Have you been to the grocery store in your area recently?

[cynatnite]

I went this morning. We had gone through a lot of our groceries. I had plenty of stuff when this started and just held out in hopes that some of the hysteria had died down.

At Kroger's, there were plenty of vegetables and fruit. I got a few of those. Our neighbor gave us a 12 lb turkey a month ago that she didn't want. Since husband is coming home this weekend, I'm going to do a mini-thanksgiving and debone it later. So, veggies and whatnot were needed for that.

The meat department wasn't bad. Although, it either had the really expensive cuts of meat or overly fatty hamburger. I did find some 80%, but I didn't want to be greedy so I only got two. Most of the hamburger was gone anyway. There was a lot of chicken and pork. The two packages I bought will give us probably close to three weeks of meals. There are only three of us and my husband is on the road much of the time.

There was one lone roll of paper towels on the shelf and maybe a dozen packages of toilet paper. You could only buy one at a time. I have three rolls left so I was happy to get a decent size pack of TP.

I can't speak for other areas, but at least here we're in good shape, IMO. There is food and other items. I spent more than I would like. Kroger's can be a bit expensive on some things. My daughters might not have it so lucky since their jobs are under threat due to what's happening. But they know they can holler at me if need be.

So, how are things in your areas?

[patricia92243]

1. Basically well stocked. Short of a few things like lunch meat, but all

in all, I was able to get everything on my list. (Central Florida)

[safeinOhio]

2. Much better than last week.

Lots of bread and eggs again, both dirt cheap. The local Meijers still sells a dozen large eggs for 59 cents. I've got 4 dozen on hand.

[cynatnite]

6. Ours are .99. I've got two dozen which lasts me a while. n/t

[True Blue American]

30. I seem to be always getting the 18 count free

Every time a new deal comes out. Been 2 weeks Friday. I bought Produce and chicken breasts they were just putting out.

Meijer for ground beef, Kroger for long lasting milk. Chicken breast on sale from either.

Maxwell House coffee, 5 for $10, every two months. I have 12 cans Hazelnut!

[Aquaria]

44. I'm feeling decadent

For what I spend on free range brown eggs.

It’s obscene, but I won’t get the factory’s farm ones if I can help it.

My husband used to laugh at me for washing my eggs before I put them in a bowl in the fridge. Told him for years—you don’t want to know what went into putting those eggs in a carton for your supermarket shelves, bub.

Then again, I used to have to collect eggs from my grandparents’ chickens every morning. I had to wash them before we could use them, because chickens aren’t all that picky about where they defecate.

[safeinOhio]

47. I use to get free ones from my nieghbor

until he went out of business. They were the best with those bright yellow yokes.

[Tracer]

3. I'm headed there soon.

Was there on Tuesday, and it was quite well stocked with the exception of paper goods (TP, paper towels etc). And there were no crowds.

The real difference was that the entire deli counter was closed. There was a case of pre-sliced and bagged meats (ham, chicken, cheese etc.).

Also, they have closed down the can/bottle recycling area.

[samnsara]

4. i go out once a week and hubby works 3-4 days at a pharmacy in another county..

..and he stops by Fred Meyer on his way to work in that town. He gets there early but I dont think on the days they restock. Sometimes at 7 30 am its still hit and miss..NO tp and NO dry beans and of course no Lysol wipes etc.

Where he works they have tp in the back and employees can buy one pack at a time. I still have the one unopened Costco pack i scored last month. I found dry beans at the Mexican store.

Fruit and veggies still ok...just all storeable goods are gone..unless you want canned stuff. I never see ppl leaving the stores with tp stacked feet high in their carts... Where is it going?

[hlthe2b]

5. I know weekend trends may not mean anything right now, given most are home, but...

I do not want to risk the crowds I saw last week at opening time on Monday--all at-risk individuals and elderly during the "special time" reserved for them. I apologized to the older neighbor I had taken with me, but drove us both home... returning several days later to shop for a few items that she could not order for delivery.

