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Post by Lizard Queen on Mar 25, 2020 6:51:30 GMT -5
It's a bit much under normal circumstances, I would think, but that sounds like a good amount to tip under these.
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Post by lurkyloo on Mar 25, 2020 8:44:28 GMT -5
It's a bit much under normal circumstances, I would think, but that sounds like a good amount to tip under these. Exactly...hard to say „thanks for exposing yourself to CV so others don’t have to“, the least I can do is tip a little extra. Thank you, Carl and any other grocery and essential workers. This is tough, but survivable because of your efforts
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Post by HoneyBBQ on Mar 25, 2020 10:37:13 GMT -5
I've been trying to get a bag of flour for over a week and can't find any. This is Seattle, people. NOBODY bakes at home. Everyone buys $8 cupcakes. Who TOOK ALL MY BAKING SUPPLIES??
Amazon fresh- nope, no slots for delivery.
We ran out of rolled oats. Finally found some after 3 tries.
There's plenty of produce here. People are buying all canned and boxed goods which actually works out fine for me. We eat lots of salads and veggies so not having meat or pasta available is ok with me. It does make meal planning a bit of a challenge because typically I plan and then shop and buy. Have to get a bit creative.
Have not tried to buy paper products as we have plenty.
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Post by NastyWoman on Mar 25, 2020 10:48:02 GMT -5
It's a bit much under normal circumstances, I would think, but that sounds like a good amount to tip under these. Exactly...hard to say „thanks for exposing yourself to CV so others don’t have to“, the least I can do is tip a little extra. Thank you, Carl and any other grocery and essential workers. This is tough, but survivable because of your efforts On the door to my preferred grocery store (I have many to choose from) was a sign last Saturday that said "tipping not allowed"
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Post by sesfw on Mar 25, 2020 11:27:12 GMT -5
I have, but the raccoons dug them up and ate them.
Weltz ..... that is funny. I've planted things knowing I'll lose at least half to the critters. A very long time ago we had beautiful strawberry plants ....... and a couple of tortoises. Guess who harvested the fruit.
Glad the local grocery store had some.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Mar 25, 2020 12:09:28 GMT -5
I've been trying to get a bag of flour for over a week and can't find any. This is Seattle, people. NOBODY bakes at home. Everyone buys $8 cupcakes. Who TOOK ALL MY BAKING SUPPLIES??Amazon fresh- nope, no slots for delivery. We ran out of rolled oats. Finally found some after 3 tries. There's plenty of produce here. People are buying all canned and boxed goods which actually works out fine for me. We eat lots of salads and veggies so not having meat or pasta available is ok with me. It does make meal planning a bit of a challenge because typically I plan and then shop and buy. Have to get a bit creative. Have not tried to buy paper products as we have plenty. The local store had flour last week. The woman behind me in the grocery line at FM had it. When TD brought that 25 lb bag of flour home from Costco last month, I thought he was nuts. But my response was to stock up on several packages of yeast at the grocery store a week later. I'm glad I did.
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Post by imawino on Mar 25, 2020 12:35:57 GMT -5
Yesterday was in all consideration slow day, including today. I was off today (spent all day sleeping) but was texted the sales. I think people have fully stocked up and now just replacing things as times goes on... On the CORONA front, 1 associate in my store (second in my district) tested positive for it. Off course HR dispatched their talking heads within hours to the store yesterday and today it seems to talk to associates, minimized the risk and pushed for social distancing and associates practicing personal hygiene and washing their hands. We will see... Hey Carl! Glad you were able to get a little down time. Take care of yourself and your family. And I'm sure your customers are grateful for you and your staff right now.
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Post by pooks on Mar 25, 2020 13:14:13 GMT -5
I've been trying to get a bag of flour for over a week and can't find any. This is Seattle, people. NOBODY bakes at home. Everyone buys $8 cupcakes. Who TOOK ALL MY BAKING SUPPLIES??Amazon fresh- nope, no slots for delivery. We ran out of rolled oats. Finally found some after 3 tries. There's plenty of produce here. People are buying all canned and boxed goods which actually works out fine for me. We eat lots of salads and veggies so not having meat or pasta available is ok with me. It does make meal planning a bit of a challenge because typically I plan and then shop and buy. Have to get a bit creative. Have not tried to buy paper products as we have plenty. The local store had flour last week. The woman behind me in the grocery line at FM had it. When TD brought that 25 lb bag of flour home from Costco last month, I thought he was nuts. But my response was to stock up on several packages of yeast at the grocery store a week later. I'm glad I did. My store was completely out of all flour. I wouldn't have noticed, but as I was going down the isle, a noticed a family (parents late 30's and 2 kids) frantically looking around. The dad was on the phone with his mother, asking if she had any flour or baking soda, because the store had none. The edge to his voice, as a grown man asked his mother for flour was heartbreaking.
