Here’s a question for the group … would you be willing to pay potentially higher prices for goods if those goods were manufactured in the United States (or Canada) rather than overseas? Just curious.
I went in for milk. I came out with this, and they lasted all of three hours…
Be sure and look behind the product’s front row. Many stores here have employees pulling what product there is to the front of the shelf so it looks full. It makes no sense to me but I see them doing it.
not a store but I just tried ordering delivery from Arbys....was told they're OUT OF ROAST BEEF!!
Check to make sure they didn’t relocate the smoked salmon to a different area of the refrigerated section. Same thing happened to me on two consecutive trips. Couldn’t find it in its usual spot. My local Aldi used to keep the smoked salmon close to the fresh beef/chicken/pork section. They’ve since moved it to another area near the cheese/hummus section. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you.I will say, my last 3 Aldi's trips, they were out of all the 1lb lunch meat tubs and the smoked salmon...this was annoying...I'm going again this weekend, but if it's still gone, that's more than just folks buying it out before me, b/c I've been on 3 different days of the week at 3 different times...
Check to make sure they didn’t relocate the smoked salmon to a different area of the refrigerated section. Same thing happened to me on two consecutive trips. Couldn’t find it in its usual spot. My local Aldi used to keep the smoked salmon close to the fresh beef/chicken/pork section. They’ve since moved it to another area near the cheese/hummus section. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you.
This is what I’m noting on my end. Pork prices are down (center cut chops 2.99/lb); beef and lamb prices about right for this time of the year ( NY strip steaks 11.00/lb, stew meat 5.00@lb.), fish and seafood, a small upward price change, but poultry prices are just stupid. For the past 3-4 weeks, frozen whole turkey is holding at $1.99 @ lb. which is a 50+ increase from last year’s high of .89 per pound. I found Target selling Butterballs at .89 @ pound but am bypassing as I don’t like the salty and mushy taste of their birds; DGD is unhappy but unless something drastic happens there will be no turkey on this table.The last similar thread I'd read I stated my local Walmart was empty shelves everywhere but that is normal. That store has been that way since I moved back to my home town 6 years ago. My one grocery store was always fully stocked, it's just that your grocery order is average 75-125% higher than shopping at Walmart. I had been to my old stomping grounds (I use to live smack in the middle of Walmarts all roughly 35 miles away to the north, south, east, and west with the south being where I am now.) and all those stores were fully stocked at the time.
It has since changed. There are empty shelves everywhere all over western PA in Walmarts and grocery stores. Most of it is not stuff that I buy. Even potato chip aisles have giant holes in the racks. There's lots of taco shells, but no full kits. A lot of emptiness on that shelf. Pasta aisles are fading again. I don't buy a lot of frozen foods but I see a lot of emptiness in the freezers as I walk past. Walmart's produce sections are very empty, not so much the grocery stores. Still doing well with produce at the actual grocers, which I don't buy produce or meat at Wallyworld.
Meat coolers are still full, but going up in price. Ground meat is still sitting at $5.99 which is what it's been here for many many years. Chuck roast however, which should be fairly cheap is up to $7.99. Pork chops and roasts are going up but not bacon. Bacon is around $6-8/package (most are 12 ounce now) which it has been for many many years.
You know what is hard to find here (NE Ohio)?? Half & half creamer! There are flavored varieties, but most of the shelf space for plain old half & half has been almost empty this past month. Plenty of milk and other dairy products so it seems weird to me!
And I noticed that the opened cases they had behind were all turned sideways, so the product was spread out more along the shelves. For instance, the short side of a rectangular case may have 6 cans across, and the long side has 9 cans. Whereas before, the shelves used to house two cases side by side, so 12 cans across altogether, the shelves now have 18 cans across of an item.
Dang your post made me think about that, hadn't even dawned on me but you're right 11pm close.Are people aware that Walmart hasn't re-opened to 24-hours?
We were down at the Jersey Shore a few weeks ago. We don't really have Walmart in Manhattan. Prices are so much cheaper there than in any Manhattan supermarket. One can of chick peas is about $0.59. Whereas in Manhattan, it's $2.29. So, usually on our trips back, we prefer to drive while we are still alert and awake. And make a very last stop at Walmart before crossing the border to Manhattan - usually at about 11pm or later.
We happen to get there at 10:30-ish and 5 minutes into shopping came the announcement that Walmart was closing a 11pm. Walmart has never fully re-opened to 24 hours since the pandemic.
It never occurred to us that they hadn't gone back to "normal." We were running around like that supermarket game show, trying to fill up the cart as quickly as possible in the time allowed.
We didn't get everything we needed. (And this before learning about the supply chain issues.) So, when we went to see the Autumn foliage, a couple days ago, I Googled and learned that the Walmart up there also closed at 11pm. I haven't found any Walmart across the U.S. that has reopened 24-hours.
We also found out our favorite 24-hour diner, right off the main interstate highway, also closes at 10pm now. Most 24-hour stores (except pharmacies,) may have gone the way of the dinosaur.