https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/please-stop-grocery-shopping Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 02:33:28 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/please-stop-grocery-shopping/page/4#post-2107801 Sun, 22 Mar 2020 17:00:59 +0000 Zaeobi 2107801@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@Cindy If you get any more toilet paper hoarders, you should redirect them to this handy website calculator to stop people from panic buying TP, lol:<br /> <a href="https://howmuchtoiletpaper.com" rel="nofollow">https://howmuchtoiletpaper.com</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/please-stop-grocery-shopping/page/4#post-2107386 Sat, 21 Mar 2020 00:09:51 +0000 lisaflex 2107386@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>our trader joes has limit of 2 on everything.</p> <p>i went to quite a few stores today - cvs - they had lysol! yeah! a local market where i got meat to freeze (even though i dislike freezing meat - nows not the time to complain) and other food - they gave me a free roll of TP - went to heinens - no TP at all or paper towel - went to rite aid and got some surgical grade hand soap - it was the last one.&nbsp;</p> <p>i went to giant eagle because they have a liquor store and dh needed bourbon. got six wines. lines were very slow moving.&nbsp;</p> <p>trader joes was out of tea tree oil!!</p> <p>people were kinda crazy nothing as extreme as i experienced on monday.&nbsp;</p> <p>wishing you all good health. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/please-stop-grocery-shopping/page/4#post-2107380 Fri, 20 Mar 2020 23:16:22 +0000 cindysmith 2107380@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's getting harder for us to get enough of everything. Some of our orders are incomplete when they arrive, so we are starting to see shortages. My produce manager has done an absolutely amazing job of making sure we have as much as she can get her hands on, and we have cobbled together a mostly full produce department thanks to her efforts. Some of the vendors she is using also have other perishables (like eggs and such) and the store manager has her investigating options for other departments now, too.</p> <p>Every employee got a bonus check today, which was nice. It doesn't change the fact that I'm burnt to a crisp physically and emotionally, but I have tomorrow off so I'll be sheltering in place with a book and some Netflix until sunday when I have to work again. Y'all stay safe! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/please-stop-grocery-shopping/page/4#post-2107363 Fri, 20 Mar 2020 21:55:26 +0000 Ginger 2107363@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think people here are hitting up Walmart and Costco first. I went to Walmart for my usual Friday shop at about 8:30 and lots of my regular stuff was gone - the canned goods and the dairy sections were decimated, and of course paper goods. And the fresh beef. But the Albertson's barely block down the road had nearly everything except, of course, toilet paper. It was a fascinating&nbsp;contrast. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/please-stop-grocery-shopping/page/4#post-2107294 Fri, 20 Mar 2020 19:47:21 +0000 Janet 2107294@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A friend of mine in West Chester, PA just sent me a video of the grocery store. Nearly everything is cleaned out. Crazy. Here in MD this kind of sign is common. Stores have some things but have not restocked in others. Fresh produce easier to get than nonperishables.&nbsp;</p> <p>Cindy, I hope you and everyone working in food supply are staying safe and well and getting rest.&nbsp;</p> <p>It's getting tenser out there. Army guard vehicles now in downtown Chicago, Baltimore, and Philadelphia, seemingly preparing to back up police in case tensions rise in the streets. I was downtown yesterday and it was quiet, except for a lot of people out running, walking, and riding bikes in the parks.&nbsp;</p> <p>Everyone, stay safe and well! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/please-stop-grocery-shopping/page/4#post-2107288 Fri, 20 Mar 2020 19:38:08 +0000 kerry 2107288@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Our grocery store chains are implementing some of the same measures you include here, Angie. One is even putting up plexiglass shields for the cashiers. I haven’t been out yet to see for myself. Think I’ll be avoiding Costco until they implement some similar measures. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/please-stop-grocery-shopping/page/4#post-2107278 Fri, 20 Mar 2020 18:25:25 +0000 CarolS 2107278@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm glad to hear about that experience, Angie. It's so distressing to hear the reports of people behaving very badly. We need to hear that civilized behaviour is possible. Stay well, all.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/please-stop-grocery-shopping/page/3#post-2107274 Fri, 20 Mar 2020 18:12:40 +0000 Angie 2107274@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Cindy, </b>hang in there. I know you're stressed and very tired. Panicking people do not help. It will be okay. One day at a time. We are here to support you, as best we can.