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@lovescats wrote:

how do shoppers  know that other shoppers  are hoarders when they don't know how many other people they are shopping for?  

Some people might be shopping for 2 or 3 families? or small community homes?  some people buy for small local businesses

Plus people have always resold stuff and there should be limits on how much you can buy 

People used to resell the free government cheese but did that mean they shouldn't have given it to the people who didn't.

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@lovescats 

There are limits and the hoarders are trying to get around them. A friend discussed the situation with the Grocery Store Manager she shops at and he admitted he sees the same people come in and buy baskets loads EVERY DAY (and they are not shoppers from Shipt, Instacart, or Favor because those shoppers where special t-shirts)....and he told my friend the only thing he can do is put a limit on certain items....but they find a way around it by having the same friend grab a basket and help them shop to get around quantities.... 

So you're saying its okay because maybe they are buying for a whole block which has to be the case if they come back EVERY DAY...Meanwhile others go hungry, I guess the parents can tell the kids, "sorry honey, we have to let the hoarders buy for their neighborhood, so we have to bite the bullet and go hungry and sacrifice for others" ........And according to my great aunt that was back in the Depression in the 30's that people used to sell the government cheese....so two wrongs make a right...just asking ?????????????

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@Financialgrl wrote:

ETA:  Went to Walmart and after looking at the parking lot I turned around.  Just walked in from Giant Food.  Not crowded and the shelves were beingwen restocked or already had been.  Tons of TP/paper towels, ground beef area was beginning to look low but saw NO panic buying at all.   Other meats were well stocked.  I bought a rotisserie chicken and tonight I'm having some of that and a baked potato and whatever is left will be made of into a soup.

The huge shortage at Giant was frozen veggies.  Little to none in the frozen foods.  No corn, no peas, green beans, etc. but canned veggies were pretty plentiful.  Soup aisles had been restocked.    

I stopped at Lidl's on the way home for frozen veggies and they had just about everything - I saw a shortage of bags of potatoes.

Our area seems to be getting more back to normal.  

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@Financialgrl 

What state do you live in ?

[Witchy Woman]

@Mindy D 

My husband loves the Great Value brand TP. After much trial and error, he pronounced it was "the one."  This is many years back.

Yet, that brand was not on the shelf or could be ordered.

I told him we had a couple of big, spare packages so he was covered, so to speak.

[CrazyDaisy]

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@Spurt wrote:

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@lovescats wrote:

how do shoppers  know that other shoppers  are hoarders when they don't know how many other people they are shopping for?  

Some people might be shopping for 2 or 3 families? or small community homes?  some people buy for small local businesses

Plus people have always resold stuff and there should be limits on how much you can buy 

People used to resell the free government cheese but did that mean they shouldn't have given it to the people who didn't.

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@lovescats 

There are limits and the hoarders are trying to get around them. A friend discussed the situation with the Grocery Store Manager she shops at and he admitted he sees the same people come in and buy baskets loads EVERY DAY (and they are not shoppers from Shipt, Instacart, or Favor because those shoppers where special t-shirts)....and he told my friend the only thing he can do is put a limit on certain items....but they find a way around it by having the same friend grab a basket and help them shop to get around quantities.... 

So you're saying its okay because maybe they are buying for a whole block which has to be the case if they come back EVERY DAY...Meanwhile others go hungry, I guess the parents can tell the kids, "sorry honey, we have to let the hoarders buy for their neighborhood, so we have to bite the bullet and go hungry and sacrifice for others" ........And according to my great aunt that was back in the Depression in the 30's that people used to sell the government cheese....so two wrongs make a right...just asking ?????????????

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I truly do not think people are going hungry because of this.  You may not be able to find exactly what you wanted, there is food out there. 

[sunshine 919]

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@QVCkitty1 wrote:

Well I just got back from Walmart, and it was interesting. I was able to get most of what I wanted, but it was strange to see some shelves wiped out. Apparently folks intend to do some baking, because I couldn't get yeast. The flour was gone too.  They had plenty of meat, but frozen veggies were all but gone. Pasta was also almost completely gone. But basically there was lots of food , no toilet paper or cleaning supplies. I order dry cat food, thank goodness, because it was completely gone. Anyway that's my report from the front lines, it was better than I expected.

