Food Shortage

TakingDominion · #1 03-31-2020, 02:26 PM

http://endoftheamericandream.com/arc...ems-break-down

This article makes the situation sound pretty bleak. Food warehouses empty, manufacturers stretched thin, farmers out of business. I just got back from the grocery store and shelves were pretty full. Even had water and toilet paper. What is everyone else seeing in your part of the country?

diakonos · #2 03-31-2020, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by TakingDominion

http://endoftheamericandream.com/arc...ems-break-down

This article makes the situation sound pretty bleak. Food warehouses empty, manufacturers stretched thin, farmers out of business. I just got back from the grocery store and shelves were pretty full. Even had water and toilet paper. What is everyone else seeing in your part of the country?

Went shopping on Friday. There was more in stock than the previous weeks. Most of the basics in stock. Still out of ground beef. But IDK what was available through the week.

There was laundry detergent available. Previously there was none.

If people would stop with the panic everything can be restocked in a week.

KeptByTheWord · #3 03-31-2020, 02:44 PM

Shelves are in good condition here. I live in an area where people typically keep a lot of food on hand, raise large gardens, and hunt their meat. I'm sure it is different in each region.

diakonos · #4 03-31-2020, 02:48 PM

Walmart headquarters is a stones throw away. I’d have preferred that they had kept the local stores fully stocked while the rest of you MAD MAX it out.

Sparrow · #5 03-31-2020, 03:41 PM

We live in one of the "hotspot" areas. The stores here are pretty depleted. No tissue or other paper products. Most meats are gone. No rice or dried peas or beans. Canned foods are wiped out. Little dairy or eggs. Lots of fresh fruits and fresh vegetables though.

Michael The Disciple · #6 03-31-2020, 04:10 PM

Just came from Walmart, Krogers and Dollar Tree. All seemed in at least average situations. Last winter and spring were so wet it devastaed the harvest. So far around here it is exactly like last year, rain 70-80% of the time. When its not raining, wind. Not promising.

aegsm76 · #7 03-31-2020, 04:53 PM

Haven't been to the store since the week of March 8th.
I will have to go to the feed store, this week, as I was not stocked up on feed for the livestock.
We can make it for at least 6 months without going to the store.
So long as the electricity stays on.
If that goes down, all bets are off...