&nbsp;</p> <p>I live in downtown Seattle and went grocery shopping this morning at Whole Foods. I was very impressed: </p> <ul> <li>I got there at 7am but was turned away because 7am-8am is reserved for&nbsp;people&nbsp;over&nbsp;the age of 60. GREAT! I love&nbsp;that.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Went back at 8am. Had to&nbsp;queue outside with&nbsp;social&nbsp;distancing. Only 50 people allowed in&nbsp;the store at a time. Strict&nbsp;control. GREAT!</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Fresh produce was replenished. Meat and&nbsp;fish too. Items&nbsp;that are less&nbsp;perishable were not&nbsp;replenished yet.&nbsp;Quite depleted. That will take&nbsp;time after hoarding and panic&nbsp;purchasing.&nbsp;There was TP. No sanitizers&nbsp;though. No&nbsp;fresh food for consumption. But I got what I needed. We are good for a while.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>No one was&nbsp;hoarding. People VERY calm and&nbsp;decent.&nbsp;Keeping&nbsp;their distance. No&nbsp;pushing. Silent. Being&nbsp;polite&nbsp;and&nbsp;level-headed. Staff&nbsp;was AMAZING. Doing&nbsp;what they&nbsp;could.&nbsp;The public was&nbsp;obedient.&nbsp;</li> </ul> Thank you, Seattle. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/please-stop-grocery-shopping/page/3#post-2107246 Fri, 20 Mar 2020 16:51:44 +0000 slim cat 2107246@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've got lucky yesterday - came in late and stumbled on TP being put on shelfs. I only took one smaller pack - it's two for one person here ( TP, water, almost anything and of course sanitizers - that I've not seen for 2 weeks ).&nbsp;<br />Trader Joe's store was doing "one person in - one out" with hands and baskets sanitized, with limited amount of people shopping at the same time ( smaller store with enough employees to control the situation ).</p> <p>I've mad respect for anyone who works in those difficult times in that industry - take care of yourself, @Cindysmith, consider talking to your manager and getting much needed rest. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/please-stop-grocery-shopping/page/3#post-2107243 Fri, 20 Mar 2020 16:34:56 +0000 Laurie 2107243@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is one conversation I could not have even imagined just a month or so ago!<br />I'm in Rockville, MD outside of DC. Hadn't been to a store since last weekend, but got caught in rain on a walk last evening so asked my son to pick me up at the Safeway I was near. I went in out of curiosity, and picked up a few odd items for some new recipes I'm trying (a fennel bulb, fennel seeds. Both available). The store was extremely well-stocked except for flour, sugar, pasta, and dried beans, which I almost never use, but I am making a yummy-looking white bean and Parmesan soup in the slow cooker right now and needed a bag. Didn't check the TP or cleaning product situation. There were signs on limits on a few things - 2 dozen eggs, for one.<br />While in line, after unloading our cart on the conveyor, my son took one step toward the man in front of us who was paying, and he literally told my son to back off, he wasn't done. It was pretty severe. The young clerk was so stressed and exhausted, he just shook his head and said people have been yelling at him for everything, including touching their groceries!<br />Can only hope the acts of kindness being demonstrated during this time will cancel out this kind of behavior.</p> <p>Hang in Cindy, and everyone. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/please-stop-grocery-shopping/page/3#post-2107217 Fri, 20 Mar 2020 15:19:26 +0000 Anne 2107217@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My local chain store is pretty well stocked with everything except toilet paper and paper towel. You can tell certain shelves have been hit harder than usual, but it's not a desperate situation.&nbsp;</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.npr.org/2020/03/18/817920400/empty-grocery-shelves-are-alarming-but-theyre-not-permanent">https://www.npr.org/2020/03/18.....-permanent</a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.delish.com/food-news/a31752762/grocery-stores-run-out-of-food-coronavirus/">https://www.delish.com/food-ne.....ronavirus/</a></p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/please-stop-grocery-shopping/page/3#post-2107157 Fri, 20 Mar 2020 04:02:23 +0000 CarolS 2107157@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is all just un-freakin-real. I'm going to the grocery store in the morning for the first time since last week. Will see how much of my regular shop I can find! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/please-stop-grocery-shopping/page/3#post-2107085 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 19:03:38 +0000 JAileen 2107085@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My husband said the grocery store had TP yesterday. &nbsp;The other day when he said there was no chicken, I made pesto pasta (jarred pesto from Costco), turkey sausage, and roasted Brussel sprouts. &nbsp;I hadn’t cooked pasta in over a year, maybe two. I still haven’t seen any hand sanitizer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/please-stop-grocery-shopping/page/3#post-2107081 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 17:53:21 +0000 Ginger 2107081@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is unreal. It's exactly why ration books were issued during the war - on a person and HOUSEHOLD basis. People lose their minds. I am so sorry, Cindy! