topic Re: Missing Ingredients Making Salads in Kitchen

Missing Ingredients Making Salads

drizzellla — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 01:14:11 GMT

We belong to both Sam's Club and Costco.

We have been members for many years to Sam's. I really liked the store. When I was working I always went out to lunch and it was always a rush. After seeing the nice selection of items, I started to make my own salads for lunch. Sam's had such a nice selection of items to put in the salad. Like 5 bean salad, pickled beets, marinated mushrooms, marinated asparagus and marinated artichoke hearts, along with cottage cheese and a large selection of varied fresh produce.

My salads were something that I looked forward to.

Several years later we joined Costco because it was alot closer. The selection of items wasn't nearly as much as Sam's but I didn't care I just stocked up when I went to Sam's.

Now when I go to Sam's or Costco the selection is disappointing. Sam's used to have a choice of at least 5 different types of pickles - whole, sliced, gherkins, spears and bread and butter. Went yesterday - there was one type of pickles. And two types of whole olives. There are artichoke hearts in water. No other jarred items that I used to put in my salad.

Costco is the same. One type of pickles now. There are artichoke hearts in water. And they used to have olive spread but it is now gone.They do have 2 types of whole olives. No other jarred items that would go in a salad.

They both have romaine lettuce and tomatoes. Sam's has more of a selection of fresh produce. Costco it is more hit or miss with their selection.

I am wondering if this is temporary. Since both stores seem to be affected. Or does my salad making days have to learn to live with lots of lettuce and tomatoes.

Re: Missing Ingredients Making Salads

SaveTheTurtles — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 01:17:23 GMT

Geez you'd have better luck at Walmart!

Re: Missing Ingredients Making Salads

SandySparkles — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 01:25:22 GMT

