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0 pointskevin_thibedeau5y ago0 comments

The Eastern supply chains are mostly restored but liquid soap, alcohol, Lysol, and other cleaners are unobtanium. Some frozen foods are still cleared out because nobody is eating out and stores haven't compensated for the demand.

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ci5er5y ago

Thanks. It's hard to get nation-wide reports by chain. All I see are pictures on social media of outraged people going: "Why don't we have any sock-eye salmon? And Look! The shelves are empty!".

Surely data are the aggregate set of anecdotes, but while I see a lot of spot anecdotes, I don't see much data.

perl4ever5y ago

What I'm seeing in the NY state capital is that the stuff that was out of stock early on like toilet paper, paper towels, kleenex, flour, etc. returned some times ago, but seems to still be rationed to one or two per person per day. I don't find this to be a hardship, but I don't shop for a big family.

However, I just saw packets of yeast for sale again. That was the last thing that I had trouble finding.

But take my observations with a grain of salt, because part of my response (and maybe others) to COVID is that I haven't felt like shopping around much; I mostly just go to one store and make do with what's there.

ci5er5y ago

Thanks.

Makes sense. I never drive or shop, so I am kind of used to people bringing me off-brand stuff. And I buy in bulk, so I am already set regardless, but I am told by friends that the shelves are full (sometimes they even send pictures!)

Maybe we are lucky that so much is semi-locally sourced.

perl4ever5y ago

New locally or regionally sourced products have been appearing on shelves here; I think that the stores are adjusting.

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ci5er5y ago

Thanks. It's hard to get nation-wide reports by chain. All I see are pictures on social media of outraged people going: "Why don't we have any sock-eye salmon? And Look! The shelves are empty!".

Surely data are the aggregate set of anecdotes, but while I see a lot of spot anecdotes, I don't see much data.

perl4ever5y ago

However, I just saw packets of yeast for sale again. That was the last thing that I had trouble finding.

ci5er5y ago

Thanks.

Maybe we are lucky that so much is semi-locally sourced.

perl4ever5y ago

New locally or regionally sourced products have been appearing on shelves here; I think that the stores are adjusting.

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