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/please-stop-grocery-shopping/page/3#post-2107062 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 16:51:07 +0000 rachylou 2107062@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That is scandalous. We don’t even have that here tho. My mum went to a senior shopping hour... and some old guy had so much tp, it fell out of his cart... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/please-stop-grocery-shopping/page/3#post-2107058 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 16:36:01 +0000 cindysmith 2107058@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We have been limiting quantities since Friday around lunch. It hasn't stopped the madness, it's just caused families to send each family member separately thru the line with the quantity-limited items. There is a limit of 2 bags of potatoes of any kind, and 1000 pounds (that's half a freaking ton) of potatoes are gone in just a few short hours (seriously, truck arrived at 4, store opened at 7, by lunch the bagged potatoes were gone even with each person limited to 2). Ground beef and chicken? Limit of 2 per household. However, people are sending each family member thru the line with the max # of quantity-limited items. We are limiting to 2 sanitizing items, 1 package of tp, 3 cough/cold med items... we are still running out of stuff in record short times. We got a shipment of tp today and it was gone in under an hour, and employees didn't get any. This is so demoralizing for retail grocery employees right now that it isn't funny. I'm off to search for to for my coworker who is out. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/please-stop-grocery-shopping/page/3#post-2107048 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:51:24 +0000 AviaMariah 2107048@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I live in WA state but on the opposite side from Seattle - so the more rural side.&nbsp; I live in a small town with a small grocery store.&nbsp; I have heard that managers of the small grocery stores have refused to sell to people from the "Seattle side" because they are driving over (3+ hrs) to buy supplies like TP and taking it back to Seattle to sell.&nbsp; Crazy!&nbsp; I'm really interested to know how this TP thing started! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/please-stop-grocery-shopping/page/3#post-2107029 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:06:08 +0000 rachylou 2107029@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I honestly think it’s past time to limit how much folks buy at one time... it’s a huge mistake to let people hoard. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/please-stop-grocery-shopping/page/3#post-2106981 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:46:16 +0000 nemosmom 2106981@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh Cindy, you have my deepest appreciation. I hope you can stay healthy (and sane!) during all of this.&nbsp; I know how hard you and your teammates are working to keep everyone fed. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/please-stop-grocery-shopping/page/3#post-2106969 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:27:51 +0000 cindysmith 2106969@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yesterday was the slowest day we have had since friday, and it was still far busier than usual. We have mostly filled our empty spots in produce, but we have done it by putting out extra of what we do have in stock. Broccoli usually gets one slot, it now has 3. Same with asparagus. Other departments are looking pretty freaking bare. Good luck getting your hands on ground beef, chicken, bread, milk, eggs, canned biscuits... Our hours of operation have been greatly reduced, which is only helping a very small amount since all employees are REQUIRED to work 6 days per week and every single employee is REQUIRED to be at work on truck days. We have a confirmed case in the next county over, which means that people are definitely stocking up and some are still hoarding. Some woman bought 8 bags of carrots in one transaction.</p> <p>We have no clue when we will get more paper products. We have been having to make Sophie's choice throughout the store. Our store manager got told he could only have 1 of the two major classifications of trucks delivered: perishables or grocery.he chose perishables for that delivery. Corporate is limiting stores to 1500 cases total per order (from our central warehouse system), and he is having to decide how many of those cases are allotted to each department. Department managers are having to choose how to allocate those cases. Kari has devoted most of our allotment to basics like bananas, potatoes, iceberg lettuce, cabbage, etc. That case count is brutal, because one flat of berries is 8-12 plastic containers of berries, bagged salads are 6 per crate, iceberg lettuce is 24 heads per case, and so on. Kari has been supplementing by working the phones like mad, and she is devoting most of our orders from outside vendors to more potatoes, lettuce, tomatoes, cabbage, and a bit of the less popular but still basic stuff like jalapenos, grapes, onions, etc. It is hard, and they have essentially eliminated cut fruit and veggies from our offerings. Kari has found sources for things like pre-cut pineapples, diced onions, diced squash, chopped cauliflower and broccoli, all in bulk; this will allow our store to continue to offer that stuff because it will drastically reduce the labor involved in making those things that sell well but got eliminated from our offerings.