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canyonwalker) wrote2020-12-08 11:58 am
canyonwalker) wrote2020-12-08 11:58 am
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Ready, Set, Hoard?
Shoppers thronging stores and buying out the stocks of toilet paper, hand sanitizer, etc., was a big issue back in March. Even frozen foods sold out amid panic-buying. Runs on paper products left long rows of empty shelves in supermarkets that took weeks to refill. Well apparently 🎵 it's ba-ack!
![Ready, Set, Hoard? Paper Products Sold Out. [Dec 2020]](https://canyonwalker.dreamwidth.org/file/8770.jpg "Ready, Set, Hoard? Paper Products Sold Out. [Dec 2020]")
That was the scene last night at a local Safeway when I looked down the aisle for paper towels. All they had left was one brand, at the far end; the overall lowest quality product, selling at a mid-range price. Thankfully I didn't need paper towels urgently; I was looking to pick up a package 2-3 weeks before we run out as part of our "Keeping the Kitchen Full" strategy.
BTW, this is exactly why we agreed on the strategy of refilling necessities a few weeks before we scrape bottom. Or, more accurately, it's one of four reasons why we keep the pantry full that we identified literally nine months ago. And nine months later, all those concerns are literally still true.
That was the scene last night at a local Safeway when I looked down the aisle for paper towels. All they had left was one brand, at the far end; the overall lowest quality product, selling at a mid-range price. Thankfully I didn't need paper towels urgently; I was looking to pick up a package 2-3 weeks before we run out as part of our "Keeping the Kitchen Full" strategy.
BTW, this is exactly why we agreed on the strategy of refilling necessities a few weeks before we scrape bottom. Or, more accurately, it's one of four reasons why we keep the pantry full that we identified literally nine months ago. And nine months later, all those concerns are literally still true.
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