Grocery Stores

Ian · April 05, 2020, 06:10:56 PM

How are your stores looking during the quarantine? I went to get some basic stuff yesterday and the only thing empty on shelves was TP and rice. Everything else was pretty well stocked compared to what it was like a week ago.

Genghis Khan · April 05, 2020, 06:46:28 PM

Toilet paper and meat were empty but everything went back to normal like before when the world didn't come to end.

Jono · April 05, 2020, 07:03:09 PM

I'm only going to stores where they only allow a certain amount of people in at once. Those stores have the most food and other shit in stock compared to the ones where everyone is allowed to enter.

Ingy · April 05, 2020, 07:49:00 PM

Still no TP, meat, or eggs

Also Home Depot and Lowe’s are packed
Especially the gardening sections
Guess people are trying to find something to do with themselves

DAS B00T x2 · April 05, 2020, 08:10:23 PM

the publix near me looked pretty normal before I left Fl.
aparantly everything's kinda normal here

Aether · April 05, 2020, 08:29:03 PM

I've been able to get meat since they've been limiting the amount per customer, but the vegetables I get are still stocked full. I guess no one cares for any spinach or arugula around here. Water is selling out as well but only the cheap kind. I've been able to get the pricier stuff still. TP and paper towels are always out of stock. So are all disinfectants, although there has been a little bit of soap still. Couldn't find any Everclear in any liquor store either. I've heard that they aren't sending it out to stores and are making alcohol for companies to make hand sanitizer with right now, but I'm not sure how much truth there is to that.

I ordered a quart of 99% ethanol online from eyeglass supply store to make my own hand sanitizer with. Amazon has nothing available. They are prioritizing hospitals and government agencies anyways, and anything you can find can take over a month to arrive.

Ian · April 05, 2020, 08:42:29 PM

When were you down in FL? Also what part? I'm kind of envious of the pan handle right now, my uncle who lives there says everything is exactly like it was before the quarantine and nothing has changed at all.

Quote from: DAS B00T x2 on April 05, 2020, 08:10:23 PM

the publix near me looked pretty normal before I left Fl.

DAS B00T x2 · April 05, 2020, 09:00:13 PM

Quote from: Ian on April 05, 2020, 08:42:29 PM

When were you down in FL? Also what part? I'm kind of envious of the pan handle right now, my uncle who lives there says everything is exactly like it was before the quarantine and nothing has changed at all.

Quote from: DAS B00T x2 on April 05, 2020, 08:10:23 PM
the publix near me looked pretty normal before I left Fl.

I was staying around Jacksonville, did a lot of work in St Augustine, Went down in february, came back today,

Things were stupid at the stores a few weeks back but it seems like people are normalizing now

April 06, 2020, 02:38:09 AM

No flour, no sugar, no yeast, bread, rice. No frozen veggies, no eggs, cheese. Soup isle is totally empty. Toilet paper and cleaning isles are both totally empty. The store I work at keeps on ordering and keeps on not getting it. Whatever does come in is gone within the hour.

FatherlyNick - fuck putin · April 06, 2020, 07:09:44 AM

Whole-grain pasta is gone for the third week in a row

REEEE

Casper · April 06, 2020, 09:17:02 AM

Last I checked, no meats except pork and expensive cuts like lamb. For some reason heavy cream and cream cheese are also hard to find. PA is getting hit kinda hard, especially around Monroe and Luzerne County because of the easy access to NJ and NY

Ásgeirr · April 06, 2020, 09:17:51 AM

everything is stocked up again

DAS B00T x2 · April 06, 2020, 09:33:50 AM

Quote from: Casper on April 06, 2020, 09:17:02 AM

Last I checked, no meats except pork and expensive cuts like lamb. For some reason heavy cream and cream cheese are also hard to find. PA is getting hit kinda hard, especially around Monroe and Luzerne County because of the easy access to NJ and NY

Oh yeah, I could imagine Scranton's fucked up from that.

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🍁 Aria 🔮 · April 06, 2020, 10:50:52 AM

I just want some tissue paper and green onions. Only things I haven't found over the past few weeks.

MarKhan · April 07, 2020, 11:02:14 AM

Every shell is covered in transparent blanket, nobody without mask allowed to enter (actually you can't go outside without mask and document that shows your identity), only 1-3 customers can be inside shop at the same time, every shopkeeper wears mask and gloves.

Aether · April 07, 2020, 11:34:52 AM

Quote from: MarKhan on April 07, 2020, 11:02:14 AM

Every shell is covered in transparent blanket, nobody without mask allowed to enter (actually you can't go outside without mask and document that shows your identity), only 1-3 customers can be inside shop at the same time, every shopkeeper wears mask and gloves.

