Anyone stockpiling food?

[Cogswel_Cogs]

In NY many peple started working at home and needed laptops so pretty much laptops have sold out everywhere.

 

[TLSnell1981]

In NY many peple started working at home and needed laptops so pretty much laptops have sold out everywhere.

And security cameras and streaming devices to name a couple more.

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

I bought a 39 inch HD TV for $89 bucks as well becasue all the stores are closing and when they reopen Im betting TVs wont be 89 bucks.

 

[AustinTink]

Opinions on storing canned and boxed goods in the garage? We are out of space in our teeny tiny pantry and the man cave is getting cramped as well. My husband went to Target. Nuff said.

 

[NYCgrrl]

Opinions on storing canned and boxed goods in the garage? We are out of space in our teeny tiny pantry and the man cave is getting cramped as well. My husband went to Target. Nuff said.

As long as the garage doesn't get too hot especially for the canned goods you should be fine.

 

[DisLiss]

NO I don't stock up with more than I'll use. and I still feel that way!

Same here. We usually buy about 8 days worth of food at a time and shop every 7 days. (So we're always buying an extra meal, or a couple extra staples each week.) And that's what we did the last time we shopped, which was the 13th. We do get produce delivered to the us weekly, which has been a help. We're hoping to wait until Wednesday to go shopping again, and we're definitely having some things run out, but I just keep announcing those items are gone (bananas) or that they are now being saved for meal items that need them (eggs). Right now my freezer is the emptiest I have ever seen it since the day that fridge was delivered.
We only have a few pieces of bread left, but I do have about 6 frozen pitas and tomorrow I will likely make bread and maybe some biscuits. It's just a bit of a creative endeavor once the planned meal items are gone and you're trying to squeeze a few more days out of what we have and we'll be repeating meals I have ingredients to make extra of, whether everyone really likes that or not.
We only have so much room. My pantry is tiny and even just a typical week's shopping really fills it, so I don't even know where I'd put a month's worth of food if I bought it. I can't even imagine what a month's worth of food would look like!

 

[bcla]

When I've gone out I haven't really found any shortages of food. Maybe some stores are getting low on specific staples, but there's plenty. I did buy three bags of sliced bread since my kid likes buttered toast and previously I ran out even before being cooped together.

 

[AustinTink]

As long as the garage doesn't get too hot especially for the canned goods you should be fine.

It's going to be high 80's this week. Our garage typically stays cool though.

 

[jo-jo]

For those with the bread issues but have freezer space, have you checked out frozen bread dough. I use Rhodes frozen dough balls and bought a big bag before all this started . It's a good size bag from walmart makes 72 rolls. Or even the loaves of frozen dough. It's just plain old white bread.

We have ordered some bread products with our 2 walmart orders, but so far only got one loaf of bread. Yesterday, we picked up the order and drove by aldi. It looked fairly empty. Wearing gloves, I went in, got one loaf of bread (kind we like, there was more of other types) 2 packs of sandwich thins, 2 bagal thins, paid and left. Didn't walk around the stores.

I used hand sanitizer while still wearing the gloves. Don't know if I'm crazy.

We are now in hiding stage for the next two weeks. At that point we'll start doing food orders again before we start running out completely. I mean we will still have food, but will be missing some of the most used stuff.

 

[Hikergirl]

I have been stocking up for a few weeks but with 5 people in the house all the time I found I was going through alot of stuff quickly. I got a grocery order delivered yesterday and I plan on sitting down and making a meal plan for the next week. My dd went back to her apartment so that helps stretch what is here so I'm hoping to plan for 2 weeks but not sure if I have enough for 3 meals a day. I want to avoid stores and I don't want to "make" someone else go to them for me if I can help it.
I also went to Groupon and ordered meal delivery from Home Chef because they were running a great discount. I also did it for my dd. We just have to remember to cancel the subscription after the first delivery.

