Concerning shortage of a specific item at the supermarket today

[Shermann]

So I was at Harris Teeter today and worked my way to the cereal aisle expecting to find my favorite cereal: Count Chocula. Now this cereal is hard to find most of the time (and I will eat it any time of year), but it is a staple of supermarkets around Halloween. To my horror, my favorite vampire was a ghost!

You might say, hey, why not just get Cocoa Pebbles instead? That statement is uglier and more tone deaf than Miley Cyrus. I may settle for Boo Berry or Franken Berry, but right now it has to be a goddamn General Mills monster cereal in my bowl. None were available.

Is that too much to ask? When will all this end??

I went into full Karen mode and demanded to speak to the store manager. OK that part is bogus, but the rest is true.

[Karadeniz]

1. OK... The Trump economy has officially hit rock bottom!

[Shermann]

15. I blame Trump for this

I haven't connected all the dots, but he is the President and there is no Count Chocula.

It's all connected, I'm sure of it (in a Fox News kind of way).

[BlueNProud]

2. Do they still make Cookie Crisp?

That's the shit my friend.

[happybird]

20. They changed the mascot to a squirrel for some reason

I only know this because the Lucky Charms I bought last week came with toy! A little Cinnamon Toast Crunch guy figurine. Collect All Six Mascots!
Couldn’t figure out who the heck the squirrel was. The burglar was much better, imho.

[BlueNProud]

22. That's hilarious. I gotta get back in touch with the cereal aisle.

I don't even remember that CC had a mascot. I'm probably a bit older than you.

[happybird]

24. I was so pleased to get a toy! It's been years since that happened.

But ...it was placed between the box and the bag, so not having to dig my arm down into the cereal was a bit of a disappointment.

[BlueNProud]

29. Ha ha. I gotta do that one more time before I check out.

[Jeebo]

3. First it was toilet paper, now it's Count Chocula.

What's it going to be next?

Just go to another grocery store. Where I live we have Gerbes, Schnucks, Hy-Vee, several others. I'll bet they're not ALL out of Count Chocula.

-- Ron

[Greybnk48]

4. Important question: What was the Boo Berry, and Franken Berry situation?

Asking for a friend.

[Shermann]

10. All ghosts! Well, Boo Berry is always a literal ghost. Not to be found I say! nt

[Greybnk48]

42. The horror! N/t

[Trailrider1951]

5. Ha! Now you know how I felt when I could not find

my Charmin! Not for love nor money.......

[marylandblue]

6. My supermarket was running low on toilet paper, so I bought 20,000 rolls

Well, actually, it was 20 rolls, but I am getting that feeling again.

[Beatlelvr]

7. What Has been missing from shelves in my So. Cal neighborhood

Is Tapioca pudding. I had to get a 3 lb tub of it on Amazon. I'm on my second one. (96 yr old mom can't face life without it.)

[MissB]

9. Ah that's sweet

3 lb tub should last a lifetime!!!

[Hugin]

11. Oh, those COVID cravings...

I know the feeling.

[Shermann]

14. I found tapioca two weeks ago

Just those little snack packs. I've never even seen it in three pound tubs! Thanks, now I'm pissed about that too.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. You gotta get after that shit early.

[Squinch]

12. Mallomars are pretty thin on the ground this year too.

[StarryNite]

13. Blocks of ice were hard to find in early Sept.

It might have had something to do with hunting season?

[marie999]

16. Hunting season around here is sitting in your truck getting drunk

and hoping your dogs run a deer by you. There ain't nothing better than 4 drunk men sitting in the back of a pickup truck all shooting at the same deer.

[Shermann]

17. Amazon is charging over $10 a box! How rude. nt

[SheltieLover]

18. Lots of items no longer available here

Philadelphia cheesecake filling (tub - super yummy!)

Aldi supreme frozen pizzas

Aldi ice cream cones (chocolate topped with caramel or chocolate filling)

Never know what I will find when I get to grocery stores.

Fking tRump virus.

[jcgoldie]

19. I can't find pressure treated lumber

...at least not in the sizes I need and when you can a damn treated 4x4 8' long that was $7.50 last winter is $18! Evidently the sawmills are outdoors but they shutdown the warehouses where they treat the boards due to covid this summer.

[panader0]

43. All lumber has gone way up. Including plywood and OSB.

Damn. Right when I was planning my greenhouse.

[Laelth]

21. Frankenberry, forever. n/t

-Laelth

[cwydro]

23. I still can't find Quisp.

I think I was 10 when it vanished.

I’m sure there was a conspiracy regarding that. I loved Quisp.

Anyone else remember it?