</p> <p>I will have a 50+ hour week this week, and if it doesn't stop soon I am going to have to pull out the ADA card and force them to give me a break by having my doctor write orders for a maximum of 40 hours or even an FMLA leave of absence because my lung condition puts me in the high risk category. There's also the matter of what this kind if work week is doing to my ability to fight off any cooties I catch. Grocery employees are being ground into dust by this, and that kind of fatigue is guaranteeing that we can't fight off any infections, up to and including all of the cuts and bruises all over my body from all of the physical abuse being heaped on it. I. Cannot. Keep. This. Up. Even the young employees are being used up trying to meet this increased level of demand.</p> <p>The scary part is that this isn't a sprint for employees of essential businesses. It's a marathon, and we are having to run this marathon like it's a sprint. Not only are we going to exhaust our supplies of potatoes and milk and meat, we are going to exhaust our supply of human capital. We are going to use up our supply of grocery employees and nurses and doctors and delivery drivers and and and.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/please-stop-grocery-shopping/page/3#post-2106960 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 10:33:04 +0000 lisaflex 2106960@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>creativity is key rachylou! i have looked at peoples carts over the past week and what i see is shocking to me. junk food and frozen meals? come on people is what i want to say. be rational. buy a whole chicken, roast it, then make stock/bone broth...foods that do double duty and are healthy are better. people just need to stay home! i actually feel bad for the workers -&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/please-stop-grocery-shopping/page/3#post-2106958 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 10:30:26 +0000 Carla 2106958@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Most of my shopping is at a local grocery store that keeps 8am to 8pm hours. &nbsp;I last shopped for groceries on Friday - a normal shop. &nbsp;I sometimes stop at a smaller 24 hour grocery store close to DS#2’s place of work - if I need something to tide me over between grocery days. &nbsp;Today I stopped in to pick up milk. &nbsp;I checked out the store, and with the exception of sanitizers, cleaning products, and frozen veg - the store was well stocked and there were pallets of products waiting to be shelved. (Pics below - 6am) &nbsp;A few shoppers, no line-up, 1 cashier.</p> <p>Shout out to folks in the chain of food production - the makers, commercial truck drivers, grocery staff, schedulers and cleaners. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/please-stop-grocery-shopping/page/3#post-2106932 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 04:09:14 +0000 rachylou 2106932@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, I’m getting creative now since there’s nothing to buy: Nutella and matzoh... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/please-stop-grocery-shopping/page/3#post-2106872 Wed, 18 Mar 2020 21:04:18 +0000 lisaflex 2106872@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>i find that if i go and wait in line b4 stores open, i can get chicken and other food items. but soon after it opens, they are out. people ar buying like crazy! we have alot so we are good. only think i want more of is lysol! cant get it anywhere........i have some, but want more.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/please-stop-grocery-shopping/page/3#post-2106849 Wed, 18 Mar 2020 19:15:10 +0000 Carla 2106849@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>DS#2 works at an industrial bakery where they make cake (layer cakes, pound cakes, fruitcakes, Swiss rolls) and cookies. &nbsp;They are due to close end of June. &nbsp;(DS has school plans for fall, so no great loss to him, but 120 will loose their jobs.). He just learned that another bakery in the chain that made bread, and was shut down in February, is being reopened! &nbsp;I know their product has been for both US and Canadian markets. &nbsp;This factory is about an hour to an hour and a half from the US border. &nbsp;I wonder if the bread is for the Canadian or the US markets - or both? &nbsp;The reason given for the closure was ‘lack of demand for the product’. &nbsp;Very curious...