I might drive by there later, but I think I will try to wait until next week. I only shop for perishables right now.

[cynatnite]

7. Ordering groceries is out of the question here...

I can't get most of what I need. It's not accurate at all so going to the store is my only option.

[hlthe2b]

10. I don't order delivery, but I have ordered some things I couldn't find on shelves via shipping

option. I waited 2 weeks, unsure if they would cancel the order or not, but it finally arrived.
I don't order delivery, but for the elderly, they really don't have a lot of choice. As a HCW, I don't want to be potentially exposing others either, so I just can't continue to shop for neighbors and want to minimize going for myself as well.

I will not do crowds, though and was appalled at the inability to even keep a few feet from others when I last went. Nor do I want to waste my few remaining face masks, though I wear gloves and disinfect THEM continuously when out.

[cynatnite]

14. The aisles are a bit narrow so it was hard sometimes to keep a decent distance...

Fortunately, the crowd wasn't bad.

I thought about wearing gloves, but it wouldn't make a difference. Bacteria and whatnot can travel just as easily as with your hands.

I filled my cart, paid for everything and went home. I brought the groceries to the porch and took everything out of the bags. I wiped everything down before it went into the house. Plus did the whole hand-washing bit.

I also took my shoes off before going inside, too. Germs can be picked up on the soles of shoes as well.

[hlthe2b]

16. You miss the point about gloves. I wear them because my hands are raw from washing & alcohol

and thus the gloves themselves can be sanitized with 91% alcohol and even reworn if extremely cautious. I'm washing my hands countless hundreds of times/day. Skin was never meant to hold up to that. Every physician, nurse and respiratory therapist I know are experiencing this and broken skin is a prime vector for MRSA.

[cynatnite]

19. I don't wash my hands that much...

But I'm home so there isn't a need other than going to the bathroom and cleaning.

[hlthe2b]

20. Yes. But as a HCW, I do. And you really do need to do so before you get in your car and contaminate

steering wheel seats, or accidentally touch your face. EVERYTHING you touched in the store is potentially contaminated. There is a significant need to do so.

[58Sunliner]

24. I got these great gloves from a store here in town-Bioskin.

They can washed and dried in a dryer. They are the best gloves I have ever had.

[hlthe2b]

26. Good for you. Even cotton garden gloves can work fine in this context--toss em in the washer

immediately after wearing.

[Aquaria]

37. My mother worked surgery for decades

And had to wash her hands with harsh sterilizing soap dozens of times a day.

The way she kept her hands from getting too dry was to mix petroleum jelly with cold cream and slather her hands with it. Then she would put on cotton gloves and let the cream soften up her skin while she slept.

Granted, cold cream and Vaseline were the options she had back in the 70s. I’m sure better products exist now; however, the glove trick is still one of the best ways to negate the ravaging effects of frequent hand-washing.

[hlthe2b]

38. Yes... I've started doing so.. and nothing wrong with using vaseline over mosturizer.

It may be old fashioned, but it works as well as anything "newer" and more $$.

[ProfessorGAC]

56. A Suggestion On The Gloves

I'm wearing household rubber gloves in stores.
When I get back to car, I spray them with bleach containing disinfecting cleaner.
Then I simulate washing my hands for 10 or 15 seconds.
Then let them air dry.
Because of the surfactant in those cleaners, you can see a little foaming to be sure you've covered all the area.
One bottle could last a few months.

[hlthe2b]

58. Yup. that works. Even cotton garden gloves immediately tossed in the wash afterwards can help

[ProfessorGAC]

67. I Don't Have A Washing Machine In My Car!

Kidding! I started doing it this way because I don't have to take the gloves out of the car, & then forget them when I go out.
Preventative measure to avoid forgetting my preventative measure. LOL!

[snort]

65. I have some 9 mil nitriles.

A drop of hand sanitizer or alcohol that would be inadequate directly on the hands thoroughly coats the gloves.

