Working for a grocery store and what I have seen....

[NamasteMama]

It amazes me at the things I have seen working at a grocery store. I work for one of the largest grocery chains in the nation. When they say just in time, its true it really is just in time. Every night we get a delivery that is put out on the shelves by a night stocking crew. One day the produce order did not come, but noon with just regular shopping the department looked like there hadn't been deliveries in a week. That fast, and our store is not what is considered a busy . There is rarely an back stock save for a few odds and ends like soda and beer, flour for the bakery, a little produce,and a tiny bit of other things. I was told if we did not receive deliveries daily the store would be empty in 2 days. I found this quite shocking as I thought surely they would have more food on hand. But they don't. Also PS don't buy the shrimp, I won't say why, but don't eat anything from the gulf coast.

[kathyn]

Americans can't fathom going to a store that has no food. We're so used to going and getting what we want, whenever we want. A trucker's strike would put all of us in a world of hurt. I have a full pantry and a good food supply, but I find myself running to the store several times a week for bread, milk and produce. My daughter is starting to use food storage foods to make meals, just so we'll be used to that kind of food when and if the need arises. It's foolish to store a lot of dehydrated food without having any idea what to do with it.

I always found it odd that people who live where hurricanes are a frequent occurrence didn't even have extra food and water stored. The news always shows people panic-buying water and supplies. Wouldn't you think they'd be a bit better prepared?

[NoGreaterLove]

I am sure you are talking about WalMart but can not reference them due to the agreement you signed when hired. Yes, one or two days and it would all be over. However, WalMart uses their own trucks for deliveries, so they would have to strike in order for it to have any good.

[sbsion]

don't worry........"all's well............." if you don't believe me, just don't cry wolf again and be responsible for what you just said, after all, you're supposed to ALREADY have your two years supply

[NamasteMama]

Not walmart. I don't have agreement I just don't want to tell people where I work. Walmart and other stores may have their own trucks, but that stuff has to be delivered to their distribution centers by others. ;0) They can't fill those trucks with out their deliveries. This is not a sustainable system. And again, don't buy the Shrimp.

[SmallFarm]

Support your local small farm, grow your own food, learn to forage wild edible plants.

[singyourwayhome]

I'm amazed at the waste I see at the stores: food in not-perfect form is thrown away. That's a lot of produce, plus anything damaged or post-dated. I try to salvage when I can, but very few stores will allow gleaning or selling at reduced prices. A few years back, Smith's grocery store would let families come in (on a schedule, each family had a particular day of the week to come), early morning, and collect all the discarded produce. I recently asked about that, and was told they no longer do this because they had A LAWSUIT brought against them by someone who got this free food. So it's not just the stores' fault, it's the idiotic lawsuit-happy citizens as well. (Can you say, 'Gadianton Robbers'?)

I was at another store when they were pulling marshmallows and Jello that had hit the sell-by date, and asked about buying them at a discount. They told me they're not even ALLOWED to sell it at that point. (or give it away either...) --more fear of lawsuits. It's insane.

[Jason]

Americans can't fathom going to a store that has no food. We're so used to going and getting what we want, whenever we want. A trucker's strike would put all of us in a world of hurt. I have a full pantry and a good food supply, but I find myself running to the store several times a week for bread, milk and produce. My daughter is starting to use food storage foods to make meals, just so we'll be used to that kind of food when and if the need arises. It's foolish to store a lot of dehydrated food without having any idea what to do with it.

I always found it odd that people who live where hurricanes are a frequent occurrence didn't even have extra food and water stored. The news always shows people panic-buying water and supplies. Wouldn't you think they'd be a bit better prepared?

I am sure you are talking about WalMart but can not reference them due to the agreement you signed when hired. Yes, one or two days and it would all be over. However, WalMart uses their own trucks for deliveries, so they would have to strike in order for it to have any good.

.....actually all it would take is a strike or disaster along one of the main trucking corridors....I-80. LA's port, etc....

so the point being that it doesn't take a nationwide strike or a strike at any one of the top five.......any disruption at any point in the supply chain will set off major problems (everything from not being able to access your money to buy the goods to the goods not being available for purchase).

[Jason]

I'm amazed at the waste I see at the stores: food in not-perfect form is thrown away. That's a lot of produce, plus anything damaged or post-dated. I try to salvage when I can, but very few stores will allow gleaning or selling at reduced prices. A few years back, Smith's grocery store would let families come in (on a schedule, each family had a particular day of the week to come), early morning, and collect all the discarded produce. I recently asked about that, and was told they no longer do this because they had A LAWSUIT brought against them by someone who got this free food. So it's not just the stores' fault, it's the idiotic lawsuit-happy citizens as well. (Can you say, 'Gadianton Robbers'?)

I was at another store when they were pulling marshmallows and Jello that had hit the sell-by date, and asked about buying them at a discount. They told me they're not even ALLOWED to sell it at that point. (or give it away either...) --more fear of lawsuits. It's insane.

....hence the growing popular trend of dumpster diving!

[Original_Intent]

Just an interesting corroborating FYI - our ward's cannery assignment for tomorrow was cancelled due to lack of anything available to can. We got notified of that by email this morning.

[singyourwayhome]

OI- which cannery do you go to?

[JerL]

Just an interesting corroborating FYI - our ward's cannery assignment for tomorrow was cancelled due to lack of anything available to can. We got notified of that by email this morning.

That is interesting we just had a canning assignment at the Ogden cannery canceled also. I didn't ask why.

[Original_Intent]

OI- which cannery do you go to?

Lindon, UT

[NamasteMama]

Wow!

[tribrac]

Just an interesting corroborating FYI - our ward's cannery assignment for tomorrow was cancelled due to lack of anything available to can. We got notified of that by email this morning.

When the church published they new booklets about food storage and saving money back in 2007 (or was it '06?) we determined to get our house in order. I made routine visits to the cannery. And about the time of the 2008 financial meltdown I was only about 3/4 of the way complete. For several months after the meltdown the cannery was a joke. People were hoarding, greedy, angry, scared. It was not the same spirit to which I had grown accustomed, and I dare say you could not find a saint or christian in the cannery save for the missionaries. Many times the cannery would be out of this item or that, and I stopped going for a while. A few months later I could walk in and get as much as any item I'd like and be the only person in the cannery, however there were also times when no-one was there but a particular item was not in stock.

Before adding to hysteria, I'd like to know if the assignments were cancelled because of a run on the cannery, or if the items were just out.

[singyourwayhome]

I called the Sandy Home Storage Center today and asked, I was worried about my stake's canning date next week. They are fully stocked, including with those elusive potato pearls. The sister missionary there told me that Murray and Lindon are both closed right now, one of them for three months (!)- one is being remodeled, and one is closed for harvest.
I didn't ask about Ogden.