My costco was very well stocked today.

[lindysalsagal]

I got a large package of chicken! That's what's been difficult to find.

It was half empty a week ago. So, this means supplies are moving!

[msongs]

1. one suspects stores may soon be overstocked as more people stay home nt

[gibraltar72]

2. And apparently so are bowels.

[Blue_true]

10. Maybe that explains the run on TP. "Anticipation". nt

[Baclava]

13. Or maybe people are using more TP as they have to eat their own cooking! lol

[Blue_true]

14. That too.

[madinmaryland]

11. I took two massive shits today!

[Blue_true]

15. All that hoarding came back to literally bite you in the ass.

[mr_lebowski]

3. Produce section at my safeway looked 100% normal

Stuff that was gone last weekend like potatoes, onions, and most tomatoes were stocked.

Meat section looked close to normal too. Last weekend it was pretty cleaned out. There's also no chicken boullion, and chicken stock stocks are kinda low.

Only things really low were paper stuffs of course, pasta, rice, beans, soups, and zip lock bags esp large ones.

Maybe some other things I didn't notice.

[MFM008]

16. In America

Your guaranteed to have fruits and
veggies rotting in piles
While sugar and ice cream are gone....

[underpants]

4. There was a massive run on stores 3 weeks ago

There didn't rent seem to be anything wrong with the food supply line.

[mucifer]

5. Gonna wait a few more days to shop. Illinois is starting new grocery store policies in the

next few days. They are getting sneeze guards for the check out workers. They are marking 6 feet on the floors so people know where to stand. They are stopping reusable bags. They are encouraging using credit cards.

I love my Gov.

[3catwoman3]

8. Governor Pritzker has been most impressive.

He is calm, organized, thorough, and speaks in complex paragraphs.

[milestogo]

6. Walmart was really well stocked too, except for ice cream.

I'm thinking comfort food is really popular right now.

[MFM008]

17. I know

In a nother couple weeks nobody will be able
To get through a door.....

[KentuckyWoman]

18. I'm shopping with a friend on Thursday... I'm craving ice cream like crazy.

I just want plain vanilla and some orange sunkist... you know where I'm headed with that one.

I found out yesterday you can whip evaporated milk just like cream and add powdered sugar/ vanilla. If I get it good and whippy and freeze... wonder how it will be in the orange pop? I know I know... one track mind.

[BigmanPigman]

7. Every store is different and even particular stores change daily and weekly

around here. Last week... no oatmeal or boxed cereal, no meat or chicken or fish, no pasta or rice or beans. Then this next week... tons of boxed cereal, little oatmeal, tons of meat and chicken but no fish, tons or rice but no beans, tons of paper towels but no TP, etc. It is interesting to see what and when people buy certain products. Businesses and psychologists should study these newly changing habits.

People would rather wait outside of Trader Joe's for 1 1/2 hours (6' apart and a certain number allowed in the store at a time) than walk right into Ralph's right next door. I would rather be safe, spend an extra $5 for the same products and get back home. I will buy the Trader Joe products when it is not a health hazard to get a can of hearts of palm.

[Blue_true]

9. Same with the Publix that I go to. I didn't get close to the meat cooler,

but there were lots of people shopping at it and waiting to get to it, so my guess is it was well stocked. The rest of the store was impressively well stocked. Kudos to the Americans that are in food processing, packaging, shipping, delivery and stocking.

I bought a large package of skinless chicken breasts and a packet of chicken thighs from another market earlier this week on my way home. So look like grocers are catching up. Another thing that I noticed earlier today and earlier this week was that the people who were shopping were not loading up their carts.

[judeling]

12. Expect some regionl local Shortages

But in general things as starting to even out. The expectations are that we will be on to the newer normal this week or next.

There were real supply chain distributions as about 45% of all the food consumed in the US came through restaurants. Those to a large extent are different packaging and supply chains, similar but different. The hoarding impulse is running its course, but we can expect buying habits to shift slightly over the past. There will be fewer trips to the store with more purchased at a time. This will tend to favor bigger stores so Costco is gearing up.