[Glorfindel]

8. The local Food Lion was well stocked

Plenty of everything except (of course) paper products. The hot dogs I like were not in stock, but there were other brands in abundance, so no problems there. Not a lot of shoppers; everyone keeping a safe distance.

[Laelth]

9. I am dying for a pot pie.

The frozen section was wiped clean a week ago and remained empty when the daughter and I went shopping (WalMart, yuck) two days ago. No butter, no cream, no eggs, very little meat, but we do have some milk and some toilet paper. Our landlady brought us 8 eggs that she got from the local Denny’s (which just closed down).



-Laelth

[cynatnite]

11. I make my own now...

I discovered puff pastries and never looked back. LOL

[Laelth]

12. You rock!

Even back when I had an oven, I could never get a pot pie to turn out right.

People can laud French cuisine all they want, but English cuisine really deserves a lot more credit. A good meat and veggie pie is difficult to make and downright excellent to eat.



-Laelth

[Aquaria]

31. Sometimes I'm lazy.

And I’ll put homemade biscuits on top of my pot pie, to save time.

My grandmother said that the secret to good pot pie is to blind bake the bottom crust, and cook your filling on the stove before putting it in your pie shell, so that you basically let the top crust cook, more than the pie.

When I have the patience for it, I make crust by her recipe. I’m not sharing it. If y’all want that recipe, you’ll have to do what I did to get it: have that damned green bowl handed to you with the flour and fat measured out, a glass of ice water and a fricking fork to work it into a dough. And no giving it a rough few smashes and saying you’re done. No, you’re going to work it to her specifications, which was zero hint of a lump of flour or fat.

I earned that damned recipe, fair and square. The banana pudding and cornbread—I don’t mind sharing those, because my mother got them, too. Those are nothing. But only I put in the work to get that pie crust recipe.

[Laelth]

32. Undoubtedly, the filling must be cooked separately and then poured in.

But your grandmother’s crust? That is obviously a work of art. Consider me very jealous!

-Laelth

[patricia92243]

15. KFC has excellent pot pies if one is open near you.

[Laelth]

18. AFAIK, our KFC is still open.

I may have to risk it and go get one.

-Laelth

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

35. Some good pot pies will get us through this, though they can make you hungry ...

[KentuckyWoman]

70. haha ... sorry but haha

Pot Pie

For me it's ice cream. Can't get that either and suddenly all I can think of ice cream.

I feel your pain.

[Generic Brad]

13. Were avoiding with very few exceptions

We were low on rice and got a tip a few days ago that a local Asian store just received a shipment of a few bags. We high tailed it over there and were pleased to see that the front door was wide open and they had ApplePay set up. It was very easy to purchase that bag of rice and we felt it was a safe experience. We did not shop for anything else.

Last night we picked up an order from Kroger. They did not have zucchini, fresh mushrooms, or salt substitute but other than that they had everything else. We had never ordered ahead before and it felt very odd to have to make an appointment to get groceries. My wife is in a high risk category and I am designated as an essential employee so we feel we have to be overly cautious.

I will be happy when this is over and we can go into stores again and see things for ourselves, but that will be a long time from now I suspect.

[Aquaria]

17. I'm high risk

So my husband has insisted that he do the shopping. He works for a grocer’s, anyway, so I guess it makes sense. I miss going grocery shopping, though. I’m one of those oddballs who likes to try new things, and how will I know about them if I’m at home?

Then again, his food aisles are still looking about half full when they open. That would be far too depressing for me to enjoy shopping.

Things may be turning around, though. Everyone got a warning in the last day or two that they’ll either be coming in early or working late to stock shelves. And that includes managers, supervisors, checkers, baggers and so on. No one is exempt. They must be expecting to get hammered if the employees are getting that heads up.

[cynatnite]

21. I went right when the store opened...

I hoped that there had some restocking done plus the crowds would be lighter. I'm diabetic so I'm trying to be extra careful.

