Anyone stockpiling food?

[SaintsManiac]

We were just at Home Depot for a light bulb. Plenty of toilet paper there, who knew?

Lowe's here had a ton of Lysol wipes. I feel like Costco and Walmart and Amazon are the ones really getting hit. It's ok to NOT buy things in bulk for goodness' sake.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Welp the KC metro has sure ramped up. Everyone out shopping today. So many event cancellations, KCMO state of emergency announced and events over 1,000 people canceled. Yup everyone is probably going to be hunkered down for a few weeks or buying like that is a possibility which is something of a real possibility. People want to try and stay home so they are buying like they will or at least it seems that way.

My mom did see 1 instance of hoarding but otherwise it didn't seem like that was the case for most people. I haven't seen hoarding here at Walmart right now yet at least.

 

[MoeJ]

Time to buy beer.

 

[MoeJ]

Publix here in Florida has instituted quantity limits, signs in front of the TP and everything, so I was able to buy a big pack just because we were down to our last roll.

 

[MoeJ]

This stinks.

 

[BuckeyeBama]

Time to buy beer.

Publix here in Florida has instituted quantity limits, signs in front of the TP and everything, so I was able to buy a big pack just because we were down to our last roll.

Quantity control on the beer?

 

[MoeJ]

Quantity control on the beer?

I HOPE NOT!!!!!! Just TP and cleaning supplies at this point!!

 

[LongLiveRafiki]

Husband just got home and said the bottled water at Walmart was wiped out. People had carts FULL of it.

Nope, I still do not understand that.

Not saying that the people with carts full were in this situation, but... The last house we rented had well water that was undrinkable. We were advised after getting it tested that filtration and boiling would not make it safe to drink, so we had to buy all of our water for drinking and cooking. I would stock up every two weeks or so, but it still meant a cart loaded down with water for my family of four. I preferred gallons (or the multi-gallon jugs) over bottles as it was cheaper and less plastic, but we typically bought 25-30 gallons worth every 2 weeks and used every bit of it. I imagine if we still lived there, we'd try to stock up a bit more to have some on reserve in case we did have to quarantine or something.

Overall point, while I know it's not super common in the us, some people just flat out do not have drinkable water in their homes, so SOME (not all) people filling carts with water may actually need it.

 

[SaintsManiac]

Not saying that the people with carts full were in this situation, but... The last house we rented had well water that was undrinkable. We were advised after getting it tested that filtration and boiling would not make it safe to drink, so we had to buy all of our water for drinking and cooking. I would stock up every two weeks or so, but it still meant a cart loaded down with water for my family of four. I preferred gallons (or the multi-gallon jugs) over bottles as it was cheaper and less plastic, but we typically bought 25-30 gallons worth every 2 weeks and used every bit of it. I imagine if we still lived there, we'd try to stock up a bit more to have some on reserve in case we did have to quarantine or something.

Overall point, while I know it's not super common in the us, some people just flat out do not have drinkable water in their homes, so SOME (not all) people filling carts with water may actually need it.

Nah that’s not what was going on here. I think people down here just go into their normal hurricane panic mode and buy water as a reflex.

 

[barkley]

Publix here in Florida has instituted quantity limits, signs in front of the TP and everything

eastern washington here (no confirmed cases in my county as yet).

limits on cleaning products and rice and beans (only items i've seen in person). went to safeway yesterday-next to no wipes at all (got the last 2 double packs on the shelf). same store-almost no dry beans. went into the larger city near us (spokane)-ghost town we have a snow storm coming in tomorrow so normally people would be out and about stocking up/getting gas..........vacant.

walmart/target-almost nothing non perishable available for shipping. non perishable stuff on grocery shelves are wiped out (rice, beans, hamburger helper....), bread supplies low. i ended up doing a walmart grocery pick up order for tomorrow since i have to go out anyway-it will be interesting to see if anything i ordered they can actually fulfill.

the university near my home announced that the spring quarter will be entirely on-line classes. god help the students who have majors that require labs, face to face....(and i fear for the little college town b/c they survive off the college kids during the academic year to cover their absence during the summer).

 

[RedAngie]

My local Shop Rite was MUCH more busy tonight than a normal Thursday. Almost like the days right before Thanksgiving or Christmas.

No toilet paper at all. Just the other day the shelves were 1/3 to 1/2 full. Other paper products in low supply too. Lysol spray and wipes have been gone for about a week. Liquid hand soap is sparse but plenty of bar soap is available. Some dish liquid and other cleaning products were out of stock.

Many non-perishables were very low or out of stock: rice, dried beans, canned veggies, pasta, tomato products, soups, etc.

No problems with produce, refrigerated and frozen products. Plenty of bottled water too.

Fewer than half the registers were open about 830 pm, the norm for an evening. Each one had 4 or 5 people in line. My cashier told the woman in front of me that normally she works in the bakery department but was put on register about an hour into her shift. As she was scanning my order the front end supervisor switched off the light above the register and went to tell the guy 3 or 4 back that he would be the last customer in that line. Please tell anyone who gets behind you that you're the last customer in that line because the cashier's shift is over at 9 pm.

 

[Imzadi]

Quantity control on the beer?

You can probably find Corona beer. They reported a 30% drop in sales as people said they stopped buying that beer because it has the same name as the Coronavirus.

 

[NotUrsula]

Stopped at our local supermarket chain on my way home, it took almost 2 hrs to get out of there because of the length of the lines. We just had to cancel our spring break trip, so I was buying noodle packs & canned soup for the kid to make for lunch while adults are not home. (She hates cold meals) I noticed thst the price of TP there is now about 30% higher than it was last month. They had sales on a lot of nonperishable foods, but not the toilet paper, LOL. They were also completely sold out of Coke Zero, which seems to happen often around here.