This is interesting.🤔 It is possibly a supply chain issue, or simply supply and demand.🤷‍♀️ We just celebrated Memorial Day so MANYYY salads were enjoyed.😄 I am certain it is temporary!🥰 Hopefully, this will be resolved soon for you, because I eat salad at least three days per week so I empathize with what you are experiencing!😁

~~~All we need is LOVE💖

Re: Missing Ingredients Making Salads

sunshine45 — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 01:32:05 GMT

our sams club has good salad making vegetables and other ingredients.

romaine and iceberg (plus prepackaged salad kits)

mini cucumbers

carrots

several kinds of tomatoes

croutons

onions

cheese

avocado

mini peppers

dried cranberries

nuts

eggs

Re: Missing Ingredients Making Salads

spumoni99 — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 01:42:28 GMT

They have a premade salad at Sams we really like and its only just under 3 dollars.

Re: Missing Ingredients Making Salads

50Mickey — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 02:02:36 GMT

Publix sells all of the items that you mentioned, varieties of pickles and lots of olives even the blue cheese stuffed olives, jars of marinated vegetables and all different kinds of lettuce and bagged salad kits. And of course they sell any thing else one would want for a salad.

I have Costco and Bj's wholesale club memberships. But in reality I purchase very little from either store. With only two of us I think the fresh produce would go bad before we could eat it.

Re: Missing Ingredients Making Salads

Etoile308 — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 02:06:39 GMT

Each day more and more new products are introduced, and when it comes to the warehouse clubs, I think they only stock what they know moves quickly and what they can obtain at a good price.

I'm not someone who would use most of those ingredients in a salad.

I agree those seem ingredients seem available at most grocery stores. I think groceries stores are carrying more pickles than ever before, with the pantry stable jars, the refrigerator jars, and individual pouches.

Re: Missing Ingredients Making Salads

Squirrels Are Trash — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 02:14:41 GMT

@drizzellla I love the kind of salad you are describing. I call them kitchen sink salads.

GREAT, my stomach just started growling.

🤪🥒🥦🥕🫒🌶️🥬🥑🥔🧅🥙

Re: Missing Ingredients Making Salads

drizzellla — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 02:27:30 GMT

@50Mickey wrote:
Publix sells all of the items that you mentioned, varieties of pickles and lots of olives even the blue cheese stuffed olives, jars of marinated vegetables and all different kinds of lettuce and bagged salad kits. And of course they sell any thing else one would want for a salad.
I have Costco and Bj's wholesale club memberships. But in reality I purchase very little from either store. With only two of us I think the fresh produce would go bad before we could eat it.

Yes, I know our local grocery stores would have those items. But since I was in the habit of making a salad every day for lunch and sometimes dinner, I would like buying the items in 34 or so oz jars. And they were about $4 or $5 a jar.

If I bought them from my local grocery store it would be about 12 oz for $6 or $7 a jar or more.

Re: Missing Ingredients Making Salads

drizzellla — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 02:31:39 GMT

@spumoni99 wrote:
They have a premade salad at Sams we really like and its only just under 3 dollars.

OH YES, we bought the Dill Pickle Salad all the time. Really liked it. Haven't seen it in over a year.

I have a premade Kale salad in the refrigerator now.

But even the selection of the premade salads has decreased. There used to be quite a choice at Sam's. Now it is the same 4 or 5. Costco has 2 premade salads.

Re: Missing Ingredients Making Salads

spumoni99 — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 02:44:48 GMT

@drizzellla wrote:
@spumoni99 wrote:
They have a premade salad at Sams we really like and its only just under 3 dollars.

OH YES, we bought the Dill Pickle Salad all the time. Really liked it. Haven't seen it in over a year.

I have a premade Kale salad in the refrigerator now.

But even the selection of the premade salads has decreased. There used to be quite a choice at Sam's. Now it is the same 4 or 5. Costco has 2 premade salads.

The Kale is our favorite, you could probably add chicken to that but your right I havent seen the things you mentioned.

Re: Missing Ingredients Making Salads

Desertdi — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 04:14:45 GMT

Bad weather in areas that grow produce is the main reason for shortages.

One example: Brazil's orange crop was ruined...and prices of orange juice will be skyrocketing since Brazil is the world's largest exporter of oranges.

Re: Missing Ingredients Making Salads

lynnie61 — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 09:22:58 GMT

I love a great salad. I have many toppings, but I think the warehouse clubs change so frequently, I swear sometimes you can't find the same things twice. Most times I grill peppers, onions and mushrooms. Love them grilled on a salad. And it can reduce the amount of dressing (less calories). I also like the crispy French fried onion rings on it for crunch. (There goes the calorie savings!). We now only belong to BJ's (closest one to me).

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ECBG — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 15:53:44 GMT

I belong to Sams but don't recall pickles. Sorry.

Re: Missing Ingredients Making Salads

RedTop — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 18:16:48 GMT

I'm in WV, and have to be aware year round of the season, and what's readily available. Unless you have a greenhouse, growing season is very short in this area. We have one small local market that is open from May to September; the produce he sells comes out of NC.

Re: Missing Ingredients Making Salads

50Mickey — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 21:37:06 GMT

@drizzellla What I don't get is if the grocery stores carry these items year round why are the wholesale clubs having a supply problem?

Re: Missing Ingredients Making Salads

CelticCrafter — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 21:49:06 GMT

You can find pretty much all of those ingredients at Aldi or Lidl.

Re: Missing Ingredients Making Salads

spumoni99 — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 17:08:02 GMT

@drizzellla wrote:
We belong to both Sam's Club and Costco.

We have been members for many years to Sam's. I really liked the store. When I was working I always went out to lunch and it was always a rush. After seeing the nice selection of items, I started to make my own salads for lunch. Sam's had such a nice selection of items to put in the salad. Like 5 bean salad, pickled beets, marinated mushrooms, marinated asparagus and marinated artichoke hearts, along with cottage cheese and a large selection of varied fresh produce.

My salads were something that I looked forward to.

Several years later we joined Costco because it was alot closer. The selection of items wasn't nearly as much as Sam's but I didn't care I just stocked up when I went to Sam's.

Now when I go to Sam's or Costco the selection is disappointing. Sam's used to have a choice of at least 5 different types of pickles - whole, sliced, gherkins, spears and bread and butter. Went yesterday - there was one type of pickles. And two types of whole olives. There are artichoke hearts in water. No other jarred items that I used to put in my salad.

Costco is the same. One type of pickles now. There are artichoke hearts in water. And they used to have olive spread but it is now gone.They do have 2 types of whole olives. No other jarred items that would go in a salad.

They both have romaine lettuce and tomatoes. Sam's has more of a selection of fresh produce. Costco it is more hit or miss with their selection.

I am wondering if this is temporary. Since both stores seem to be affected. Or does my salad making days have to learn to live with lots of lettuce and tomatoes.

I went to Sams club yesterday and just fyi they had a 4 bean salad in the jar.

Re: Missing Ingredients Making Salads

drizzellla — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 11:11:10 GMT

@50Mickey wrote:
@drizzellla What I don't get is if the grocery stores carry these items year round why are the wholesale clubs having a supply problem?

Most of the items are in jars. So I think the wholesale clubs buy one shipment and distribute the item to their stores. If the items aren't big sellers. The items are not bought again by the wholesale club.

It seems like many items that I like turn out to be "one and done" items.

Re: Missing Ingredients Making Salads

50Mickey — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 13:36:31 GMT

@drizzellla wrote:
@50Mickey wrote:
@drizzellla What I don't get is if the grocery stores carry these items year round why are the wholesale clubs having a supply problem?

Most of the items are in jars. So I think the wholesale clubs buy one shipment and distribute the item to their stores. If the items aren't big sellers. The items are not bought again by the wholesale club.

It seems like many items that I like turn out to be "one and done" items.

@drizzellla I think you are correct. This is the reason that I don't shop in the warehouse stores for everyday food items.