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Went to Lidl today. Didn't need them but checked the egg section. Or I should say where the eggs used to be. Last time I saw eggs in that store was the last week of May. Nothing but milk products where the eggs used to be. Not one egg in that store. Not. One. Not even the pre-hardboiled. The lucheonette down the street from me told us over the course of the year, his 15 dozen bulk boxes went from around $25 to $80. There's no emoji with eyes bugged out enough for that statement.
 
We went to Wally World and Meijer yesterday and one thing I noticed is that a lot of the shelves had everything pulled forward to give it the full appearance. It wasn't bad but something that caught my eye. Our Meijer was out of peanut butter, and a lot of cookie products were missing.
 
Did a dump run to town today and stopped at the store for a few replacement odds and ends.

1 bottle listerine
1 bottle aspirin
2 re fills 18l water bottles, do it yourself ($3.00 each)
2 heads lettuce
1 L. coffee cream
2 lbs bacon

$87 .00

The cashier was saying her 17 year old had to get a job to help pay for the food he eats over and above what she can put on the table. I told her she has a good kid if he saw the need to help out a little and did something about it.
 
Wow. We have absolutely no grounds for complaining on prices, compared to what you face. But, I’m afraid the day is coming soon when we either have to provide it ourselves or do without. We may need to have whatever finances we’ve got to keep owning a roof over our heads.
Debt is going to crush a lot of people, methinks.
 
We ordered an induction forge last year to ship today. I have called several times to verify everything is on schedule and in good order. I called again yesterday - they are now saying Sept. :mad: We have jobs scheduled for it.

Also, saw a very tasteful sign yesterday: "The world is understaffed. Please be kind to those who showed up to work today."
 
I saw that one earlier, and it was good. Also watched a Homestead Heart youtube yesterday, and she was talking about no one saying that they want to be a farmer when they grow up. Ha Ha. Unless you're born into it, and then still maybe not. Not even something talked about in school as an option.
 
I keep my house at 15°C. No one will be freezing to death. It's the cost of the NG that will be the problem.
16ºC is a bit cool for most folks. The elderly are the ones that are likely to be the ones that have a problem with a cold house. The elderly bodies have a problem regulating their temperature.
 
I keep my house at 15°C. No one will be freezing to death. It's the cost of the NG that will be the problem.
16ºC is a bit cool for most folks. The elderly are the ones that are likely to be the ones that have a problem with a cold house. The elderly bodies have a problem regulating their temperature.
More people in a smaller house often helps - but most will want to keep their McMansions.
 
Our local independent grocery store was OK with some notable holes. I haven't been able to find ground cumin for a week or so, I'll have to order some online. Also, they had cuts of beef out that were well last their prime, not even marked down for a quick sale. The egg aisle was only half filled and what was there was fronted - so glad we have our own egg making factories in the back yard :)
 
Our local independent grocery store was OK with some notable holes. I haven't been able to find ground cumin for a week or so, I'll have to order some online. Also, they had cuts of beef out that were well last their prime, not even marked down for a quick sale. The egg aisle was only half filled and what was there was fronted - so glad we have our own egg making factories in the back yard :)

Funny you should mention small independent grocery stores I went to the one two blocks away after I picked up my missed delivery and I was shocked!
A whole 20 foot section of their refriderated fresh vegetable display was empty.
Their meat case was empty and turned off.
Their few meat items had been moved to the dairy section and they were turning grey.
I saw some pork chops that made me feel queasy. I wouldn't have fed it to the Landshark.
There were no roasts, no whole chickens, no steak.
The dairy items had singles or maybe three of the same item - huge gaps.
The root veges in the stand alone bins looked extremely sad - over handled and shrivelled.
All the generic brand of plain and self raising flour was gone.
I got a deal on pasta but I only brought 4 packs because this is an extremley poor area.
I didn't want to take food out of a poor family's mouths.
There are signs everywhere in the store about shoplifting and how offenders will be dealt with by the law.
I asked a lady organizing a shelf and asked her about the meat and veggie section and she said that the meat cabinet was shut down because the meat was too expensive to stock and the veggie supplier simply didn't turn up.
Obviously the price of the meat was too expensive for the locals to afford and it was going off before it sold.
 