[Shermann]

25. I vaguely recall it

...that's going WAY back though. I'd long since forgotten it. But I recall that helicopter head!

[cwydro]

26. Oh yes, way back.

I loved it though. I don’t remember the logo, but that rings a bell!

[Shermann]

27. There was a Donkey Kong cereal from around the same time

It was, well, like Cap'n Crunch. But it had 80's arcade graphics on the box.

[ProfessorGAC]

31. One Of My Favorites

It was great, right out of the box, for a snack.
I had the advantage of having a sister 11 years younger than me. So, my mom was still buying kid cereals.
I influenced my sister at around age 4 into liking Quisp. She actually did like it, so win-win!

[BusyBeingBest]

28. Cocoa Pebbles are terrible. I hated them as a kid.

Instantly turned into mush as soon as you poured the milk, just like Rice Krispies. We liked Cocoa PUFFS, but sometimes my mom would forget that, or had a coupon for Pebbles.

[Shermann]

32. I reject Cocoa Puffs as a Count Chocula replacement as well.

[cureautismnow]

30. Kaboom and King Vitaman were 2 of my kid favorites.

[Shermann]

34. Been a while, but I've had those

I loved the Kaboom scene in Kill Bill!

[Tink41]

33. Just read an article yesterday

That manufacturers were eliminating products from their lines to accomodate the "new" shopping habits. I guess theyve closed down certain lines to ramp up production on other items. I'm hoping your cereal is not one of the discontinued

[Shermann]

35. Unacceptable

Why not eliminate a crappy cereal like Grape Nuts? Doesn't have grapes, doesn't have nuts. Get rid of it.

The Count stays!

[Laelth]

37. +1 n/t

-Laelth

[Tink41]

38. Ha!

You're right! Grape Nuts can break teeth!

[Totally Tunsie]

44. WHAT??? No Grapenut Pudding?

The horror!

Get rid of Raisin Bran instead. Nothing good comes of it.

[Marthe48]

36. You could save a box

for next year. Get some rice crispies and dust them with a mix of cocoa powder and powdered sugar. Ersatz, but the box will fool your eyes

[Tink41]

39. Mini Marshmallows!!

The key ingredient

[Shermann]

40. Yep. So Chocolate Lucky Charms would be vaguely in the ballpark.

Still unacceptable though.

[Marthe48]

53. Maybe I was thinking of Cocoa Pebbles

I haven't eaten sweet cereal for over 8 years. I didn't know they put marshmallows in Count Chocula. If anyone actually goes for my idea, a plus is getting to add anything you want to your mix.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

41. The products not available at my local grocery...

... make no sense to me anymore.

I'm still ordering pick-up, and I've wondered if the employees just don't want to bother getting some of the items for whatever reasons. No sweet pickle relish the last time, and they supposedly had no substitutes available either. It's something different every order.

[Totally Tunsie]

47. I know, right?

Today at the market:

No jumbo shells. At least 10 different brands of pasta, and not one damn box of jumbo shells.

Chinese mustard, anyone? Uh-uh. Probably 40 kinds on the shelf, but no Chinese.

Also, no Wasa bread. Been looking for it for weeks. They're offering a coupon for it, but no product, and no space on the shelf for it to be located.

Last week it was risotto and wild rice. I know rice has been sketchy during COVID, but still.

We're talking Stop & Shop - no podunk grocery in a small town. What's the likelihood there was a "run" on these particular products?

Oh, btw...toilet paper stacked high.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

49. Yeah, it's weird.

My grocery store is good-sized and close to the intersection of I-70 and I-75, so it's not like truck drivers would struggle to get there.

The only thing that's predictable is that something will be unfilled, and I'll never guess what it will be each time.

[spinbaby]

45. Canned pumpkin is in short supply here

Also canned mushrooms, for some reason.

[jayfish]

46. ...and nothing of value was lost.

Franken Berry, Boo Berry and Fruity Pebbles are all superior to that brown sludge. They should replace it with Fruit Brute.

[Brainfodder]

48. It is despicable to Nth level and I await the evil being held to a count?

750+ more responses are the same?

May tis I that can't count?

[blogslut]

50. Hopefully they were sold out due to popular demand

'tis the season and all that.

[Generic Brad]

51. I found Count Chocula Bars in the Halloween section

That was at my local Walmart Neighborhood Market. It surprised me because I didn't know you could get it in breakfast bar form plus I don't consider it Halloween candy.

[Shermann]

52. Wow! I don't think I'd be handing those out to trick-or-treaters

Much better to turn the porch lights off and gorge one's self on a bounty like that.