[Aquaria]

46. Diabetic here, too.

One of the “gifts” I got from Graves Disease. Before that hit me, I was always bang in normal with blood sugar.

[TheBlackAdder]

22. In So. NJ, Sprouts is surprisingly well stocked, ShopRite is catching up. ACME is pretty full too.

.

Just certain brand name paper products are low.

Non-Koch paper products like Charmin & Bounty are starting to filter into the stores too.


That being said, there might be an interruption in the delivery chain as COVID-19 starts to spread across the country.

What we saw was an initial panic buying, those people are in maintenance mode for their supplies which is starting to free up supply for others. However, if shit hits the fan, there will be secondary panic setting in if the supplies dwindle. I literally purchased the last chest freezer in South Jersey, two weeks ago, and it was delivered on Wednesday. It's fully stocked now. Many chest freezers were back logged for 20-40 days and Hotpoint chest freezers are backlogged until freakin' June.

.

[Hortensis]

23. Availability about the same in this part of central Florida.

It looks like the waves of new awareness in 130 million households that they'd have to stock up for sheltering at home are mostly finished, and people have progressed to replenishing like us.

[mommymarine2003]

25. We did our shopping yesterday morning at our local Fred Meyer in Oregon.

Our store had everything I needed except hand sanitizer. I had wanted eggs, but they were out, but before we finished shopping, they came out with a huge pallet full of eggs. Highlight of my day! The young man putting out the eggs, said they would be all gone within a few hours. They have been out of beans and rice for 3 weeks. I was impressed with the amount of fresh fruits and vegetables. I didn't check the meat area, but two weeks ago they had no ground beef or chicken. Last week, there was a good supply. There were no paper towels, but they did have some toilet paper but in a very limited amount. Now my husband and I will lay low for another week.

[cwydro]

27. No problems in NC.

Not much of a meat eater, my chickens lay eggs for me, my dogs have plenty of food - as long as I’ve got coffee and wine, I’m good.

Seen no shortages of wine, tea, or coffee.

[Chainfire]

28. I am trying to keep a Month's worth of food on hand

I haven't been to the grocery store in two weeks. I live in a food desert. This morning, we have placed and order that we will pickup before noon. Mostly fresh foods, fruits, bread, eggs and cheese. Drive up, and they put it in the car for you. So far, the clerk that is pulling the order has called us twice to offer us alternative selections for items out of stock. In both cases it was a minor substitution, so it is apparent that the store is well stocked. I even have a pack of paper towels coming; not a brand I would prefer, but, hell, I am going to use and toss them anyway! I have to drive 40 miles to pick the food up, but it will be nice to be out of the house.

For me, from a food standpoint, this event has been similar to hurricane preparations. I have just doubled the amount of foods on hand from a two week supply to a four week supply. When this event cools down, I will draw the inventory back down and return a little more variety to my diet. This has not been all negative, with limited availability I have cut way down on snacks.

I started preparing for the pandemic, when Trump said he had this under control. It is a time when paranoia can be a positive trait, and I have taken full advantage of it. I just hope I don't run out of tin foil.

[cynatnite]

29. I bought some supplies when the virus got out of China...

I'd been following the news on it.

I've worked around enough infectious disease to know that one day a pandemic would break out at some point. I knew enough doctors who spoke about it. They said no one would ever be prepared enough for it.

So, I bought a big bottle of germx, some Lysol wipes and a couple of rolls of paper towels. Told people I knew.

Although, I never saw the TP hoarding coming.

[Chainfire]

60. Grocery trip

I just got back from my curbside pickup grocery trip in the Florida state capital.

I have never seen a more "business as usual" Saturday morning, around the city, in my life. Just a normal Spring morning. The only way you could tell that anything was "off" would have been to pay close attention to restaurants. The dining rooms are closed, but they were all running take-outs or drive-throughs.

The young lady that brought out my groceries had no protective equipment. Car dealerships open, repair shops, stores open, people crowded up at bus stops. Parking lots full of shoppers, barber and beauty shops, as usual, tattoo shop signs flashing.

