's nearly half empty now. Still no paper products or bread or pasta, and now add meat and milk to the OS list. They did replenish some things that were out on Friday, such as potatoes and eggs. Shredded cheese was all gone but they had decent stock left on bricks; I guess people are too lazy to shred it themselves, or don't know how. I always buy bricks anyway because I don't want the cellulose (sawdust, basically) in the shredded stuff. My backup grocer still had some gluten-free pasta, because

. Let's hope it never comes down to that.

Anyway, I got everything I needed and a few impulse items, and now I'm ready to isolate myself for the week. I'll decide then whether to make another fill-in trip.

mori · Post by **mori** » Sun Mar 15, 2020 4:22 pm

Kraken wrote: ↑Sun Mar 15, 2020 4:08 pm I always buy bricks anyway because I don't want the cellulose (sawdust, basically) in the shredded stuff.

Potato starch to keep the cheese from clumping together. It does change the melting qualities and flavor a little bit.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sun Mar 15, 2020 5:12 pm

On thing makes storing food hard for me: I am painfully allergic to beans. They're the perfect storage food, but I can't eat them.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Sun Mar 15, 2020 7:12 pm

Kraken wrote: ↑Sun Mar 15, 2020 11:27 am I have plenty of dry goods; now I want to live mostly on perishables to avoid drawing down my stockpile.

Rimworld, late autumn.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Sun Mar 15, 2020 9:42 pm

I wonder how long before people start acting normal again?

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Sun Mar 15, 2020 10:39 pm

"Again"?