Husband went to the grocery store this morning at 5:45 am.
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He said there was already a crowd. He noticed that meat prices were about 50 percent higher than normal, everything else that was available was about 30 percent higher than normal.
Good Lord people are losing their jobs, the country is coming apart and the stores that are open are jacking up prices. That $1000 of McConnel's isn't going far.
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we can live stream it online for social distancing 
Didn’t know it was still open! 
... and you can't buy them on-line for a decent and without a 6 to 8 week wait. I think tRump has finally attained his goal of turning the USA into Russia. Sad! 
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hysteria hilarious.
I hear ya, fellow Key dweller! 
My husband was the condo manager there for a year. Horrible people, lol, mostly snow birds, needed his license on the wall but also wanted to illegally run it themselves, breaking all the laws. We left ASAP and settled in Tavernier but loved our days and nights in Key West while we were there. Hubby was a good buddy of Captain Tony. Yes, those were the days. 
I miss the Keys.
and health insurance.
Funny I don't remember doing that. 
I was at one of my local supermarkets at 7 am this morning (the 6 - 7am hour is reserved for 60+ and I am 2 years short of that) and all the meat was gone. And I only went there because a couple other closer supermarkets to me have been out of meat (including chicken, beef, pork - with maybe a few hams left) the entire week. 
and it's not just in the US. A friend in the UK cannot find meat, cleaning supplies, or paper products but they had some Pimms so she got some to drown her sorrows.
and only due to recent changes in the blue laws, do they have some supermarkets around the state to sell beer and wine, plus there are beer distributors. But otherwise, people cleared out the hard liquor last week before the closures. In that case, I was still stocked from when I bought stuff around Christmas 
4:17 PM - March 20, 2020
Liquor sales soared before Pennsylvania state stores closed for pandemic
Liquor sales shot up by more than 58% in Pennsylvania between March 1 and March 17, compared to the same time period last year, according to data released by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board Friday.
People rushed to the PLCB’s Fine Wine & Good Spirits stores in the days before the end of business Tuesday, when Gov. Wolf indefinitely closed all state stores in an attempt to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
According to the PLCB, Pennsylvanians spent more than $181 million in liquor through March 17 this month, up from $114 million during the same period last year. The PLCB figures include retail consumers, licensees, and online sales.
Sales were also up in January by 6% and in February by 12%. Overall through March 17 of this year, PLCB sales were up 21% compared to last year.
https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200320.html#card-283908706
and/or state monitored system. Otherwise everyone else either has as you noted, standalone liquor stores and sales in supermarkets.
I know I went to college at UMASS and it was a shock to my PA existence to experience "the package store" as they called it and to go on a "packy run" (often buying that cheap "Chilla-Cella" wine).
The diehard here in SE PA roll across the bridge to Jersey to try to stock up and some hearty souls even run down to Delaware to get stuff (no sales tax there).
to maybe get some "special order" stuff. I expect they would probably be sold out of the most popular stuff by now as it is.
There is an Acme and Giant not far from me that sell beer and wine but that doesn't help if I want to make some chambord margaritas (although I already have that stuff in my stash)!
First time for that, afaik.
-Laelth
The price on the ranch has declined while the price to consumers has increased. Leave it to the meat packers to use a crisis to screw people at both ends of the delivery system. 
I've been following Laurie Garrett.
She said the a few days ago that there was a very small window before this would explode. I believed her and went out to get groceries at Safeway three days ago.
I tend to never shop there due to their high prices. I left with a small cart of food that cost me $375.00! My god! I've never spent even half that amount in a grocery store in my entire life!
There went 1/2 the check for the month, HALF!
Damn these criminals, damn them all!
They hate people. Esp. the elderly, the sick and the poor!
SHAME ON THESE BASTARDS! 
Yeah, I get your point on meat. As far restocking, meat is lower priority and takes more time to get to market from producers. Lots of nonperishables are just taken from warehouses and trucked to stores but meat requires some killing and processing first.
I've been through lean times before so while hoarders were hoarding toilet paper, I got some meat (not a lot) and froze it. My main priority is getting fresh produce and finding more cleaning supplies when mine run out since I'm running low after doing a lot of cleaning this past week.
