Chicken was 69cents on special today at store, but they were RATIONING, limit of 3/customer OMG OMG!

[uppityperson]

OMG! BUY CHICKEN NOW!!!!!!

I did hear a conversation in the aisle of someone who'd driven 40 miles to Costco to buy rice and (omg) they were OUT UNTIL TOMORROW!!!!! So she came to the local store in our small town to patronize them and buy rice there, even if it cost more.

I bought my limit, cut them up and they are in the freezer since I was taught to buy on sale.

sigh

[Breeze54]

1. O-M-G ... 69 cents a pound is a great price!

I'd have bought my limit and then sent my son in, to get his limit
and go back the next day and do it again! :P Hell yeah! B-B-Q time! :woohoo:

O-M-G!! :wow:

:rofl:

[uppityperson]

2. That's what I thought and why they were rationing so 1 person wouldn't clean them out.

OMG! CHICKEN RATIONING!!!

First they rationed the rice, and you were quiet.
Then they rationed the chicken, like the always do for specials, and you were quiet.

When will you speak out? Rationing! OMG!

[LanternWaste]

24. Myself? I'll keep quiet until pepperoni pizza gets rationed

Myself? I'll keep quiet until pepperoni pizza gets rationed-- then I'll directly instigate mass riots and demonstrations. Chaos. Floods, fire, famine!

Then again, I hate America :evilgrin:

[napi21]

3. As to the Chicken, go back more than once. Take someone with you

go through different checkouts. If the sale is more than one day, go back tomorrow if it's close and doesn't cost too much in gas!

As far as the rice goes, unfortunately that's how people react when they hear about a possible shortage. It was all over the news the last few days that Sams & Costco were limiting rice purchases to 3-20# bags at one time. Do you realize that's 80 POUNDS! Costco will get more on the next truck delivery. My husband works in a supermarket, and any time there's some kind of an announcement, like a snow flurry in the south, or peanut butter, a few customers clean off the shelves!

If I had to guess, on the rice thing, it was most likely a hand full of people who own oriental or latino restaurants and decided they were going to make sure this possible shorrtage didn't affect their business.

[uppityperson]

4. I know, there is nothing wrong with having these limits, stores do all the time.

Pretty wild though. And I did. I am bad. Now I have enough chicken for several months, and a big pot of backs/wings cooking for soup.

[Maine-ah]

5. 3-20# bags, I think is 60#'s

:P

[napi21]

8. OK so my math is screwed up tonight. How long would it take YOU

to use THAT MUCH RICE?

I laaughed when I hear the dimwitt on the news saying Costco was rationing rice, and then said just how much you could buy!

[Howardx]

13. some families eat rice at every meal

think about it.

[ColbertWatcher]

19. Okay, I did some math...

...correct me if I'm wrong...

http://www.producersrice.com/rice/facts.html">Producer's Rice says:

6.5 pounds of uncooked Regular Milled White Long Grain Rice is the same as 1 gallon

And...http://www.producersrice.com/rice/facts.html">Producer's Rice also says:

1 gallon (6.5 lbs) of uncooked Regular Milled White Long Grain Rice will yield 100 1/2 cup servings

We also find that Calculate Me.com says: 16 cups are in 1 gallon. Some quick multiplication, shows us: 100 1/2 cup servings is the same as 50 1 cup servings

Putting that all together, we get...

16 cups (6.5 lbs) of uncooked Regular Milled White Long Grain Rice will yield 50 1 cup servings

With some magic we find:

1 pound of uncooked rice = 2.4615 cups of uncooked rice

and, for every cup of uncooked rice, the yield is 3.125 cups cooked.

With a little magic, we get 7.6922 cups of cooked rice for every pound of uncooked rice.

Multiplying all that by 20 (pounds per ration bag), we get: 384.61 cups of cooked rice for every 20 pound ration bag of uncooked rice.

Each Silverado 2500 Standard Crew Cab with 4 wheel drive, the payload capacity is 3,458 pounds, subtracting the weight of the Average American Family™ (below)

Mommy=100 pounds
Daddy=200 pounds
Junior=94 pounds
Missy=76 pounds

Leaving us with a payload total of 2,988 pounds, or 149.4 ration bags of uncooked rice, or 57,460.7340 cups of cooked rice.