DD & I went to Sam's Club last night after her practice to pick up a chicken for dinner, and they had a strange TP situation going on. Apparently a shipment had arrived early in the day, and was snapped up by online shoppers before the store opened. They had employees guarding the preorder pickup area to keep people from trying to sneak it out & buy it in person.

 

[NYCgrrl]

Boy, I'm glad I don't need anything but some weird sized batteries right now.

Still going food shopping early tomorrow morning to hopefully beat the crazed people because there are some great freezer sales going on nearby: a whole beef tenderloin, custom cut for $9.00/lb will make a nice hostess gift this summer. I'll give the filet mignon cuts away but keep the Chateaubriand for us. Organic chickens for .90/lb, and salmon steaks at a decent price should finish filling the freezer. This store always has nice produce so I'll keep my eyes open for veggies and fruit that I can freeze.

 

[Scoobie]

eastern washington here (no confirmed cases in my county as yet).

limits on cleaning products and rice and beans (only items i've seen in person). went to safeway yesterday-next to no wipes at all (got the last 2 double packs on the shelf). same store-almost no dry beans. went into the larger city near us (spokane)-ghost town we have a snow storm coming in tomorrow so normally people would be out and about stocking up/getting gas..........vacant.

walmart/target-almost nothing non perishable available for shipping. non perishable stuff on grocery shelves are wiped out (rice, beans, hamburger helper....), bread supplies low. i ended up doing a walmart grocery pick up order for tomorrow since i have to go out anyway-it will be interesting to see if anything i ordered they can actually fulfill.

the university near my home announced that the spring quarter will be entirely on-line classes. god help the students who have majors that require labs, face to face....(and i fear for the little college town b/c they survive off the college kids during the academic year to cover their absence during the summer).

I'm in the Tricities, and it was complete mayhem here today. I went to Costco, couple of Walmarts, Target and Winco to try and complete my grocery list. Never found any Goldfish - seriously! I've never seen so many empty aisles. Eggs, butter, meat, frozen foods, soup, pasta, dry goods, bleach, cleaners, TP, meds, vitamins, all gone through. Costco was only out of TP, paper towels, hand sanitizers, and bleach cleaners. Had water, but limiting people to 2. Walmarts looked the worst, Target still had some kleenex and paper towel. Lines of cars so long, way worse than the holidays. I'm pretty good now, but there were a lot of people that couldn't find what they wanted. Hope everyone is stocked -
at least a little!

 

[luvsJack]

Has anyone else's state's emergency management put out a virus emergency supply list? Ours did and it reads like we are either expecting to have no power and no water or like we are planning to evacuate to somewhere. Its no wonder people are buying stuff they don't need.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Was talking to my mom yesterday and she was all sorts of "why the toilet paper I just don't get it". I explained at least some reasons why (ones I've mentioned either on this thread or another one hard to keep track lol)..

Funniest moment ever came at the end of the phone call where my mom said "Well I'm going to Hy-Vee (a regional grocery store) I might check and see if they have toilet paper, I think I'm good on what I have at home but I'm not sure"

Loves ya mom but now you're part of the very cycle I told you about, the very cycle you just complained about 10mins earlier. Makes you wonder how many of us have been like that in the last month or so.."gosh these people getting xyz why, oh wait maybe I should get xyz".

***joking halfway here, I do believe more the bottled water stuff because toilet paper is what the vast majority of us use, bottled water not everyone uses.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Has anyone else's state's emergency management put out a virus emergency supply list? Ours did and it reads like we are either expecting to have no power and no water or like we are planning to evacuate to somewhere. Its no wonder people are buying stuff they don't need.

When they announced it yesterday for KS they didn't go into any detail. The announcement was made yesterday following our state's first death, a man in his 70s, underlying health conditions in a long-term care facility. He was diagnosed with COVID-19 AFTER his death. He was considered the 5th case in the state in the county above me and was not known until after his death. The other 4 cases known are in my county 1 was a woman who traveled to New England and 3 are all males that traveled to the same conference in FL (that was also announced yesterday).

I think that state's or cities's state of emergencies vary. It makes sense. Different areas may be more used to different things and different areas have different considerations.

For instance right now KCMO's is just focused on events with 1,000 or more attendees being canceled and I believe certain variables about employee safety and pay and whatnot and is effective right now for 3 weeks. This I believe was done more because of St Patrick's Day events (parades and whatnot), Big 12 Tournament along with fan festivals for it, Planet Comicon, etc. Many large events in the immediate future with some that were technically supposed to be going on now.

Looking up the details for KS as a whole state here's some info from the press release "The declaration authorizes the use of state resources and personnel to assist with response and recovery operations in affected counties that meet certain criteria." "Our state is well prepared. With this emergency declaration we can activate our response and coordinate fully. This is part of the process and will make access to important resources more accessible. We continue to work closely with our local, state and federal partners to respond to the potential spread of the virus – or any situation that may arise.”

No list that I could find from the press release just links to the State's Health Department, CDC and WHO. I think in our area the slew of purchasing is a direct result of the KCMO state of emergency, followed by all the cancellations, then new cases and then later on last night the death announced. People are expecting it seems like to stay inside for a while (who knows if that ends up being the case).

 

[NotUrsula]

Has anyone else's state's emergency management put out a virus emergency supply list? Ours did and it reads like we are either expecting to have no power and no water or like we are planning to evacuate to somewhere. Its no wonder people are buying stuff they don't need.

I'm guessing that was a situation where the page had been pre-done for hurricane prep, and someone got the order to put up the emergency supply list and didn't think to question if a different one needed to be used instead of the usual.

 

[mikehn]

A friend of mine who works at Trader Joes said yesterday's sales tripled projections.