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Why Are We Seeing So Many Bare Shelves at Grocery Stores Across the Country?

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Pandora:

--- Quote ---Over the past few months, my husband and I have kept an eye on the store shelves in our area. We don’t shop daily or even weekly, but the trend of increasingly bare shelves has been incredibly disturbing. This made me curious as to what others have been experiencing. As a member of various online prepping communities, I see a lot of conversations and concerns, but one thing that has stood out to me is the amazing number of people chiming in to report sparse or bare shelves or just not being able to find a specific item they like.
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https://dcdirtylaundry.com/why-are-we-seeing-so-many-bare-shelves-at-grocery-stores-across-the-country/

I have been seeing this for months now.

Libertas:
I must admit, I didn't think I had seen any, but of course when I think of shelves in the old Soviet Block...what Venezuela looks like now...but now that I think of it there are certain items (I don't always pay attention if it is something I don't look for or routinely buy) that have empty spots here an there.  Not a lot, if I had to put a number on my local grocer...maybe 5% of the store?  I always chalked it up to temporary runout of something popular/popular size, something put on special sale or perhaps a recall item that was pulled.  Given the bacterial scares and pre-processed contamination scares that pop up here and there...didn't seem unusual.  Certainly not at hardcore socialist levels yet.  Any by me its scattered, still see plenty of canned goods and all that others stuff at my store. 

Trucker issues and regulatory PITA's I believe.  We have yet to see the runnup in gas prices at the pump, and the Venezuela impact will come as we get into Spring and warmer weather.

Sidebar re: Gas - This helps offset Venezuela impact.

I wish they would say where they are seeing this, not sure if the site name indicates a certain DC area, but I wonder if this is regional?  And given his closing statement it seems a warning and a call for info to help determine the severity.

Alphabet Soup:
We witnessed this in response to the recent snow scare. The Weather Liars do all they can to amp up the panic on the impending forecast and then some wonder why people panic.

All across the area there were runs on the more perishable items like milk and bread and the boob-toob stations dutifully showed endless videos of the empty shelves, complete with ominous narration about the end-times.

Because I was prepared (and thus not an idiot) I did all my prep work ahead of time and didn't need to rush around.

As an aside, I did go shopping yesterday afternoon for Pad Thai makings and the shelves were magically restocked with all my favorite goodies. Oh, and as an aside to my aside, a section of the ceiling fell in right next to me as I was shopping. A foot of snow plus a flat roof = snow load = fractured roof and massive leaks.

Pandora:
No damage to you, I hope.

Alphabet Soup:

--- Quote from: Pandora on February 13, 2019, 11:22:51 AM ---No damage to you, I hope.

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Nope - hit me in the head where I'm least likely to suffer damage ;'}

(JK)

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