Food Shortage

[TakingDominion]

http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/supplies-are-starting-to-get-really-tight-nationwide-as-food-distribution-systems-break-down


This article makes the situation sound pretty bleak. Food warehouses empty, manufacturers stretched thin, farmers out of business. I just got back from the grocery store and shelves were pretty full. Even had water and toilet paper. What is everyone else seeing in your part of the country?

[diakonos]

http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/supplies-are-starting-to-get-really-tight-nationwide-as-food-distribution-systems-break-down


This article makes the situation sound pretty bleak. Food warehouses empty, manufacturers stretched thin, farmers out of business. I just got back from the grocery store and shelves were pretty full. Even had water and toilet paper. What is everyone else seeing in your part of the country?

Went shopping on Friday. There was more in stock than the previous weeks. Most of the basics in stock. Still out of ground beef. But IDK what was available through the week.

There was laundry detergent available. Previously there was none.

If people would stop with the panic everything can be restocked in a week.

[KeptByTheWord]

Shelves are in good condition here. I live in an area where people typically keep a lot of food on hand, raise large gardens, and hunt their meat. I'm sure it is different in each region.

[diakonos]

Walmart headquarters is a stones throw away. I’d have preferred that they had kept the local stores fully stocked while the rest of you MAD MAX it out. :lol

[Sparrow]

We live in one of the "hotspot" areas. The stores here are pretty depleted. No tissue or other paper products. Most meats are gone. No rice or dried peas or beans. Canned foods are wiped out. Little dairy or eggs. Lots of fresh fruits and fresh vegetables though.

[Michael The Disciple]

Just came from Walmart, Krogers and Dollar Tree. All seemed in at least average situations. Last winter and spring were so wet it devastaed the harvest. So far around here it is exactly like last year, rain 70-80% of the time. When its not raining, wind. Not promising.

[aegsm76]

Haven't been to the store since the week of March 8th.
I will have to go to the feed store, this week, as I was not stocked up on feed for the livestock.
We can make it for at least 6 months without going to the store.
So long as the electricity stays on.
If that goes down, all bets are off...

[MawMaw]

Not bad in my area. I've been able to buy what I need.

[consapente89]

Someone should start a preparedness thread.

[Esaias]

It's not shortages caused by panic buying alone. That was certainly a part of it (anyone who lives in hurricane prone areas knows all about how that works). But there's more involved.

1. Distribution centers are simply not restocking in many areas as much as they normally were. This means not as much product is actually going to the stores.

2. Because of shutdowns and quarantines, restaurants are closed. On any given day some 35% or so of Americans eat at restaurants. That means about 35% MORE DEMAND for grocery store food now. Stores, distributerers, and more importantly producers have not been able to keep up the sudden increase in demand (which is SEPARATE from the increase in demand caused by hoarders).

3. Seed companies are feeling it as well. There has been no slow down in demand placed on seed companies, where normally the end of March begins their slow season. LOTS of people are buying seeds to start gardens etc.

4. Food production in the US is not designed to provide this much food at once. This is directly the result of decades of stupid anti American government policies regarding farming, ethanol production for gas, subsidies for NOT growing food staples, etc.

5. Existing crops have suffered bad weather effects (especially from flooding).

6. The "stimulus package" (which is actually the literal looting of the nation, a national fire sale) has depressed prices so producers are suffering even more and many will close up shop. This means LESS FOOD FOR AMERICA.

7. The lockdowns will and already have started to hinder labour for food producers.

It's a mess, and it is designed to be a mess. Artificial scarcity is what communism/crony capitalism is all about. Welcome to your new life.

[Esaias]

Someone should start a preparedness thread.

There's a whole section of the forum dedicated to that. But interest has been lacking the last several years.

[Amanah]

I cant get meat, TP, sanitizer, wipes and lots of other things we commonly buy.

[loran adkins]

After the first two weeks things are pretty much back to normal. Except toilet paper. We can still get it but we have to go to several stores, or just grab some when we see it somewhere. There are a few things that the stores are low on but things are getting back to normal. I was even able to buy flour and yeast yesterday.

[Evang.Benincasa]

It's not shortages caused by panic buying alone. That was certainly a part of it (anyone who lives in hurricane prone areas knows all about how that works). But there's more involved.

1. Distribution centers are simply not restocking in many areas as much as they normally were. This means not as much product is actually going to the stores.

2. Because of shutdowns and quarantines, restaurants are closed. On any given day some 35% or so of Americans eat at restaurants. That means about 35% MORE DEMAND for grocery store food now. Stores, distributerers, and more importantly producers have not been able to keep up the sudden increase in demand (which is SEPARATE from the increase in demand caused by hoarders).

3. Seed companies are feeling it as well. There has been no slow down in demand placed on seed companies, where normally the end of March begins their slow season. LOTS of people are buying seeds to start gardens etc.

4. Food production in the US is not designed to provide this much food at once. This is directly the result of decades of stupid anti American government policies regarding farming, ethanol production for gas, subsidies for NOT growing food staples, etc.

5. Existing crops have suffered bad weather effects (especially from flooding).

6. The "stimulus package" (which is actually the literal looting of the nation, a national fire sale) has depressed prices so producers are suffering even more and many will close up shop. This means LESS FOOD FOR AMERICA.

7. The lockdowns will and already have started to hinder labour for food producers.

It's a mess, and it is designed to be a mess. Artificial scarcity is what communism/crony capitalism is all about. Welcome to your new life.

:thumbsup


Guess what I found over in my supermarket. I was told that the place could be jam pack and full. BUT, Amazon wants to keep the freezer cases pretty empty.
Also the Amazon Blue tag specials are GONE. What? No sale items? Too funny. Amazon is making bank, while everyone are scurrying around.

[Evang.Benincasa]

I cant get meat, TP, sanitizer, wipes and lots of other things we commonly buy.

Fort Lauderdale overflowing with those items.

[Evang.Benincasa]

After the first two weeks things are pretty much back to normal. Except toilet paper. We can still get it but we have to go to several stores, or just grab some when we see it somewhere. There are a few things that the stores are low on but things are getting back to normal. I was even able to buy flour and yeast yesterday.

There was a store with a wall of TP. What are people doing with it?
I mean they were hoarding it a week ago? Houses must be jam packed with the stuff.

[Evang.Benincasa]

People love to tell Ghost stories and scare themselves.
Big business loves to turn fear into dollars.

Carry on.

[Freeindeed]

Fort Lauderdale overflowing with those items.

I went to Walmart and Kroger this morning and everything was pretty well stocked too.