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So Now There Is A Shortage Of

Scooty — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 18:14:08 GMT

Hellman's tartar sauce. I went to 7 stores and even looked on Amazon. Not a jar anywhere. There are other brands but no Hellman's. I googled it and apparently there is a caper shortage. Also said the price will sky rocket.

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Imaoldhippie — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 18:17:58 GMT

I dont believe for a minute there is a shortage of anything.

Its the excuse companies use when they are going to raise the price of their products. Its started several years ago with Velveeta Cheese and now a "shortage" is used for an excuse for anything that companies want to stick it to the American Consumer.

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CelticCrafter — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 18:20:03 GMT

It's so easy to make your own, mayo, white vinegar, relish and finely minced onion.

And it tastes better too!

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Tinkrbl44 — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 01:24:51 GMT

@Imaoldhippie wrote:
I dont believe for a minute there is a shortage of anything.

Its the excuse companies use when they are going to raise the price of their products. Its started several years ago with Velveeta Cheese and now a "shortage" is used for an excuse for anything that companies want to stick it to the American Consumer.

@Imaoldhippie

NOT trying to detour the thread, but there's DEFINITELY a shortage of common sense in this country. Don't they teach ANYTHING in school anymore?

I recently came across a couple of employed young adults that wouldn't have the sense to come in from the rain. yikes!

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Imaoldhippie — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 18:24:31 GMT

@Tinkrbl44 ...I agree 100 percent

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jackthebear — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 18:28:02 GMT

@Scooty wrote:
Hellman's tartar sauce. I went to 7 stores and even looked on Amazon. Not a jar anywhere. There are other brands but no Hellman's. I googled it and apparently there is a caper shortage. Also said the price will sky rocket.

mayo and pickle relish = tartar sauce

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deepwaterdotter — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 18:37:09 GMT

@CelticCrafter wrote:
It's so easy to make your own, mayo, white vinegar, relish and finely minced onion.

And it tastes better too!

I agree. But if I were to purchase it ready-made, I prefer the McCormick brand.

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Cakers3 — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 18:39:39 GMT

@Scooty wrote:
Hellman's tartar sauce. I went to 7 stores and even looked on Amazon. Not a jar anywhere. There are other brands but no Hellman's. I googled it and apparently there is a caper shortage. Also said the price will sky rocket.

@ScootyI do not see capers listed as an ingredient in Hellmann's Tartar Sauce.

There has been a decline in caper production but from what I have seen there was a surplus prior to the pandemic.

I found non-pareil capers a few months ago.

As far as the tartar sauce, though, and any other food ingredient/product-many people had to "make do" cooking at home.

Any company can raise prices but it seems to be a pandemic in its own right lately.

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Mindy D — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 18:48:47 GMT

@Scooty wrote:
Hellman's tartar sauce. I went to 7 stores and even looked on Amazon. Not a jar anywhere. There are other brands but no Hellman's. I googled it and apparently there is a caper shortage. Also said the price will sky rocket.

@Scooty @It is not for sale anymore on Hellman's US site but it is for sale from Canadian and Australian sites, including Amazon in Canada. It might be discontinued. Just buy Hellman's Mayonaide and buy a brand of relish that has ingredients similar to what Hellman's ingredients were. Just add a TBL or two to the mayo.

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Mindy D — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 18:52:19 GMT

From Hellman's website. This is their recipe for tartar sauce.

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Scorpio1971 — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 18:53:26 GMT

No Green Giant Niblets corn on my store shelf today & for the past 2 months. They produce several varieties...Niblets, Yellow & White, Shoepeg, Mexican...but only the Mexican style has been on shelf for 2 months.

No Green Giant Le Seur peas for 2 months either.

Same with Penn Dutch canned mushrooms.

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4kitties — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 18:54:33 GMT

I used to love Hellman's Dijonnaise. They discontinued that too......😤😤😤

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Cakers3 — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 18:54:45 GMT

That is a recipe for home-made and the capers are optional.

The capers are not part of the original Hellmann's tartar sauce.

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ValuSkr — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 18:55:09 GMT

That's a shame but fortunately it's not critical to our welfare. And, like others said, you can make it yourself; capers optional.

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Grand Happy — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 18:56:40 GMT

I haven't noticed a shortage of anything but have noticed stores aren't selling a lot of items they once did because of
AMAZON!!

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JillyMarie — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 19:05:05 GMT

NOT trying to detour the thread, but there's DEFINITELY a shortage of common sense in this country. Don't they teach ANYTHING in school anymore?

I recently came across a couple of employed young adults that wouldn't have the sense to come in from the rain. yikes!

@Tinkrbl44

I don't understand why you are blaming the schools. Seems to me the parents are much more to blame for raising these dopes.

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RespectLife — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 19:48:05 GMT

How very interesting @Mindy D

Thanks for sharing that! Capers, eh? I rarely eat tartar sauce but never would have guessed!

A few months back, a friend near St. Louis couldn't find pickles at any store, BIG shortage. I took pictures of the WALLS of pickles we had up North in both Weg and Tops. Odd how certain areas run out of things.

In this case, it seems more like they discontinued it?

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Caaareful Shopper — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 20:13:04 GMT

@Scooty my sister had this same question last week. It wasn't a big deal to her since she just started making her own, but out of curiosity she made a couple of phone calls. She was especially curious since it wasn't even available on Amazon.

Turns out Hellmann's/Unilever did indeed discontinue their Tartar Sauce back in 2020. Any bottles for sale in 2021 were leftover on store shelves.

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Marp — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 20:45:16 GMT

@Grand Happy wrote:
I haven't noticed a shortage of anything but have noticed stores aren't selling a lot of items they once did because of
AMAZON!!

@Grand Happy, from where or whom did you get the information that stores aren't "selling a lot of items" because of Amazon? What type of stores? What type of items?

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Mindy D — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 20:53:40 GMT

@4kitties wrote:
I used to love Hellman's Dijonnaise. They discontinued that too......😤😤😤

@4kitties Im devastated by the Dijonaise thing. I can't make my deviled eggs.