You guys not having a shortage of masks or something because you're lucky to find any around here. What if you literally can't find one? Are you just unable to buy food?

MarKhan · April 07, 2020, 11:49:25 AM

Quote from: Aether on April 07, 2020, 11:34:52 AM

Quote from: MarKhan on April 07, 2020, 11:02:14 AM
Every shell is covered in transparent blanket, nobody without mask allowed to enter (actually you can't go outside without mask and document that shows your identity), only 1-3 customers can be inside shop at the same time, every shopkeeper wears mask and gloves.
You guys not having a shortage of masks or something because you're lucky to find any around here. What if you literally can't find one? Are you just unable to buy food?

Well, we do have a shortage of masks because our people liked to play in capitalism and outsource them in Italy and our government is fucking retarded, we were selling our masks even when quarantine started. If you can't find one, sew one. Government doesn't care if your masks is cool reusable mask, or mask that you sew yourself (which is ineffective) or one nonreusable that you wear longer than week. They don't care either that wearing mask doesn't make much sense when you are outside, on fresh air and sun, alone, all they want is to refill budget by fining people with this big fine which is 3-4 times bigger than average salary. Also they accepted this law against our constitution norms. Great, huh?

Casper · April 07, 2020, 12:04:07 PM

Quote from: DAS B00T x2 on April 06, 2020, 09:33:50 AM

Quote from: Casper on April 06, 2020, 09:17:02 AM
Last I checked, no meats except pork and expensive cuts like lamb. For some reason heavy cream and cream cheese are also hard to find. PA is getting hit kinda hard, especially around Monroe and Luzerne County because of the easy access to NJ and NY
Oh yeah, I could imagine Scranton's fucked up from that.

Hazleton is fixing to get the national guard called in because the fucking spics wont stay inside and stop spreading their shit between states. But I hope they do come in and shut everything down, because I hate coming into work. Stroudsburg is such a joke in how they're handling this

April 08, 2020, 02:41:36 PM

Publix isn't offering refunds towards things people panic bought.

DAS B00T x2 · April 08, 2020, 05:00:47 PM

Quote from: Vien on April 08, 2020, 02:41:36 PM

Publix isn't offering refunds towards things people panic bought.

what you mean people are trying to return like, ten packs of toilet paper or something?

🂿 · April 09, 2020, 11:53:21 PM

I can't trust people so I just order my shit off of Amazon, I'm glad I was already stocked before shit hit the fan.

FatherlyNick - fuck putin · April 12, 2020, 02:03:33 PM

Went to Tesco today and the queue stretched all the way around the store and went into the suburb. Noped out of that and went to a convenience store near me instead. Sure their milk is slightly more expensive but they also have curd cheese that Tesco doesn't.

Ian · April 12, 2020, 02:19:53 PM

I'm off to my local Publix with the hope of finding milk, meat, cheese, and other stuff to make a dinner tonight that doesn't consist of just rice and chili from a can.

Pray for me.

Ian · April 12, 2020, 03:16:31 PM

Never mind, I completely forgot what day it was....

FatherlyNick - fuck putin · April 12, 2020, 03:53:37 PM

Quote from: Ian on April 12, 2020, 03:16:31 PM

Never mind, I completely forgot what day it was....

Yeah, my regular shop was supposed to be open at 10am today. They weren't, with no notice on the door stating when they will eventually open.

MarKhan · April 12, 2020, 05:08:13 PM

Quote from: FatherlyNick on April 12, 2020, 03:53:37 PM

Quote from: Ian on April 12, 2020, 03:16:31 PM
Never mind, I completely forgot what day it was....
Yeah, my regular shop was supposed to be open at 10am today. They weren't, with no notice on the door stating when they will eventually open.

Haha, grocery shops could be open here, but our government first said on Friday "Hey, no work from Saturday 1 P.M to Monday 9 A.M and no leaving house", then they said in the Saturday morning "Hey, that thing we told yesterday? It is purely recomendation, like we don't want you to go outside and work, but we can't really stop you without introducing State of Emergency first, haha". Fucking unorganized pile of fucking burning garbage government.

Ian · April 16, 2020, 12:15:41 PM

Okay FOR REAL today.

I will scour the remnants of my local Publix in search of materials to synthesize dinner tonight. My goal is some ground beef, shredded cheese, sour cream, salsa, seasonings, and Tortilla chips for taco mix tonight. I will also of course report any run ins with bands of lawless warlords, radioactive monstrosities, and other apocalyptic scenarios.

Ian · April 16, 2020, 02:27:38 PM

They had everything except toilet paper and paper towels. Everything. They even had rice, granted it was only 1 package per customer but the aisle was actually pretty full. I can get paper towels from 7-11 though, it seems me and only a small handful of people think to get more than just booze from convenience stores when filling up your tank at 10PM.