Food Shortage

[Esaias]

Originally Posted by consapente89

Someone should start a preparedness thread.

There's a whole section of the forum dedicated to that. But interest has been lacking the last several years.

[Amanah]

I cant get meat, TP, sanitizer, wipes and lots of other things we commonly buy.

[loran adkins]

After the first two weeks things are pretty much back to normal. Except toilet paper. We can still get it but we have to go to several stores, or just grab some when we see it somewhere. There are a few things that the stores are low on but things are getting back to normal. I was even able to buy flour and yeast yesterday.

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by Esaias

It's not shortages caused by panic buying alone. That was certainly a part of it (anyone who lives in hurricane prone areas knows all about how that works). But there's more involved.

1. Distribution centers are simply not restocking in many areas as much as they normally were. This means not as much product is actually going to the stores.

2. Because of shutdowns and quarantines, restaurants are closed. On any given day some 35% or so of Americans eat at restaurants. That means about 35% MORE DEMAND for grocery store food now. Stores, distributerers, and more importantly producers have not been able to keep up the sudden increase in demand (which is SEPARATE from the increase in demand caused by hoarders).

3. Seed companies are feeling it as well. There has been no slow down in demand placed on seed companies, where normally the end of March begins their slow season. LOTS of people are buying seeds to start gardens etc.

4. Food production in the US is not designed to provide this much food at once. This is directly the result of decades of stupid anti American government policies regarding farming, ethanol production for gas, subsidies for NOT growing food staples, etc.

5. Existing crops have suffered bad weather effects (especially from flooding).

6. The "stimulus package" (which is actually the literal looting of the nation, a national fire sale) has depressed prices so producers are suffering even more and many will close up shop. This means LESS FOOD FOR AMERICA.

7. The lockdowns will and already have started to hinder labour for food producers.

It's a mess, and it is designed to be a mess. Artificial scarcity is what communism/crony capitalism is all about. Welcome to your new life.

Guess what I found over in my supermarket. I was told that the place could be jam pack and full. BUT, Amazon wants to keep the freezer cases pretty empty.
Also the Amazon Blue tag specials are GONE. What? No sale items? Too funny. Amazon is making bank, while everyone are scurrying around.

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by Amanah

I cant get meat, TP, sanitizer, wipes and lots of other things we commonly buy.

Fort Lauderdale overflowing with those items.

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by loran adkins

After the first two weeks things are pretty much back to normal. Except toilet paper. We can still get it but we have to go to several stores, or just grab some when we see it somewhere. There are a few things that the stores are low on but things are getting back to normal. I was even able to buy flour and yeast yesterday.

There was a store with a wall of TP. What are people doing with it?
I mean they were hoarding it a week ago? Houses must be jam packed with the stuff.

[Evang.Benincasa]

People love to tell Ghost stories and scare themselves.
Big business loves to turn fear into dollars.

Carry on.

[Freeindeed]

Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa

Fort Lauderdale overflowing with those items.

I went to Walmart and Kroger this morning and everything was pretty well stocked too.