The Walmarts here are notorious, and have been for years, for not stocking the shelves and leaving expanses of shelves empty for weeks at a time. Suddenly, the past couple of weeks those Walmarts' shelves are full like I haven't seen for years.

Meanwhile, the two grocery chains that aren't national but regional, have had full shelves all along and still do.

Last summer, three local stores, not all Walmarts but all national chains, had huge empty sections in frozen foods all claiming the frozen sections were broken.

I've seen other people saying their Walmarts are stocked better than they have been. Prices are up pretty dramatically on a lot of stuff.

Bottom line - I think this is being manipulated and I think shoppers are being manipulated to buy now that prices have been jacked up.

Not trying to discourage anyone from stocking up. I think this is only going to get worse.

One of my friends back when Covid started and people were standing in line to get into grocery stores said they were getting us used to standing in bread lines.

Adding this - if you think this will last longer than weeks, get some seeds for hardy, easy to grow, nutrition rich plants like kale, mustard, turnips, beans, pumpkins. Keep them in air sealed (Foodsaver) bags if you can.

Adding one more thing. Stocking up protects you some from continued inflation of food prices.

The Walmarts here are notorious, and have been for years, for not stocking the shelves and leaving expanses of shelves empty for weeks at a time. Suddenly, the past couple of weeks those Walmarts' shelves are full like I haven't seen for years.

Meanwhile, the two grocery chains that aren't national but regional, have had full shelves all along and still do.

Last summer, three local stores, not all Walmarts but all national chains, had huge empty sections in frozen foods all claiming the frozen sections were broken.

I've seen other people saying their Walmarts are stocked better than they have been. Prices are up pretty dramatically on a lot of stuff.

Bottom line - I think this is being manipulated and I think shoppers are being manipulated to buy now that prices have been jacked up.

Not trying to discourage anyone from stocking up. I think this is only going to get worse.

One of my friends back when Covid started and peopl e were standing in line to get into grocery stores said they were getting us used to standing in bread lines.

Adding this - if you think this will last longer than weeks, get some seeds for hardy, easy to grow, nutrition rich plants like kale, mustard, turnips, beans, pumpkins. Keep them in air sealed (Foodsaver) bags if you can.

Adding one more thing. Stocking up protects you some from continued inflation of food prices.

The Walmarts here are notorious, and have been for years, for not stocking the shelves and leaving expanses of shelves empty for weeks at a time. Suddenly, the past couple of weeks those Walmarts' shelves are full like I haven't seen for years.

Meanwhile, the two grocery chains that aren't national but regional, have had full shelves all along and still do.

Last summer, three local stores, not all Walmarts but all national chains, had huge empty sections in frozen foods all claiming the frozen sections were broken.

I've seen other people saying their Walmarts are stocked better than they have been. Prices are up pretty dramatically on a lot of stuff.

Bottom line - I think this is being manipulated and I think shoppers are being manipulated to buy now that prices have been jacked up.

Not trying to discourage anyone from stocking up. I think this is only going to get worse.

One of my friends back when Covid started and people were standing in line to get into grocery stores said they were getting us used to standing in bread lines.

Adding this - if you think this will last longer than weeks, get some seeds for hardy, easy to grow, nutrition rich plants like kale, mustard, turnips, beans, pumpkins. Keep them in air sealed (Foodsaver) bags if you can.

The Walmarts here are notorious, and have been for years, for not stocking the shelves and leaving expanses of shelves empty for weeks at a time. Suddenly, the past couple of weeks those Walmarts' shelves are full like I haven't seen for years.

Meanwhile, the two grocery chains that aren't national but regional, have had full shelves all along and still do.

Last summer, three local stores, not all Walmarts but all national chains, had huge empty sections in frozen foods all claiming the frozen sections were broken.

I've seen other people saying their Walmarts are stocked better than they have been. Prices are up pretty dramatically on a lot of stuff.

Bottom line - I think this is being manipulated and I think shoppers are being manipulated to buy now that prices have been jacked up.

Not trying to discourage anyone from stocking up. I think this is only going to get worse.

One of my friends back when Covid started and people were standing in line to get into grocery stores said they were getting us used to standing in bread lines.