Do not cook rice before loading onto your truck, as the weight will be different.

[uppityperson]

30. Excellent! You know maths! Very funny, Thank you.

[ShaneGR]

6. Funny, I spent $130.00 on six weeks worth of frozen meat today....

And not just any meat. 6 King Sirloins. 8 New York Strips. 8 Medalliions. 6 Kansas City style steaks. 6 Salmon Filets. 2 lbs of crab legs. 2 lbs of chicken tenders. The list goes on, I buy it every 4-6 weeks.

Find meat distributors.. It's all packaged frozen for 2-4 weeks before you get it, if kept frozen they are good for a year in a good freezer.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

7. They've been limiting stuff like this here for years.

Please don't cause a mass panic. This is just not logical yet. Calm down.
Duckie

[uppityperson]

15. Hi Duckie, I thought it was so obviously overdone to be recognized as sarcasm.

My apologies if I cause any panic. Stores regularly limit quantities, there is no need to panic.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

33. I'm so used to people doing shit like this here and being serious.

I guess I can't really tell when someone isn't serious. Sorry.
Mel

[bdamomma]

26. mass panic is right.

they are playing psychological games with us, too bad we couldn't do it with them.

[ColbertWatcher]

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[Sabriel]

10. OMG! They were rationing asparagus at my store today!

I could only buy three pounds!!! How am I supposed to cast asparagus if I can only buy three measly pounds?!!!

(On the other hand, no limit on broccoli, which was also on sale....)

[ColbertWatcher]

12. You know who else liked rationing food?

[lonestarnot]

20. Watermelon? Why that freak!

[Miss Carly]

11. WOW that is a good price for chicken

I would go back several days in a row just to make sure I get all I could get me hands on.
Carly

[itsrobert]

14. OMG, Chevy Silverado Crew Cab for $22,995 Only 5 at this price

Local ads says they only have 5. So you better hurry before they are out.

[uppityperson]

16. Well I'd NEED at least 5 to carry all my rice and chicken around in

OMG OMG OMG

[Breeze54]

17. Now that would be a real 'tail gate' party!

:rofl:

[ColbertWatcher]

18. Brilliant! n/t

[Trekologer]

21. When I worked in the supermarket industry...

...we ran out of products all the time. It wasn't because of rationing, it was because either we didn't order enough to meet the demand (usually) or the warehouse/distributor didn't have enough to fill the order.

A store like Costco or Sam's Club (referenced in the original OMG! RICE RATIONING!!! article) usually sells one brand. If their supplier has a problem (manufacturing, distribution, etc) they're usually boned. There is usually a several day to several week lead time to fulfilment of the order that a Costco or Sam's Club would expect to face. Add in more time if you go to a different vendor (ie different brand of rice).

A story like this (stupid, non-issue poorly researched and reported) ends up causing the result. There isn't an overall supply issue with rice. But its reported that there is. So consumers run out and buy more rice than normal. Sudden there is a supply issue because more is selling than was expected to.

[Xenotime]

22. OMG!! Skittles are 3 for $.99 OMG!! I can only by 3?!?

[ThomWV]

23. They were $0.29 each (per chicken) here last week - all you wanted.

You don't even enderstand what rationing is, do you?

[uppityperson]

31. I didn't think I needed to use the sarcasm icon. I guess I was wrong.

Yes, I know. I was making fun of the "OMG! RICE RATIONING!" hysteria.

I haven't seen .29 chicken for years. That's really good.

[Stinky The Clown]

25. I think we'll see more of this faux shortage marketing in the months to come

It isn't a new idea. It happens every time the economy turns to shit. Its called 'playing on fear' and it works.

We're Pavlovian morons.

[bdamomma]

27. playing mind games with Americans.

so does that mean when our bellies are not full, pitchforks and torches?

[Stinky The Clown]

32. "pitchforks and torches"

We all KNOW this is the answer.

We all fear even saying it.

[Dorian Gray]

28. So weird

because I hear all these stories about rice, but our supermarket had plenty yesterday. I even bought a little of the wild rice.

[Mugu]

29. I ordered a new computer yesterday.

Dell would only let me order 5 for the quoted price.

[Egalitariat]

34. Limit 3 per customer is a marketing gimmick. You were had****

nm