</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/please-stop-grocery-shopping/page/3#post-2106749 Wed, 18 Mar 2020 02:27:32 +0000 cindysmith 2106749@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I believe Governor whatshisname has ordered all restaurants and bars closed. I haven't checked for the latest updates for Texas. I know that multiple 12 step workshops and committee meetings and such have been cancelled. I'm too tired and too burnt after putting in 13 hours and 40 minutes at work today with no real lunch break. We ordered pizza and ate on the fly while we scrambled to keep up with the rate at which product was flying off shelves. Our work week starts Saturday and ends Friday, and I'm already at 35+ hours. All overtime has blanket approval, so my check for this week should be pretty nice.</p> <p>A quick google search shows that Governor whatshisname has activated the national guard, it's only a few cities that have shut down bars and restaurants, schools have closed, and we have community transmission of the cooties. </p> <p>The cooties is cracking me up. Coworker Lauren was going to put out more cuties oranges, and what came out of her mouth was "I'm going to out out that last box of cooties" and I almost peed in my pants laughing at that one. We wandered the department stocking things laughing about the last box of cooties for a half hour. People thought we were crazy, and we had to explain that we were just punch drunk from sleep deprivation.</p> <p>We did have lots of customers say "thank you" to us today, and just as many told us we were doing a great job making sure we had plenty to choose from. I pointed to Kari and told them to thank her, because she was the one making it happen. Being told "thank you" is probably the biggest factor in me actually surviving the day. 13 hours and 40 minutes frantically rail dumping product onto tables and shelves through two shipments of produce that are mostly gone because the world has gone freaking mad. 13 hours and 40 minutes. I'm eating brownies for dinner because why the he!! not, the world has gone mad. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/please-stop-grocery-shopping/page/3#post-2106746 Wed, 18 Mar 2020 02:25:04 +0000 Janet 2106746@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cindy, that's exactly what I feared.&nbsp;</p> <p>Today while I was out, after my walkabout with my camera, I bought a little extra of a few basic things -- Trader Joe's had some packaged lentils, rice, and some "odd" pasta which I actually like anyway (chick pea spaghetti, black bean rotini, etc.). Olive oil. Vegetable stock. Pasta sauce. A couple of packages of frozen turkey meatballs, and frozen edamame. And a box of cookies. But I held back on anything more perishable because we only cook so much in a week or two for two people, ya know?&nbsp;</p> <p>I hope people find some balance and kindness. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/please-stop-grocery-shopping/page/3#post-2106742 Wed, 18 Mar 2020 02:05:16 +0000 rachylou 2106742@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Do y’all have an official shelter in place thing going on, Cindy? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/please-stop-grocery-shopping/page/3#post-2106730 Wed, 18 Mar 2020 00:32:33 +0000 cindysmith 2106730@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This won't be sorted in a few days. We are already scrambling to keep the basics in stock, and we are only barely succeeding and that is only because my produce manager came from the company's flagship store and knows all the secret vendors and has been working the phones like freaking mad.</p> <p>Farmers cannot grow stuff fast enough to keep this up. There will be shortages, it's just a matter of when and not at all a question of 'if'. We had 3 refrigerated semi trucks this morning at 4 AM, filled with meat and eggs and milk and produce and frozen foods and it wasn't enough. Shelves were bare by lunch with very little backstock. In a very short time, all the perishables people are hoarding will be spoiled and there will be no replacements. </p> <p>This level of panicked shopping is unsustainable. They cannot magically grow more food, raise and butcher more animals, or milk enough cows to keep this up. It's going to get very ugly. As an industry insider, I don't know how much longer I'm going to have a job, and I work in a recession-proof essential industry that doesn't get to close up shop. Buckle up, ladies, because we are in for a very bumpy ride. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/please-stop-grocery-shopping/page/3#post-2106709 Tue, 17 Mar 2020 23:05:19 +0000 Irina 2106709@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I went to out local grocery store today to buy a couple things I forgot to buy on weekend. Regular line ups for the afternoon rush hour, some gaps on the shelves but bunch of store employees were restocking. I didn’t go to check TP but the rest seems fine. Also, didn’t see anyone with huge piles of stuff in their carts.&nbsp;<div>I’m concerned about my son and DIL in Vancouver. Their campus grocery store was bare, no produce, no meat available. They are going to go to the city for groceries. They will have to take a bus since they don’t have a car. Not the best situation. Told them to be patient, it will be sorted in a few days.</div> </p>