There was some kind of foul up on my grocery order, so I sat for about 20 minutes in front of the main entrance to the Publix grocery store, observing people. I watched scores of people coming and going and only saw one fiftyish woman with a mask. Old gray haired folks like myself were coming and going like don't believe in a pandemic. I guess that these people probably heard about the virus, but have decided not to participate.

I suspect, that sooner or later, Tallahassee is going to get a serious spanking.

[bullwinkle428]

33. I was in Aldi yesterday, and I think there was actually an OVERSUPPLY of some items! Loaves

of bread were plentiful, and were priced at 25 cents each! They had great cantaloupes for 79 cents, and I'd never seen them so cheap before. They were on my list anyway, so "SCORE!" The meat case was fully stocked, with plenty of chicken - some were mentioning chicken shortages in their area. Of course, the paper products were still decimated, but I'm not freaking out yet, as I'm not running on fumes at this point. Oh, I wanted bread crumbs for a planned recipe, and that was gone, but I can just make my own with toast.

[Amishman]

34. Went first thing this morning, made me very angry

I got there before the doors opened. Large knot of 60+ people in a clump chatting at the door. Easily a dozen by the time the doors opened. No maintaining distance at all, even though there were signs right in front of them asking them to stay six feet apart. A bunch of others like myself waiting in cars.

The gray haired mob stayed in a clump as they started through the store. I did the store back to front to avoid them.

Store itself was probably 80% stocked, meat dept fully stocked.

[wiggs]

36. Nope. Deliveries are up and running and work great. Sprouts. Most of the reason for stocking

a two week supply has to do with limiting interaction. To go out to a market now in our area you have to not only be careful in terms of technique but also lucky...if interested in maximizing safety. Not as fun, but my wife is vulnerable and we have to do what we can.

I also disinfect and/or quarantine anything that comes in the house.

Two days ago, I ordered online (meat and produce, mostly) and everything was available and delivered within 4 hours.

[bullwinkle428]

41. I definitely get your point re: a potential self-quarantine. I live by myself, and if I wake up one

morning with symptoms, the very last thing I'm going to be doing is exposing any other person to whatever it is that might be causing those symptoms. I'll certainly hope I can get a Covid test, but I know my personal physician will be advising me to self-isolate for 14 days whether I get a test or not. So I am well prepared for 2 weeks behind closed doors.

[Luciferous]

39. My daughter works at our grocery store so I get updates from her. Things are starting to settle down

but when I was in last week all of the flour, pasta, pasta sauces were pretty much gone. Same for toilet paper and cleaning products. Yesterday she said they had toilet paper but it was almost gone already. Milk, eggs, and meat have all been pretty good after the first wave of panic buying. I did ask her to pick me up a bag of flour while she's at work. Luckily I had recently bought yeast because that's also been bought up.

[mvd]

40. Giant was a little better

Actually had some ice cream, eggs, and meat this time. But no toilet paper at all. In fact, the paper section was even worse than last time. No spring water either.

[Aristus]

42. Shelves still denuded of toilet paper.

The sight of Trumpanzees buying up all the toilet paper and gleefully recording themselves doing it makes my blood boil...

[Bengus81]

51. Yup,same thing is still going on here in Trumps Kansas

I've been to several stores over the last two weeks and ZERO rolls of TP,napkins,paper towels. But someone will be along in a bit to tell everyone how this is normal supply and demand. Or...because all the kiddies are no longer in school (not in school in June-Aug last year and there was no shortage) and everyone works at home now.

No...for several weeks they were grabbing every package of paper products,water and bread they could get their hands on. NOW some restrictions are being put in place for several items at Walmart and most other places so we'll see what happens. The IDIOTS were also grabbing bottled water by the CASE like those fools thought the water was going to be shut off--I thought this was all a HOAX according to their Fuhrer. Water is now starting to show up at the stores here weeks later.