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Post by tcu2003 on Mar 25, 2020 13:46:35 GMT -5
Many of the stores in my area are out of flour and yeast as well. Thankfully DH and I buy the 25 lb bag at Sam’s Club as we have space to store it, and we’d had to get another one right before Christmas, so we have plenty of flour.
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Post by crazycat on Mar 25, 2020 16:41:34 GMT -5
I've been trying to get a bag of flour for over a week and can't find any. This is Seattle, people. NOBODY bakes at home. Everyone buys $8 cupcakes. Who TOOK ALL MY BAKING SUPPLIES?? Amazon fresh- nope, no slots for delivery. We ran out of rolled oats. Finally found some after 3 tries. There's plenty of produce here. People are buying all canned and boxed goods which actually works out fine for me. We eat lots of salads and veggies so not having meat or pasta available is ok with me. It does make meal planning a bit of a challenge because typically I plan and then shop and buy. Have to get a bit creative. Have not tried to buy paper products as we have plenty. I had been looking for a couple weeks as well . Told my sons to be on the lookout . My eldest found a little 2lb bag at Target the other day . I was so happy to see that little bag 🤣
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Post by TheHaitian on Mar 26, 2020 0:12:01 GMT -5
Thanks everyone... another day back to normal. Only worked my 10 hours today; perishable departments are 60-75% back to regular capacity, grocery about 50%.
We also don't have flour here or gone within 3 hours of store opening, same for toilet paper, paper product, Clorox/Lysol wipes, hand sanitizer, etc.
Company will be offering a $150 bonus to all part time associates next week, $300 to full timers.
We continue grinding and pushing.
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Post by crazycat on Mar 26, 2020 1:05:58 GMT -5
Thanks everyone... another day back to normal. Only worked my 10 hours today; perishable departments are 60-75% back to regular capacity, grocery about 50%. We also don't have flour here or gone within 3 hours of store opening, same for toilet paper, paper product, Clorox/Lysol wipes, hand sanitizer, etc. Company will be offering a $150 bonus to all part time associates next week, $300 to full timers. We continue grinding and pushing. The unions are trying to get you guys the $2.00 an hour extra that the other stores/companies have already agreed to . Hopefully , they are successful . 😀
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Post by wvugurl26 on Mar 26, 2020 6:52:44 GMT -5
That's what I said about no flour, all of these people did not suddenly become Betty Crocker!! I understand people who are now eating 3 meals a day at home will need more food than they used to buy. I work with a bunch of people who eat breakfast and lunch out five days a week. Obviously they have to buy more food.
People are just grabbing crap up in a panic with no real plan. It's one thing to plan and the store is out of stuff so you need to substitute. It's another thing to buy 35 cans of green beans at one time. The sad thing is when this is over that stuff will probably be trashed.
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Post by Tennesseer on Mar 26, 2020 7:07:30 GMT -5
This shopper needs some prison time. Pennsylvania grocery store loses estimated $35K in food after woman's 'twisted' coronavirus prank, co-owner says
A grocery store in northeastern Pennsylvania had to throw away an estimated $35,000-worth of products after a woman went through the store coughing on food in what the store's co-owner called a "twisted prank." The incident happened Wednesday at the Gerrity's Supermarket in Hanover Township, according to a post on the small chain's Facebook page. Co-owner Joe Fasula said a the woman "came into the store and proceeded to purposely cough on our fresh produce, and a small section of our bakery, meat case and grocery." Fasula said the estimated value of the lost food is "well over $35,000." He added police are investigating and the district attorney's office is involved. Fasula added efforts are being made to have the woman tested for coronavirus, though she is not believed to be infected. Pennsylvania grocery store loses estimated $35K in food after woman's 'twisted' coronavirus prank, co-owner says
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Post by resolution on Mar 26, 2020 7:24:38 GMT -5
I had to buy gluten free flour, as it was the only flour available in the store. All I normally use it for is dredging meat and making crumble toppings, so hopefully it will work. I think its mostly rice flour, but it has a huge laundry list of ingredients.
