I found tissues! 🥳

Laura14 · ‎06-09-2014

I about cried. There were two left. I took one.

Ingles also had a bit of tp and paper towels stocked . A guy came around the corner and literally did a jig in his face mask and all.

It's been so long since I found you. ❤️ Me and my paper products had a moment. If I had grandchildren, I'd mark it down as a "back in my day" moment.

Would you have ever believed we would be celebrating cheap paper products as gold? 🤣. It's been heartening to see a bit of normalcy creep back at the market. 👍🏻

gidgetgh · ‎03-09-2010

Target by me had tissues this morning, including Kleenex brand. I bought one box, which was the limit.

I really haven't had a hard time finding tissues through this. Other things yes, but tissues I have had pretty good luck with.

Great score today @Laura14 !

Why is it, when I have a 50/50 guess at something, I'm always 100% wrong?

stuyvesant · ‎05-15-2010

The differences in regional shortages are so strange. But congrats! I loved the image of you having a moment with your paper products.

Laura14 · ‎06-09-2014

@stuyvesant There was some cuddle time. Not gonna lie. 😂

@gidgetgh I saw your post. Congrats! I've stayed away from Target and Walmart and have stuck to the grocers so maybe that's why I had a hard time.

I have a pack of tp and tissues. Life is so good. 🤣

noodleann · ‎06-10-2015

@Laura14 wrote:
I about cried. There were two left. I took one.

Ingles also had a bit of tp and paper towels stocked . A guy came around the corner and literally did a jig in his face mask and all.

It's been so long since I found you. ❤️ Me and my paper products had a moment. If I had grandchildren, I'd mark it down as a "back in my day" moment.

Would you have ever believed we would be celebrating cheap paper products as gold? 🤣. It's been heartening to see a bit of normalcy creep back at the market. 👍🏻

Congrats, @Laura14 . I use a lot of tissues, and I like one supermarket brand in one box design. A couple of weeks ago, they were running a promo with those boxes of 160 for 87 cents if you bought 3, no limit. I got 7 in my box design and now I have tissue security, which is second only to TP security in my pantheon of supply anxieties.

Mominohio · ‎08-08-2010

I'm seeing tons of Puffs with lotion, but that isn't what we can use. My mom has dry eye, and uses eye drops and goes through tissues like they were water, but I don't want her to have that lotion stuff in her eyes, so I avoid any tissues with additive at all costs.

Luckily we were very well stocked. Our Meijer used to have (pre Covid, and I wonder if they will ever get back to it) 10 for $10 and the 11th item free, and their brand of tissue was always on that sale, with pallets full in the main aisles most of the time. I always kept well stocked so when my mom, who I'd prodded the last several sales this past winter, to stock back up, hadn't done so, I was able to slide her a dozen boxes no problem. We like their Ultra better than the national brands.

I've been watching the stores and the prices are high, the selection low. I see Dollar General has their own brand in stock most times, but $1.75 a box. Hard to look at after paying $.90.

I'm seeing toilet paper almost everywhere I go now, even if it is just the house brand and not a lot of choices in package size.

TP, tissues, and any disinfecting sprays, wipes etc are all still limited here to 1, some places 2 per customer, and with the absence of the stuff for so long, I can't imagine having started with little or nothing, or having to provide for a large family, or shopping for multiple households, like we have been since this started.

It's really odd. One time I'm in a store, they seem to have about 95% of total stock. The next time, I see holes everywhere. I know the first of the month has to be rough still, to keep the shelves stocked, and I suppose it depends on what day and what time of day you go in, what you are going to find.

I made my last grocery run right as the first meat plants were just beginning to have issues, and there was still a lot of meat, and some really low prices (some not low too!). I am curious to see what the meat shelves look like now, but not enough to go just to look! LOL

Annabellethecat66 · ‎03-12-2010

My daughter ordered toilet paper from either Target, Walmart (one of those).

The order wasn't ready so she waited in line (with her dog) for at least 1 hour (I talked on the phone with her for part of it) and when she got home the toilet paper was gone...not in there.

This has never made any sense to me. I've googled it and the explanations make no sense either.

I mean I know some of the manufacturers started making masks, etc. But I'm talking about even before that.

I sent her one huge (it was double) roll last week. She's one person and lives alone. I guess it never occurred to her to modify the amount she uses.

I use wipes so I don't go through toilet paper much.

I guess I'll suck it up and send her 2 more rolls. I gave a few to a friend (friends loan friends toilet paper)...Ha

The one I sent her (along with toothbrushes and a few tiny things cost me over $13 just to send out the box!

Laura14 · ‎06-09-2014

@Mominohio Our meat was fully stocked and not too terrible. Maybe a little higher than normal. They were restricting chicken trays to one per person but they had made it a larger package that was reasonably priced which I thought was very standup of them.

Our chicken plants in North GA are a current hot spot so I think they are cautious about that right now. Beef though was plentiful.