I don't have any pictures with me, but I visited three stores looking for Oscar Mayer Low sodium oven roasted turkey meat. I finally found some of the deli turkey meat at the third stop, Walmart, but it wasn't the low sodium stuff.
While searching for the lunch meat, I checked for frozen turkeys at two of the stops. At the first stop I checked, they only had two turkeys left and a bunch of turkey breasts. Meanwhile the second stop only had a few smoked turkeys and a few turkey breasts. Again, this is just a heads-up. We can all thank Joe Biden and the media for this shortage.
I understand that.
Just realize you're worried about buying a bird early just so you can keep your traditions and you're imagining there's a coming shortage because you're assuming grocery stores stock up on Thanksgiving turkeys on October 19 for some reason.
There likely won't be a shortage. In fact, when turkeys are going for $50-$80 due to inflation, you'll see a lot less of them being sold from Thanksgiving to New Years and may be able to snag some good deals yourself at the end of the season like I did last year if you pay attention.
If you're right, it's nothing to worry about from my perspective, but I understand some people would pay even $100 if it meant they had turkey while watching the Detroit Lions lose.
I paid $35 for around a 17 lbs turkey last weekend. I also saw a price of $44 for a smaller turkey. That means we will be seeing that inflation factor. We will also see shortages, not only of Turkeys but other food items. I wouldn't be shocked to learn that we have food shortages of other staples too. The fact remains is that we can thank Joe Biden for this.