Thin pickings in the meat section
(media.greatawakening.win)
Comments (49)
sorted by:
I don’t see many bare shelves where I live.
When a section is bare, it seems its usually limited to a section that hasn’t been attended to.
I think most instances are related to short staffing from the store, and are timing issues.
They actually have the product in stock but may not have the manpower to restock the shelves fast enough.
This is EXACTLY what happens around here. I have found that if I ask a stocker in the next isle to go to the back for me they will happily retrieve anything I need as long as I can name it specifically.
Yup... they are understaffed and desperately trying to hire.
Same. Went to Giant yesterday and the poultry section was a little low (no worse than anything I've seen pre-fuckapalooza) and was limited to 3 per customer. All other meats, toilet paper, and everything was stocked full.
Can we get a little context?
Like when and where?
It matters. For example, our local shelves were as full as they could be 5 days ago. But a nasty winter storm here in S Texas means that the non-winter-drivers around here bought the grocery stores out in the last 48 hours. This has happened every time there has been a weather event for the last 20 years.
context
I am in Pennsylvania and this was this past Saturday. That is not the usual for Walmart. I know I hate Walmart but there aren't really any small grocery stores, family owned around here.
No need to apologize for shopping at walmart.
I partonize mom & pop every time i can. But the big huge non-walmart grocery chains like piggly wiggly and HEB and Safeway, etc are NO BETTER than walmart at all the things that walmart is bad about.
Thanks for the context.
let us know if the situation is permanent or temporary.
I will take pictures next time I am there and post.
right on
That photo looks pretty much like every grocery store here (Virginia) for the past several weeks. Virtually no chicken. I was at a local Walmart yesterday and they had a few packs of legs or thighs, no breasts or wings except frozen, two of the expensive Perdue whole roasting hens. Some hamburger, more than a few days ago but not a lot. Plenty of pork and expensive steaks.
BTW, I have stopped buying hamburger from Martins. The packages look okay in the store but when I get them home, they're sopping with blood. Can't even open the package without a bloody mess. Stupid stunt to cheat you out of a few pennies.
What is getting worse is the canned catfood. I went to a Walmart, a Martins and a Food Lion the other day and none had more than a two or three cans and one had none.
Weis is pretty good if you're in PA. my brisket mentioned below are often buy 2 get 1 or buy 1 get 1 which cuts my costs even further
A storm is predicted where I live, and shoppers picked some store sections pretty clean in case they had to hunker down. Will visit a few days after storm to recheck supply
The cracker section was wiped out yesterday and a roast was $70
Crackers I read months ago were going to be hard to get because of some kind of strike on cracker companies. Saltines are the hardest to find but yesterday they had none except Club crackers.
I buy London broils (brisket) on sale and grind them myself at home because it's $1-2 cheaper per pound than ground beef.
Glad I bought a 1/4 cow late October 👌
Nobody's going for the Perdue Ground Chicken.
I only buy it when I want to make chicken chili. Chicken (ground) anything else is horrible. If Trudeau came to my house, I'd make him eat a chicken burger.
https://wallacefarms.com/
Iowa farm. Totally based. They ship frozen.
Thank you.
Glad I live in the middle of nowhere. Around here, if you have a rifle you are never without meat ... I mean theoretically, of course. I'd never dream of breaking the "law" just to feed myself.
Lol
Accidently shot a turkey I thought was charging me...can't be too careful
Which state is this?
PA
Though I support them, I imagine it getting worse when our truckers rally. My pet peeve, being disabled, is having to wait in very long lines at the pharmacy because the drive through is closed. Of course I also worry about supplies of my drugs even getting TO the pharm as well. I guess if China wanted to get rid of most of us, they'd just stop sending our drugs....no excuse why they aren't made here.
Don’t know about OP, but a winter storm warning where I live caused a run at the local supermarket. Otherwise the place has been fully stocked for probably the last 18 months. Just those first few months of the lockdown in 2020 caused some issues.
There will probably be sales next week because people bought a couple weeks of groceries for an event that will have a two day impact at most.
A common sight in the grocery stores for the past month or so. A cluster of befuddled shoppers standing in front on one section in the meat department with full shelves. Go closer, you'll see that the section with "meatless" meat, cauliflower wings and so on. Watch for a minute, you'll see every single one of those shoppers realize what those packages hold and then turn and walk away.
If this is a ploy to force us to eat that stuff, it isn't working. I wouldn't touch the stuff with a 10 foot pole since they started trying to shove it down our throats.
Good idea, ty.
My gosh. Is that in the United States?
Yes
weather related. supply lines are messed up, but weather is causing the big change
Yikes.
Take a picture when they are not restocking.
Smoked meats like ham will keep for a while and the stores here have had plenty of pork.
Eggs are a decent source of protein. The stores here have had plenty but if they don't, get a couple of chickens. Even if you have a tiny yard, you can raise 2-3 hens in the backyard in a small coop. Just don't get a rooster unless you want your neighbors to hate you. I recommend Marans - very prolific layers in my flock and the eggs are deep, chocolate brown. There are several varieties. ISA Brown is another French breed that lays a lot of lighter brown eggs.
Bet there's scrapple in that meat case. haha
Well, sort of. Mostly here you see souse.
What is souce? Some kind of food? I looked it up and came up empty.
It's similar to scrapple. It's like a meat jello slab with gelatin from the hog. It's souse, not souce. That might be why you didn't find it.
Interesting. Found it. I've never tried that. Is it a breakfast item? I haven't seen it in groceries.
Edit: Hog-Head Cheese! Never mind. I've been married a long time and I'm used to it. LOL. She has a hard enough time with scrapple!
Do you have a butcher shop? We have several around here and if they don't have it, they'll get or make things for you.
I live in an area where we don't really have farmers. I do order meat from Good Ranchers. There is a health store that sells grass ged ground meat that I will buy. I just wonder how bad it will get.
Thank you, I do have some canned chicken and also that 25 year survival meat stuff. Thank you for your prayers.
Sardines and anchovies. Rice and beans eaten together are a complete protein.
Peanut butter, too. As good as pemmican.
You forgot Spam! Many flavors. LOL