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It is weird where I live.  Different Walmarts are out of different things.  Some have meat some don't, some have bread some don't, some have pasta, rice, beans some don't.  One of the walmarts had some toilet paper.  Just strange.  We have grocery outlets here, yesterday they had a truck of bread coming in.  I may go back today just to see if bread disappeared lol. I think they were all out of simple things like Cup of noodles and ramen which kids love

[chickenbutt]

Husband was at Walmart today and said no TP, but he got some paper towels (hopefully not to flush down his toilet) and a couple cases of water, although the brand I like (Crystal Geyser) was not in stock.

He went by the bread aisle and it was cleared out.  

I was just at  my regular grocery store and no bread.  I was bummed.  Just wanted one.   Talked to one of the guys in produce who knows me from shopping there and he said 'yeah, there was plenty of bread earlier until a few people cleaned it out'.    Isn't that lovely?

I'm fine here but maybe somebody really needed some of those things that others cleared the shelves of earlier and that is why it really ticks me off.

Over all, though, the shelves in the grocery store were more empty than I even imagined in most departments.  Some of them looked just like some of the pics we've all probably seen online.

Hope the hoarders are happy with themselves.

[sunshine 919]

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@Pook wrote:

I went to a local grocery store yesterday about 4:00.  There was no TP but plenty of cleaning supplies and paper towels.  No fresh produce but plenty of eggs and cheese.  Dairy products and Almond and Soy types of milk nearly all gone.  No bread, etc except for their bakery bread - they had it at special prices.  What surprised me was that there was plenty of cereal and that is what I would have thought would have been gone.  Their butchers kept fresh meat stocked well all day I heard.  Frozen fries, ice cream pretty well gone as well as the mashed potatoes and mac and cheese like Bob Evans and all brands that have these were gone.  From talking with friends who shopped at other stores, the only common thing that was gone everywhere was TP.  

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I did notice that the cereal aisles were totally stocked everywhere, sweet snacks, cookies etc.... were totally stocked.  

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@CrazyDaisy wrote:

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@Spurt wrote:

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@lovescats wrote:

how do shoppers  know that other shoppers  are hoarders when they don't know how many other people they are shopping for?  

Some people might be shopping for 2 or 3 families? or small community homes?  some people buy for small local businesses

Plus people have always resold stuff and there should be limits on how much you can buy 

People used to resell the free government cheese but did that mean they shouldn't have given it to the people who didn't.

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@lovescats 

There are limits and the hoarders are trying to get around them. A friend discussed the situation with the Grocery Store Manager she shops at and he admitted he sees the same people come in and buy baskets loads EVERY DAY (and they are not shoppers from Shipt, Instacart, or Favor because those shoppers where special t-shirts)....and he told my friend the only thing he can do is put a limit on certain items....but they find a way around it by having the same friend grab a basket and help them shop to get around quantities.... 

So you're saying its okay because maybe they are buying for a whole block which has to be the case if they come back EVERY DAY...Meanwhile others go hungry, I guess the parents can tell the kids, "sorry honey, we have to let the hoarders buy for their neighborhood, so we have to bite the bullet and go hungry and sacrifice for others" ........And according to my great aunt that was back in the Depression in the 30's that people used to sell the government cheese....so two wrongs make a right...just asking ?????????????

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I truly do not think people are going hungry because of this.  You may not be able to find exactly what you wanted, there is food out there. 

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@CrazyDaisy 

Really? Where do you live??????

If you dont get there when our grocery store opens then you are out of luck....my shoppper from Instacart was there at 8 when it opened and they were already out of essentials,...........Other friends reported nothing but empty shelves at Costco, HEB, Walmart, Target.......  

Have you read these forum threads with similar stories of empty shelves ..................

[luvmyteddy4]

My neighbor went to Walmart and Hyvee for me.

No bread

no meat

no tp 

He bought the last 2 cases of cat food and one bag of dry food. They still had single cans for now.

Lots of water and paper towels.

I can't order any online at three major chains. no cat food and no litter of my brands.

Disgusting that there might be a run on pet food...

[bonnielu]

Rural but close enough to shop if we are willing to drive the distance.  We are on the border of more than one state.  Today we went over the WV line and shopped at Walmart... got dog food and birdseed.  Day before we shopped within our area and ended up at Aldis and got a wonderful dessert in their frozen department.  In other words we are not all that  crowded and can get pretty much what we want except hand sanitizer and toilet paper.  Costco was the most crowded and the lines were so long we turned around and went to another store.  WE are just fine... out of nothing except excitment and places to go for fun as in square dancing... all cancelled.