What is still hard to find?

[ronandannette]

I went food shopping this morning - New England supermarket chain Market Basket. No more limits on paper products! But limit of two on wipes/disinfecting products (which I couldn't find any) and meats. A huge section of the meat cases were instead filled with gallons of water.

My small(ish) neighbourhood grocer had wipes yesterday for the first time since early March. Limit 1 per family. They’re not Clorox or Lysol but some enviro-friendly organic brand I’ve never heard of. They weren’t prohibitively expensive so I grabbed one to keep in the car.

 

[maxiesmom]

Still can't find yeast.

 

[jiminyC_fan]

It was a good day! I found yeast, bread flour and a big container of Lysol disinfecting wipes today.

 

[lynxstch]

My stepdaughter went to Walmart this morning to pick up our granddaughter's birthday case, and she said the milk case was empty except for 1 gallon of milk? She said the price was also up from the $1.25 a gallon it's been for a long time, and is now $2.15. She asked the dairy guy, and he said all Walmart's are having issues getting stuff from their warehouses? I haven't seen that case empty anytime I have been in there. It was packed full last Saturday. Maybe if they would impose limits on it, they wouldn't run out by mid afternoon?

 

[lynxstch]

It was a good day! I found yeast, bread flour and a big container of Lysol disinfecting wipes today.

Yah for you!!! Wish we could find wipes, haven't seen any brand in almost 2 months now. I have one unopened container left and we are using that sparingly

 

[lynxstch]

Hand sanitizer is still a bit hard to find. I'll see it at a local Target occasionally, and they have a limit on purchases of one per customer.

I actually found some at a 99 Cents Store Only. It was some generic brand, but the prices were actually much higher than their typical $1 price for almost everything. They had 8 oz bottles for $3.99 and 12 oz bottles for $4.99. We already had a case of overpriced hand sanitizer so we didn't need it. But if I had a problem finding it I would have bought one.

Ollies has it advertised again this week. Good size glass bottles, but at $9.99 a bottle it's a little pricey. Limit of 2 per customer. I was in there last week and they still had a lot of it left, so not many people are paying that price apparently.

 

[sksjasams]

Can I ask what brand you've bought from Amazon, if you're happy with them? Prior to all this, I only knew the ones I usually bought in the store, and they're sold out. I'm not sure what to trust if I find random ones on line.

Yes, theluckrabbit was correct...I was able to order a two-pack of the Solimo disinfectant wipes. They have not arrived yet, but they get good reviews. It says they are arriving Saturday.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KFPXCP9/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
***just a few minutes ago, I was able to order some Clorox wipes from Costco.

 

[GreatLakes]

I've been trying to find red lentils for a dish I want to make for a month at three different places around me that normally have it. They have other lentils, beans, and rice but for some reason finding red lentils is impossible. I'm sure I could just get them online if I cared enough but at this point I'm really just baffled by it.

 

[ronandannette]

My stepdaughter went to Walmart this morning to pick up our granddaughter's birthday case, and she said the milk case was empty except for 1 gallon of milk? She said the price was also up from the $1.25 a gallon it's been for a long time, and is now $2.15. She asked the dairy guy, and he said all Walmart's are having issues getting stuff from their warehouses? I haven't seen that case empty anytime I have been in there. It was packed full last Saturday. Maybe if they would impose limits on it, they wouldn't run out by mid afternoon?

Sorry, I just gotta say, those prices astonish me. Milk here (4 litre; almost equal to your gallon) is $4.89 for 2% and $5.09 for whole. Dairy marketing is regulated in Canada so that would be a pretty average price coast-to-coast and milk virtually never goes on sale.

 

[lynxstch]

Sorry, I just gotta say, those prices astonish me. Milk here (4 litre; almost equal to your gallon) is $4.89 for 2% and $5.09 for whole. Dairy marketing is regulated in Canada so that would be a pretty average price coast-to-coast and milk virtually never goes on sale.

WOW we wouldn't be drinking much milk at your prices. It's been $1.25 in every store here except for Martins (Giant) where it has been almost $4 a gallon. No wonder they don't sell much milk! We buy one half gallon each of chocolate and white whole milk at Aldi's every week..at $.75 a half gallon, lol

 

[ronandannette]

WOW we wouldn't be drinking much milk at your prices. It's been $1.25 in every store here except for Martins (Giant) where it has been almost $4 a gallon. No wonder they don't sell much milk! We buy one half gallon each of chocolate and white whole milk at Aldi's every week..at $.75 a half gallon, lol

Funny thing about that here...a 2 litre is less than a dollar cheaper than a 4 litre. Unless it's necessary to avoid waste, I don't know why anybody would buy it in that format. I don't drink milk but DH & DS consume quite a bit. We go through about 1.5 or 2 gallons a week, depending on how much I use in cooking.

