WalMart - Page 2

Pook · ‎03-20-2010

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.

momtochloe · ‎11-03-2013

Oh bless you @Spurt my friend as those folks that pull items for orders are working under incredibly tough circumstances! I was watching a young woman filling an unbelievable amount of orders at one time and she was so calm and professional while I saw other shoppers behave so poorly. And thank you for remembering his good, conscience work with an extra tip. Good on you my friend (as I know you would be)!

Snowpuppy · ‎03-09-2010

@Laura14 wrote:
People finally discovered the baking aisles? I was wondering when they would figure that one out.

They're not. This will be the new toilet paper and beans run. They read it on some preparedness site, no doubt.

Our local grocery was out of packaged store bread.

lovescats · ‎03-10-2010

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.

lovescats · ‎03-10-2010

@Snowpuppy wrote:
@Laura14 wrote:
People finally discovered the baking aisles? I was wondering when they would figure that one out.
They're not. This will be the new toilet paper and beans run. They read it on some preparedness site, no doubt.

Our local grocery was out of packaged store bread.

usually bread isn't delivered on Wednesdays and sundays

Witchy Woman · ‎03-15-2010

@QVCkitty1

I am a frequent Walmart shopper, but I've probably made my last trip for awhile.

However, I visited my local Food Lion this morning and they were busy, but not a madhouse. I found everything I wanted.

Even a bottle of 90% alcohol. The woman next to me was taking multiple bottles of the 70% and asked me, "is there a limit." I said, "there should be." She eyed my bottle and noted I had the 90% while her's was lower.

I left without saying anything further. I had NONE in the house and wanted at least one bottle for any cuts my husband might get. He is a builder and frequently has cuts he does not notice.

Also stopped at the Tractor Supply for cat food for the rescue I help...they had most of what I wanted, and the man that brought some food from the top shelves for me said, "and, we have toilet paper!"

It made me laugh, but I've got enough for now.

Financialgrl · ‎03-13-2010

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.

Witchy Woman · ‎03-15-2010

@Financialgrl

Yes, I noticed that frozen vegetables were sparse, but I got what I needed and there were lots of certain things left.

They had a sale of $1 per bag on many items, so I suspect that was part of the problem.

ETA: About Walmart....even on a NORMAL day, I would not go to my Walmart after 8 a.m. Too many people just shuffling around on any given day. I hate crowds to begin with.

This time of day it is like a bee hive!

Mindy D · ‎05-23-2010

@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.

People might be making moonshine with the yeast!

Mindy D · ‎05-23-2010

they are emptying the warehouse

@wildcat fan wrote:
I went in for a quick shopping trip yesterday at our Walmart Neighborhood Market which is smaller than the supercenter. They were out of milk, eggs, toilet paper, meat (except for a few prepackaged frozen chicken breasts, frozen fish fillets, and giant Butterball turkeys), potatoes, bacon, sausage, canned soup, apples, our fave brands of cereal, bleach, and bottled water (I wasn't planning to purchase H2O anyway). Even though most shelves were empty, there were long lines and lots of people shopping. One thing I noticed is that Great Value brands are prominent. I wondered if they are intentionally just putting their brand on the shelves or if they're having a hard time getting in other brands?