Funny for all these adults and kids being home 24/7 you'd think all the cola and BEER isles would be barren but they're not,you can buy all you want.

[JenniferJuniper]

52. The entire aisle of paper goods was stripped.

At the front of the store they were selling large packages of paper towels for 17 bucks.

No thanks. But this is the third time I've gone there looking for toilet paper and not found it.

Not sure why people need so so many paper plates and napkins though.

[Bengus81]

55. Because the IDIOT horders were even buying all the dishwaser tablets

A week or so ago I was in a Walmart Market place and there was ZERO dishwasher tablets and very little dish soap like Dawn. So there goes the paper plate supply. I was able to buy some washer tablets yesterday at a Super WM and even there the pickings were slim and even the damn laundry soap selection was sparse.

So with a 32 tab package that's enough for the two of us for 3-4 months.

[spinbaby]

43. It would be helpful to state where you live

I’m just south of Pittsburgh and have made one trip for supplies at the Whole Foods senior hour early in the morning. Although the shelves were sparse in areas and there was a limit on some items, I was able to get everything I needed. Chicken, meat, and TP were available. The only thing I noticed that they were totally out of was baking yeast and baking supplies generally were very picked over. I noticed that some bulk and serve-yourself items such as rice and bagels were now packaged. I bought three bagels, each in its own little bag.

[marlakay]

45. Well stocked went out for produce yesterday

And store I chose a large meat market and organic store with wine and beer and normally hot food and beer on tap, that part closed. They are taking seriously, store very clean, wipe down register area in between every customer, have senior hour, i was first in store yesterday.

The only thing in store they were out of was tp and sanitizer products but they probably don’t order a lot of that because its not their specialty meat is. I normally shop at Costco once a month and had bought tp which lasts us 3 months right before this happened.

Its a more expensive store but because its so clean I am going to shop there until this is over.

I live in Medford Oregon shopping at Cartwrights.

[clutterbox1830]

48. Honestly, people are going to the grocery store way too much

I hear some people are going daily. In reality you should only go once every 10 days.

I know it is draconian, but people are spreading the virus are have no idea that they are doing so.

It is going to get worst soon imo.

[Brainfodder]

49. Nope, leaving that activity to the unlucky, poor planners, & fools?

Deliveries only for the long haul here.

Everyone who can, should do same.

Good Luck!

When the Orange Blowfeld "re-opens America" way way way too soon, yeah I aint changing!

CHOOSE WISELY!

[wiggs]

50. agree. nt

[Bengus81]

59. And those delivery's are coming out of a vehicle you know is CLEAN?

No thanks,I'll get my own.

[Brainfodder]

68. Vs. all the possibilities going to a store?

Lacks YOUR control in too many spots?

That's too much risk and work if really doing due diligence for us.

Good luck!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

53. HyVee, Cub Foods, and Aldi resemble Soviet Russia.......

Costco seems well stocked for now. But I fear supply trucks will have issues in a few weeks.

Chicken and ground beef are limited in purcbase, as are TP and cleaning products.

[randr]

54. Special hours for elderly and people at risk

Only going once a week. Shelves are patchy with different items gone each time. Actually got TP last visit. Sanitary wipes at entrance and worker on duty at door to screen out people who may be sick. I praise these people who work the extra hours it is taking and the risk they have put themselves at. They have witnessed the best and worst of people over the past few weeks.

[pandr32]

57. Things like flour are hard to find

Rice, too. Here in Hawaii.

[snort]

61. You could ask the butcher

to grind some of the fatty burger together with a roast.

[stopwastingmymoney]

62. An option I haven't seen mentioned

I logged into amazon and was able to shop Whole Foods and have it delivered in about two hours.

They were out of some things but I got produce, dairy and sausage for the spaghetti sauce we’re planning to make today.

And beer, they had beer 🍻

[csziggy]

63. Went yesterday for a few items

I had to make a couple of other stops so I went in for the few things I needed but could have gone without. The supply chain is struggling to get back to normal.

