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Tarzanrock

(1,250 posts)
40. What I have noticed is ...
Wed Jul 9, 2025, 01:23 AM
Jul 9

that although the canned goods may be available on the shelves -- the pricing of said canned goods has been greatly increased by 25% to 30% or more from the pricing of only last Fall when Biden was President. Chinese products like Fly by Jing Golden Peppercorn Oil is gone from the shelves because of the Turd's tariffs as is a lot of other European canned products in the international food aisles here in Los Angeles. The other thing is that the more expensive items in the bakery department have all had significant pricing increases -- for example, even ordinary items like bran muffins are now priced at $6.99 for 4 bran muffins -- when you can get them as they don't bake a lot of them (because they can't sell them at that price and so they are relegated to the "day old" half-price bakery discounts because they were unsold at that $6.99 pricing. Since the store "loses" money on this -- they bake fewer of these items so they are not usually available. The same can be said for the more exotic items which used to be made and stocked in the store's Deli Department -- those exotic Deli items are now consistently "sold out" or are listed as "out of stock." There's plenty of ordinary potato salad but there is not much in the way of the more exotic seafood salads, fruit salads and exotic vegetable salads like there used to be. Just wait until the crops rot in the fields for lack of immigrant farm labor and the tariffs take effect on the imported produce from Mexico, Central America and South America later this Summer and in the Fall and Winter. The pricing will skyrocket on what little will be commercially available on the shelves of the supermarkets here in the U.S.

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Haven't noticed anything like that around here MichMan Jul 8 #1
Not here in SWFL either. RubyRose Jul 8 #2
I can't get products Farmer-Rick Jul 9 #41
I've noticed emptier shelves shopping in the last few weeks kimbutgar Jul 8 #3
I have gotten dried cherries and blueberries from markodochartaigh Jul 8 #4
Unless I Buy Fresh On Sale And Dry Them In Our Convection Oven I Usually Pick Up Dried Cherries And Papaya From Kroger MayReasonRule Jul 9 #47
They look good. I wish we had Kroger markodochartaigh Jul 9 #55
Produce sections in nearby stores are full Kaleva Jul 8 #5
Asking questions might get you more information. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 8 #6
Full shelves/displays Greg_In_SF Jul 8 #7
NJ, 2. 3Hotdogs Jul 8 #38
big organic chains were all hit by the United Natural Foods hack cadoman Jul 8 #8
I'm seeing lots of produce spinbaby Jul 8 #9
That's what I've seen, too. We have numerous dairies in rural FL and they are a allegorical oracle Jul 8 #17
That mgardener Jul 9 #43
When I went shopping Monday there was 1 loose navel orange in the store and a few half rotten grapefruit. Vinca Jul 8 #10
I can't get good oranges here (PA) in the summer Freddie Jul 9 #51
I'm a fanatic for oranges. Sogo Jul 9 #53
Pre-Trump (normal times) the market has had oranges from another country - I'm thinking South Africa, but Vinca Jul 9 #54
Our stores aren't empty, but defacto7 Jul 8 #11
My aldi has been completely out of yellow squash & zucchini for 2 wks SheltieLover Jul 8 #12
You May Still Have Time For A Fall Crop Of Yellow Squash And Zuchinni Depending On Where You Are MayReasonRule Jul 9 #49
Wegman's/Aldi's EarthFirst Jul 8 #13
No issues in my area purple_haze Jul 8 #14
our produce sections at our regional safemart was looking good . who knows later on though. AllaN01Bear Jul 8 #15
i didnt vote for ,,, either both terms . bah humbug AllaN01Bear Jul 8 #16
Proud to say I didn't, either. calimary Jul 8 #20
"" AllaN01Bear Jul 8 #22
Yes!!! paleotn Jul 8 #25
I remember this time iof year in Mass. was a little tough Warpy Jul 8 #18
i never assume how the other person voted unless they bring it up AllaN01Bear Jul 8 #19
My grocery stores don't look depleted but the prices are UP Brenda Jul 8 #21
UNFI got hacked recently and it has affected druidity33 Jul 8 #23
I had kind of noticed that for the past few weeks senseandsensibility Jul 8 #24
Shelves Wisconsin Maninacan Jul 8 #26
Yes, my store brand of oatmeal senseandsensibility Jul 8 #27
Post removed Post removed Jul 8 #28
Welcome to DU. tanyev Jul 8 #29
Pizza is almost ready! Emile Jul 8 #30
Fudge wad didn't last too long. He wasn't organic. marble falls Jul 8 #39
Plenty of produce in my stores. Prices higher Hassler Jul 8 #31
'My' grocery store, the one I usually use, has been fully stocked lately. elleng Jul 8 #32
Was at Walmart yesterday, they have plenty. nt doc03 Jul 8 #33
Luckily I like vegetable gardening. Will be tougher in winter though. dutch777 Jul 8 #34
Ventura County ventuckian Jul 8 #35
What I would like to know, DENVERPOPS Jul 8 #36
NE WI here - no watermelon, zucs, blue/raspberries spotty tazcat Jul 8 #37
What I have noticed is ... Tarzanrock Jul 9 #40
My Aldi's has had bare spots for several months now mgardener Jul 9 #42
Not to be bdamomma Jul 9 #44
Produce is not low in my area but ChazII Jul 9 #45
"I campaigned against him." Demovictory9 Jul 9 #46
I have not seen berksdem Jul 9 #48
All fine in Norcal obamanut2012 Jul 9 #50
I would extrapolate a missed delivery to a nationwide Melon Jul 9 #52
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