 

[Christine]

Ollies has it advertised again this week. Good size glass bottles, but at $9.99 a bottle it's a little pricey. Limit of 2 per customer. I was in there last week and they still had a lot of it left, so not many people are paying that price apparently.

Same at my Safeway. There is a 16.9 oz bottle for $9.99. Last week they had a limit of one per customer on it but this week they are just on the shelf with no limit. I guess there is a price limit to what people will pay for it. My limit is about $7 for a 16 oz bottle and that's pushing it.

 

[Christine]

WOW we wouldn't be drinking much milk at your prices. It's been $1.25 in every store here except for Martins (Giant) where it has been almost $4 a gallon. No wonder they don't sell much milk! We buy one half gallon each of chocolate and white whole milk at Aldi's every week..at $.75 a half gallon, lol

I shop at the same stores as you, but in Virginia. I think it's been since 1990 or earlier when I've seen prices like that.

 

[kaytieeldr]

Wipes on Amazon, 8:23 PM! But only fof customers in the Amazon Fresh zones Lysol four pack. Good luck!

Gone. Well, one left at 3:22 AM.

 

[DisLiss]

We have yet to spy a single container of any kind of disinfecting wipes or spray bottle of disinfectant in an actual store since early March, nor have we found any online. That's the one thing I am really starting to want to buy rather badly right now. I don't use a ton of that type of item and have been really milking the bit I did already have, but I'm getting really low.

We were down to about 2 rolls of toilet paper before they suddenly became something at least possible to find, so I was hoping that's how it would go with disinfectant, but no such luck. One regional store has a sign up saying not only do they not have any at all, but they won't have any for the foreseeable future either.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Funny thing about that here...a 2 litre is less than a dollar cheaper than a 4 litre. Unless it's necessary to avoid waste, I don't know why anybody would buy it in that format. I don't drink milk but DH & DS consume quite a bit. We go through about 1.5 or 2 gallons a week, depending on how much I use in cooking.

I tend to buy smaller containers because of the way my fridge is divided. The only place I can put the big gallon containers is in the door, and I don't like storing milk there.

 

[ronandannette]

We have yet to spy a single container of any kind of disinfecting wipes or spray bottle of disinfectant in an actual store since early March, nor have we found any online. That's the one thing I am really starting to want to buy rather badly right now. I don't use a ton of that type of item and have been really milking the bit I did already have, but I'm getting really low.

We were down to about 2 rolls of toilet paper before they suddenly became something at least possible to find, so I was hoping that's how it would go with disinfectant, but no such luck. One regional store has a sign up saying not only do they not have any at all, but they won't have any for the foreseeable future either.

Generic/store brands of a Chlorox bleach-type spray cleaner has started to reappear here on the good days. I purchased two over the last couple of weeks when I’ve seen them. I use it on my sinks and wooden cutting boards in the kitchen and as a “secret weapon” on white laundry when I didn’t want to bleach the whole load. What I’ve acquired will likely last almost a year.

 

[Hikergirl]

Sorry, I just gotta say, those prices astonish me. Milk here (4 litre; almost equal to your gallon) is $4.89 for 2% and $5.09 for whole. Dairy marketing is regulated in Canada so that would be a pretty average price coast-to-coast and milk virtually never goes on sale.

I was thinking the same thing. I just placed a grocery delivery order- $4.29 for a gallon.
With my 2 ds's home all the time I'm going through 2-3 gallons a week.

 

[Meriweather]

Just back from Fry's (Kroger store). They had everything.....a lot in limited quantities and a limit on how many of the essentials you could buy.
Meat was pretty low, but they had some of everything......limit 1 pork, 1 beef
No yeast and no Basmati brown rice (the kind DD wants.....she may just have to go to plain brown).

 

[RamblingMad]

Just back from Fry's (Kroger store). They had everything.....a lot in limited quantities and a limit on how many of the essentials you could buy.
Meat was pretty low, but they had some of everything......limit 1 pork, 1 beef
No yeast and no Basmati brown rice (the kind DD wants.....she may just have to go to plain brown).

I’m still having trouble finding rice.