Here, same as you saw, meats are short and mostly expensive cuts, but I didn't need any. Since Publix has a good supply chain from Florida vegetable growers (one of the reasons they have been able to spread) the vegetable section was pretty full. Still no powdered milk, but fresh and shelf stable milk as well as evaporated milk are back on the shelves. I need powdered milk for my homemade hot cocoa mix so I check every time I go to the store.

I'm well supplied with paper goods, so I didn't check on those. Before this all started I had disinfecting cleaner on my list and it's been out, but they had a display of Chlorox cleaner out and I snagged a bottle.

I overheard a guy asking an employee about some product being out (I missed what product) and wanting to know when it would be in stock. The employee told him that they have no warning as to what will be on the trucks so he could not predict when it would be back in stock. He recommended that the customer call every morning to see if it was in stock and if it was, rush in as early as possible to get it. Before, they could usually tell you what day a particular item would be stocked since they had deliveries on a regular schedule.

[luvs2sing]

64. Went yesterday. Kroger in Columbus, Ohio.

The Kroger stores in my area aren’t doing pickup or delivery right now. This was our first trip to a store in two weeks. We won’t have to go back for another 2-3 weeks.

Being over 60 and both high risk, we went during what our friends call “geezer hours”, 7-8am. We got there at 6:55am, and there was a line. First thing we noticed was that most of the people in that line were obviously under 60, most under 40. I’m assuming a few were high risk, but not most. There was a “security guard”, but he was paying no attention, busy chatting up the young woman sanitizing cart handles. All the older folks were wearing masks and gloves and trying to maintain distance. The younger crowd paid no attention to distancing. The employees also paid no attention to distancing.

No paper products of any kind. Most other things were fairly well stocked. Not a lot of meat, but they had what I was looking for. Rice, pasta and beans were pretty cleaned out, but I already had a good supply of all going into this. The only thing Kroger was out of was the yogurt my husband likes.

There were markings on the floor telling where to stand but, unlike some other stores in the area, no plexiglass shield for the cashier.

I also had to pick up prescriptions. I waited in a short line for the pharmacy to open. The people ahead of me had paid online so didn’t have to touch anything. When it was my turn, the tech handed me a wipe for the keypad before I used it and another when I was finished. There was also a huge bottle of hand sanitizer on the counter which I took advantage of. My meds were all in sealed plastic bags. The pharmacy definitely had their act together.

We also went to Fresh Thyme for a couple items. This store was such a pleasure. Wipes for the carts when you come in, well stocked, not many people, and everything we needed. If we have to venture out again, which I’m sure we will, we will try to get everything at Fresh Thyme. Kroger just felt like a Petri dish, even though I’m sure they were doing their best.

[smirkymonkey]

66. I'm ordering delivery.

I'm a bit nervous about being around so many people. Went to Wegmans last Friday and it was packed. My next delivery will be from Roche Bros. on Monday and I will wipe everything down. I am hoping that they are using clean practices on their end as well.

[beaglelover]

69. Yes, went to our local Ralphs around 5 p.m. on Thursday......

Pleased to report that grocery shopping has improved immensely over the past week. Went to our local Ralphs on Laurel Canyon a few blocks north of Victory. Had to wait about 20 minutes to get in, but once I was in the store it was one of the most pleasant shopping experiences I've ever had. The store was very well stocked. I was able to get almost everything on my list. They had meats, bread, deli meats, milk, plenty of frozen veggies and fresh veggies. No TP but I was able to get a box of Kleenex. Not much pasta sauce in the jar but they did have some pasta selections and plenty of rice mixes in the box like Rice a Roni and Zatarans. Was also able to score the frozen lasagna we really like. The store did not look like a bomb had hit it like our usual Ralphs at Ventura and Vineland which I visited the week before last. I hear that one is better these days too. So, hopefully, the hoarders have enough for now and the rest of us can do our normal shopping again! At least a tiny bit of positive news in these weird days.