 

[theluckyrabbit]

DH went to 3 different stores today: Vons, Trader Joe's, and Sprouts. Paper goods were gone at all 3, dairy products were low, baking goods were gone (where has all the flour gone?... I can just hear Peter, Paul, and Mary), no cleaning products, etc. Sprouts had produce and meat, but not the other two stores. He managed to find eggs at one store. This is crazy. We are trying to do one week's worth of shopping each week, just like normal. No hoarding. DH picked up a few things that he could find for our older neighbors. But we are running low or out of some things -- which means meals will just have to be a bit creative until the store situation calms down (if it does...).

 

[Scoobie]

I put in an order at Fred Meyer and Walmart for pickup - we'll see what I actually end up with!

 

[JimmyBean42]

In NY many peple started working at home and needed laptops so pretty much laptops have sold out everywhere.

Same in the NJ / Philadelphia area. Now that my kids are doing school work from home, them sharing laptops isn't really working. I went around looking for a chromebook for DD2, since DS & DD1 have them. Can't find one anywhere. And online all have late deliveries. She's getting by using an iPad for now or rotating with her siblings.

 

[halfpintpeggy]

Hard for me to believe, but between yesterday & this morning I’ve read this entire thread. It’s fascinating to see the change which has taken place over the last month, this thread would make a fun sociological study.
To chime in on the original discussion, we always have 2-3 months of food in the house so yeah - guess we are stockpilers. Like many I see reporting here, our stores have been wiped out for weeks, businesses & schools closed, shelter in place order in effect...
Wishing you all good health, this is certaiinly an unprecedented time!

 

[FlightlessDuck]

When I've gone out I haven't really found any shortages of food. Maybe some stores are getting low on specific staples, but there's plenty. I did buy three bags of sliced bread since my kid likes buttered toast and previously I ran out even before being cooped together.

There was no toilet paper or paper towels, no boneless/skinless chicken breasts, barely any pasta sauce or canned/frozen vegetables and maybe 1/3 of the cereal at my grocery store last night.

Plenty of produce, though.

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

yeah if it was ever a time to be a vegatarian

 

[Dole_whip_doll]

Same in the NJ / Philadelphia area. Now that my kids are doing school work from home, them sharing laptops isn't really working. I went around looking for a chromebook for DD2, since DS & DD1 have them. Can't find one anywhere. And online all have late deliveries. She's getting by using an iPad for now or rotating with her siblings.

Have you asked her school’s teacher/principal/librarian? Not sure if the school has a rolling classroom cart of laptops they would let you check out.

I know 2 hours away from me, the school district had their chrome books/laptops and even hot spots available for kids to check out that don’t have it at home. I wish the school i work at would do it, but that would be too logical. They seem to want to push all the software and apps First and then panic when people don’t have the technology or reliable service in our small town out in the boonies!

 

[CallieMar]

California here, just DH and I (and our ) at home. I've been doing our shopping in the morning on weekends, about 30-60 minutes after opening and that helps with avoiding crowds. I did have to go to Target 15 minutes before opening to wait in a long line to get toilet paper, everyone was pretty good about social distancing and the inside line for TP was very civilized. I shop once a week and bought a few days worth of canned goods just in case but our pantry is pretty well stocked as it is. I'd say we have enough for about 3 weeks if we couldn't leave the house.

 

[NYCgrrl]

yeah if it was ever a time to be a vegatarian

The prices of vegetables have risen so much in the last decade or so that there is little price difference between a produce based meal and one with meat now. Back in the day I was a vegetarian with cost being a prime motivator. Allowed me to ensure meat was on the table for the ravening wolves I was raising (2 boys who would fight over my meal despite having seconds, LOL).
Now I do a vegetarian meal once or twice a week for health reasons but it's not inexpensive.

 

[TLSnell1981]

No frozen bread? refrigerated rolls/bread in a can or yeast. I found all purpose flour yesterday but no y...

yeah if it was ever a time to be a vegatarian

Little to no vegetables here either. Have I mentioned...very low supplies on pet food