Funny you should mention small independent grocery stores I went to the one two blocks away after I picked up my missed delivery and I was shocked!
A whole 20 foot section of their refriderated fresh vegetable display was empty.
Their meat case was empty and turned off.
Their few meat items had been moved to the dairy section and they were turning grey.
I saw some pork chops that made me feel queasy. I wouldn't have fed it to the Landshark.
There were no roasts, no whole chickens, no steak.
The dairy items had singles or maybe three of the same item - huge gaps.
The root veges in the stand alone bins looked extremely sad - over handled and shrivelled.
All the generic brand of plain and self raising flour was gone.
I got a deal on pasta but I only brought 4 packs because this is an extremley poor area.
I didn't want to take food out of a poor family's mouths.
There are signs everywhere in the store about shoplifting and how offenders will be dealt with by the law.
I asked a lady organizing a shelf and asked her about the meat and veggie section and she said that the meat cabinet was shut down because the meat was too expensive to stock and the veggie supplier simply didn't turn up.
Obviously the price of the meat was too expensive for the locals to afford and it was going off before it sold.
Not good at all. I figured once that what you’re experiencing is about three months ahead of where this country will be.
Did anyone else catch news yesterday (Fox or NYTimes) where food relief packages in some parts of the world have to be cut in half so that limited resources can be stretched further?
Those freeze dryers are looking better every day.
 
Not good at all. I figured once that what you’re experiencing is about three months ahead of where this country will be.
Did anyone else catch news yesterday (Fox or NYTimes) where food relief packages in some parts of the world have to be cut in half so that limited resources can be stretched further?
Those freeze dryers are looking better every day.
It was about 6 months difference about a year ago. I've not kept as close watch lately. The gap could be narrowing.
 
Just got back from DG, Dijorno pizza jumped two bucks since last month, cat food bags are getting smaller, NO Altoids anymore, none! half the freezers are empty and the supply of canned goods looks like rejects from a scratch n dent sale, and all this after my WIC gets cut back to a lousy 14$ a month.
 
I ate at Willie's (BEST BBQ in north GA!!) 14$ for chili cheese fries, slaw and mega 32 Oz tea.
BUT if you order carefully, 25$ can feed three.
 
Switching gears away from food for a bit, I work at Home Depot on the freight team. Usually unloading trucks but when the truck is unloaded we go out and stock down from the overhead to fill the shelves and organize the mess. In the plumbing aisle it caught my attention when there were only 2 of the 100' rolls of 1/2" PEX pipe on the shelf and inventory not only confirmed only 2 in the store but there was a note (which I never noticed on anything before so it must be a new upgrade to the program) that supply problems were delaying any new shipment. There was minimal space for the comment but basically I read that as -no new product is expected any time soon- since the "next delivery" date was blank. I then checked other PEX pipe options and although we had a decent inventory a few also had the supply chain notice and no expected shipping dates.
We all know building material prices went through the roof a couple years ago but people were still building. But if PEX piping is in short supply that will really kick the building and remodeling industry in the back side.

Also our supply and selection of spray paints is very small compared to a few years ago. Some cleaning products are out or in short supply, but there is still a decent selection of similar products. I noticed limited supply in the lumber aisle and drywall aisle, usually there are extra bunks of product stacked 2 or 3 deep and 3 or 4 high in the drywall aisle but not yesterday when it caught my attention. Even things like painters tape and masking paper/plastic was in limited supply and in some cases out of stock. For a while the supply of electrical boxes were out, low supply, or substituted with a different brand not normally carried by HD just to have something on the shelf. Several options for bags of cement were out or very limited, and have been for a while.
 
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