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Tarzanrock

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

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 2025 #1
Not here in SWFL either. RubyRose Jul 2025 #2
I can't get products Farmer-Rick Jul 2025 #41
I've noticed emptier shelves shopping in the last few weeks kimbutgar Jul 2025 #3
I have gotten dried cherries and blueberries from markodochartaigh Jul 2025 #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 2025 #47
They look good. I wish we had Kroger markodochartaigh Jul 2025 #55
Produce sections in nearby stores are full Kaleva Jul 2025 #5
Asking questions might get you more information. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2025 #6
Full shelves/displays Greg_In_SF Jul 2025 #7
NJ, 2. 3Hotdogs Jul 2025 #38
big organic chains were all hit by the United Natural Foods hack cadoman Jul 2025 #8
I'm seeing lots of produce spinbaby Jul 2025 #9
That's what I've seen, too. We have numerous dairies in rural FL and they are a allegorical oracle Jul 2025 #17
That mgardener Jul 2025 #43
When I went shopping Monday there was 1 loose navel orange in the store and a few half rotten grapefruit. Vinca Jul 2025 #10
I can't get good oranges here (PA) in the summer Freddie Jul 2025 #51
I'm a fanatic for oranges. Sogo Jul 2025 #53
Pre-Trump (normal times) the market has had oranges from another country - I'm thinking South Africa, but Vinca Jul 2025 #54
Our stores aren't empty, but defacto7 Jul 2025 #11
My aldi has been completely out of yellow squash & zucchini for 2 wks SheltieLover Jul 2025 #12
You May Still Have Time For A Fall Crop Of Yellow Squash And Zuchinni Depending On Where You Are MayReasonRule Jul 2025 #49
Wegman's/Aldi's EarthFirst Jul 2025 #13
No issues in my area purple_haze Jul 2025 #14
our produce sections at our regional safemart was looking good . who knows later on though. AllaN01Bear Jul 2025 #15
i didnt vote for ,,, either both terms . bah humbug AllaN01Bear Jul 2025 #16
Proud to say I didn't, either. calimary Jul 2025 #20
"" AllaN01Bear Jul 2025 #22
Yes!!! paleotn Jul 2025 #25
I remember this time iof year in Mass. was a little tough Warpy Jul 2025 #18
i never assume how the other person voted unless they bring it up AllaN01Bear Jul 2025 #19
My grocery stores don't look depleted but the prices are UP Brenda Jul 2025 #21
UNFI got hacked recently and it has affected druidity33 Jul 2025 #23
I had kind of noticed that for the past few weeks senseandsensibility Jul 2025 #24
Shelves Wisconsin Maninacan Jul 2025 #26
Yes, my store brand of oatmeal senseandsensibility Jul 2025 #27
Post removed Post removed Jul 2025 #28
Welcome to DU. tanyev Jul 2025 #29
Pizza is almost ready! Emile Jul 2025 #30
Fudge wad didn't last too long. He wasn't organic. marble falls Jul 2025 #39
Plenty of produce in my stores. Prices higher Hassler Jul 2025 #31
'My' grocery store, the one I usually use, has been fully stocked lately. elleng Jul 2025 #32
Was at Walmart yesterday, they have plenty. nt doc03 Jul 2025 #33
Luckily I like vegetable gardening. Will be tougher in winter though. dutch777 Jul 2025 #34
Ventura County ventuckian Jul 2025 #35
What I would like to know, DENVERPOPS Jul 2025 #36
NE WI here - no watermelon, zucs, blue/raspberries spotty tazcat Jul 2025 #37
What I have noticed is ... Tarzanrock Jul 2025 #40
My Aldi's has had bare spots for several months now mgardener Jul 2025 #42
Not to be bdamomma Jul 2025 #44
Produce is not low in my area but ChazII Jul 2025 #45
"I campaigned against him." Demovictory9 Jul 2025 #46
I have not seen berksdem Jul 2025 #48
All fine in Norcal obamanut2012 Jul 2025 #50
I would extrapolate a missed delivery to a nationwide Melon Jul 2025 #52
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