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Re: Grocery store shortages are back

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Post by rch » Thu, Jan 13, 2022, 3:38 PM UTC

gregw2 wrote: post #125

rch wrote: post #93

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The assertion is that they were always incompetent, but it wasn't broadly apparent until now.

Nah, they just optimize for lower capital tied up in inventory (and stocking space) which the CFO watches, versus lower service levels which an operations person watches which has a less concrete/direct/measurable financial impact. (Perhaps I am equally as cynical as you but just from a different angle?)

Maybe, but I think CFO-types should (and often do) consider supply chain risks in their cash flow estimates. I'd also hope (wish) that people in general pay more attention their exposure to disruptive events at the local, regional, and global levels going forward.

Re: Grocery store shortages are back

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Post by justinator » Thu, Jan 13, 2022, 5:31 PM UTC

Melting_Harps wrote: post #65

justinator wrote: post #4

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I certainly have. We literally LOST a place to buy groceries, as a good part of a town just burnt to the ground after (it seems to be coming to light[0]), a local cult decided to burn a railroad tie and left it smoldering while 100mph+ winds were being recorded. My King Soopers closed for renovations because of a domestic terrorist shot and killed a few people last year[1], And today, workers at King Soopers are star…

> Affording to eat is getting more and more difficult. Boulder was never exactly a cheap place to eat, but you do have other choices: several Whole Foods, Safeways Lucky's and a Trader Joe's etc... I'm told Alfalfas went under during covid. Also, the Farmer's Markets Downtown when in season. Personally speaking, food costs have been artificially suppressed for far too long in the US; it has led to a situation in whic…

It's a squeeze - and I'm getting pretty close to making me feel bad for myself. But conventional grocery stores themselves are getting pretty expensive for very normal things. A Whole Foods is not a sustainable place to shop for me. I do live within spitting distance of the currently closed Kings Soopers, so that convenience is gone - as a cyclist, there's just so much cargo I can haul at one time so having a store close is a nicety.

Safeway relinquished their ownership of Lucky's to the original owners!

https://www.dailycamera.com/2021/06/09/lolitas-market-and-de...

The Yellow Deli is indeed owned by the Twelve Tribes. It's currently closed.

Re: Grocery store shortages are back

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Post by louky » Thu, Jan 13, 2022, 7:09 PM UTC

mangamadaiyan wrote: post #72

prawn wrote: post #46

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One of my enduring memories was in my school years visiting a friend whose family had recently moved to Australia from Asia. At the end of their kitchen bench, they had a food-grade plastic bin larger than the stereotypical Oscar-the-grouch trash can, full of rice. We buy rice in 5-10kg bags but maybe I should be trying to find larger.

Should you proceed with your plan, be sure to check the bin for the presence of tiny insects every now and then. One of the problems with storing rice in quantity is the profusion of insects (bugs, moth larvae, et cetera) that like to make the rice bin their home.

We deep freeze anything of that nature for a month or so before drying off to root cellar. There's a small brown moth that hitches in on dog kibble, bird seed, brown rice, and more that can establish a reproductive cycle most places with organics. So hard to get rid of.

Re: Grocery store shortages are back

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Post by logosmonkey » Thu, Jan 13, 2022, 8:18 PM UTC

syshum wrote: post #120

pixl97 wrote: post #51

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Which store chain is this? With Walmart and HEB curbside in the Austin area it's been very common for subs/out of stocks. Going into the HEB over the last week has shown rapidly fluctuating stocks in many items. For example diet drinks of almost any kind were sparse in the store. Meat and cheese was well stocked, but bread was half stocked. Then I may go another time and the items that are missing are in stock and so…

Midwest, Mainly Kroger but I have also known to shop Walmart and Meijer

Also Midwest (Ohio) and I don't recall seeing a shortage on anything other than maybe during one of the first snows, which always happens because people are dumb.

Re: Grocery store shortages are back

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Post by fma » Thu, Jan 13, 2022, 8:32 PM UTC

I find it interesting that Gatorade has been short for months. Costco puts a limit and I've seen them bare on shelves for a while (and the other day). Not sure why...A quick google shows that PepsiCo dropping the ball no supply chain, workers etc...so it's interesting that much of this blame is put on Biden (#BareShelvesBiden) when really it's the free market and management that should be blamed.

I have recently seen certain shelves bare of cereal and what not. So what do I do? Just buy a different kind of cereal and move on with life.

Re: Grocery store shortages are back

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Post by 83 » Thu, Jan 13, 2022, 9:04 PM UTC

sokoloff wrote: post #56

mauvehaus wrote: post #11

When did they go away? We've got toilet paper labeled in English again here in VT/NH (Spanish is not widely spoken in this region, to put it mildly), but there's certainly been shortages of a wide assortment of things. At the grocery stores, they've been the limited to reduced brand choices and workaroundable sorts of problems. Elsewhere, things have been weird. Target opened a new site recently and the clothing sele…

.22LR has been ongoing so long that it’s on its third presidential administration, isn’t it? 2013 start?

Prices have been high since 2013ish on .22LR, but you could generally still buy some. It wasn't until the 2020 summer of covid and George Floyd protests that it became almost entirely unavailable, regardless of price. That is just starting to open up a bit in the midwest as I occasionally see it available now but it sells out quickly.

Re: Grocery store shortages are back

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Post by throwawayboise » Thu, Jan 13, 2022, 9:27 PM UTC

nate_meurer wrote: post #108

throwawayboise wrote: post #92

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Did you bait them with peanut butter? That has always worked for me. I've also heard of people gluing an almond to the trap. The mouse will tug on it and snap!goodbye.

I use bread, or nothing. I've caught a lot of mice in unbaited traps. Mice are super curious creatures, and if the trap is in their path they often poke at it out of curiosity. Bread works great; I moisten it and smoosh it into the trap platform where it hardens and must be chewed to consume it. I avoid oily and stick stuff because I reuse my traps. No sense throwing out perfectly good traps IMO. I hate killing mice…

I have no issues with mice as long as they are not in my house. But I don't mind killing them, I dump the corpse outside and it's always gone in less than a day, so some other critter is getting a meal.

Re: Grocery store shortages are back

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Post by stevenwoo » Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 12:07 AM UTC

nefitty wrote: post #115

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Brownies, and banana bread are pretty easy (especially if one does not have allergies to chocolate and nuts as add-ins). Bread and pizza crust might require a bit of experimentation for perfect texture with your flour/water/yeast mix, kitchen temperature, humidity affecting outcome ( if you have central a/c or heat probably not as big a concern but I do not).

Awesome. Thanks for the recommendations. Making my own pizza would feel amazing I bet.

It is so satisfying. Not having to rely on frozen or delivery and controlling the ingredients is great. Even the kneading is interesting tactile experience. When you make imperfect pizza, just making your own mediocre crust as a topping delivery system feels like an accomplishment.