Serious Discussion - Empty Grocery Stores

F Me In The Brain said:

I'll keep an eye out.  They don't have Fuddruckers around me, although I have eaten there other places and thought it was a pretty good burger.

My sister worked at a Fuddruckers when she was in high school. We used to go eat there when she was there. The burgers were great. But those fixin' bars would be a big no-no now. I doubt we will see buffets or salad bars for a while - if ever again. I heard that some places are even doing away with communal ketchup and mustard dispensers.

deadendp said:

MF117973 said:

F Me In The Brain said:

I'll keep an eye out.  They don't have Fuddruckers around me, although I have eaten there other places and thought it was a pretty good burger.

My sister worked at a Fuddruckers when she was in high school. We used to go eat there when she was there. The burgers were great. But those fixin' bars would be a big no-no now. I doubt we will see buffets or salad bars for a while - if ever again. I heard that some places are even doing away with communal ketchup and mustard dispensers.

Read something about McD's doing away with self serve pop stands. Makes a ton of sense. 

All that money they were going to save by not having employees has backfired...

No Lysol spray, Purell or disinfectant wipes, but everything else in stock, including filled meat cases. 

My husband has started back to work 2 days a week in office, 3 at home so he requested some gloves. I was able to make that happen. 

Poncier said:

Scored the 80 count bazooka of Lysol wipes yesterday. Hit the store on the way home from work and caught them restocking, pure luck with the timing.

I just said screw it and made some.  We'll see how they work.  

giventofly69 said:

deadendp said:

Poncier said:

Scored the 80 count bazooka of Lysol wipes yesterday. Hit the store on the way home from work and caught them restocking, pure luck with the timing.

I just said screw it and made some.  We'll see how they work.  

How did ya do that?

I cut through a roll of paper towels with a knife.  (To the height of the container I have.)

I diluted some disinfectant cleaner. (Mr. Clean.) I used 1/2 cup cleaner and 1 1/4 cup water. It seems like it is a lil too strong and a lil too much. I'll tweak it next time. 

I placed the shortened paper towel roll into my container, poured the cleaner mixture over them and as it soaked into the paper towels, the cardboard tube loosened and I could pull it out. After I removed the cardboard roll, I started the wipes from the middle. Voila! I have it in a resealable container. Seems to work fine. 

Holiday weekend and I walk in to the local grocery yesterday only to see a meat counter that was basically fucking EMPTY. Holy fuck!

Memorial Weekend and I cant grill a fucking steak, of any kind?

There were slabs of baby back ribs, and the slab I looked at had a price of $32. Hahahahahahaha

Maybe I will just grill a couple of the wipes I scored a couple weeks ago. 320 wet wipes! But now the so called FUCKING EXPERTS tell me I don't need the wipes because you cant get the virus from surfaces. YEAH RIGHT! Next week these fucking clowns will tell me not only can I get the virus from surfaces, but I should have been grilling and eating the wipes for the last 3 months to begin with .

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

Last Saturday I go to the grocery store and there was ABSOLUTLEY ZERO FROZEN VEGETABLES. Well there was some frozen okra, but that was it. The entire aisle was fucking empty.

You know, frozen vegetables were low. I don't know if this was a rush for frozen veggies like flour and baking goods of a few months 
 ago. It wasn't wiped out. I just thought it was the store I was in. 

And now all the fast food joints have limited menus.

deadendp said:

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

And now all the fast food joints have limited menus.

Since they don't offer your world famous potato salad, why would you even bother? 

Truer words.

But being on the road all week I do like to grab a quick egg mcmuffin once in a while. Last week I noticed in every state I drove thru that the menus are now very limited. Just strange.

deadendp said:

Food processors had to change gears and create product for the home markets as opposed to restaurant service, yes? I read that was what happened to toilet paper. Home TP is different and differently packaged than commercial grade. 

To have a full menu for a lowered number of customers wouldn't be cost effective. However, when we passed by Dunkin on Mother's Day, you would think that no one owned a coffee pot. The line wrapped around the building. 

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