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Post by andi9899 on Mar 26, 2020 8:24:40 GMT -5
This shopper needs some prison time. Pennsylvania grocery store loses estimated $35K in food after woman's 'twisted' coronavirus prank, co-owner says
A grocery store in northeastern Pennsylvania had to throw away an estimated $35,000-worth of products after a woman went through the store coughing on food in what the store's co-owner called a "twisted prank." The incident happened Wednesday at the Gerrity's Supermarket in Hanover Township, according to a post on the small chain's Facebook page. Co-owner Joe Fasula said a the woman "came into the store and proceeded to purposely cough on our fresh produce, and a small section of our bakery, meat case and grocery." Fasula said the estimated value of the lost food is "well over $35,000." He added police are investigating and the district attorney's office is involved. Fasula added efforts are being made to have the woman tested for coronavirus, though she is not believed to be infected. Pennsylvania grocery store loses estimated $35K in food after woman's 'twisted' coronavirus prank, co-owner saysShe's going to do time. Maybe not much if it's her first offense, but she'll do some time.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Mar 26, 2020 8:27:39 GMT -5
WTF is wrong with some people? While I do not condone it, I would like to think she has some underlying mental health issue that compelled her to think this was funny.
Otherwise what a nasty awful human being and that is harder to swallow.
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Post by Tennesseer on Mar 26, 2020 8:42:24 GMT -5
It's only 0843 and I have already gone food shopping. Take note of that, @x. Not that I needed any but no toilet paper or paper towels, even store brand.
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Post by mollyanna58 on Mar 26, 2020 9:04:35 GMT -5
This shopper needs some prison time. Pennsylvania grocery store loses estimated $35K in food after woman's 'twisted' coronavirus prank, co-owner says
A grocery store in northeastern Pennsylvania had to throw away an estimated $35,000-worth of products after a woman went through the store coughing on food in what the store's co-owner called a "twisted prank." The incident happened Wednesday at the Gerrity's Supermarket in Hanover Township, according to a post on the small chain's Facebook page. Co-owner Joe Fasula said a the woman "came into the store and proceeded to purposely cough on our fresh produce, and a small section of our bakery, meat case and grocery." Fasula said the estimated value of the lost food is "well over $35,000." He added police are investigating and the district attorney's office is involved. Fasula added efforts are being made to have the woman tested for coronavirus, though she is not believed to be infected. Pennsylvania grocery store loses estimated $35K in food after woman's 'twisted' coronavirus prank, co-owner saysIt says she is going to be evaluated for mental health.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Mar 26, 2020 9:06:03 GMT -5
I saw something that said she was well known to the local police. Usually those people have underlying mental health issues.
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Post by Tennesseer on Mar 26, 2020 9:07:23 GMT -5
This shopper needs some prison time. Pennsylvania grocery store loses estimated $35K in food after woman's 'twisted' coronavirus prank, co-owner says
A grocery store in northeastern Pennsylvania had to throw away an estimated $35,000-worth of products after a woman went through the store coughing on food in what the store's co-owner called a "twisted prank." The incident happened Wednesday at the Gerrity's Supermarket in Hanover Township, according to a post on the small chain's Facebook page. Co-owner Joe Fasula said a the woman "came into the store and proceeded to purposely cough on our fresh produce, and a small section of our bakery, meat case and grocery." Fasula said the estimated value of the lost food is "well over $35,000." He added police are investigating and the district attorney's office is involved. Fasula added efforts are being made to have the woman tested for coronavirus, though she is not believed to be infected. Pennsylvania grocery store loses estimated $35K in food after woman's 'twisted' coronavirus prank, co-owner saysIt says she is going to be evaluated for mental health. I know. We also incarcerate the criminally insane too.
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Post by lurkyloo on Mar 26, 2020 12:24:10 GMT -5
Went to Giant at 7:15, paper products aisle was entirely empty. I was able to get everything else though, including the eggs butter and potatoes that weren’t available for my Target delivery order. So that’s the shopping done for the week. We’re accustomed to several fresh produce items and DS eats eggs like they’re going out of style so it’s hard to go shopping less than once a week. I might try wegmans delivery next.
Really hoping Amazon comes through on the S&S TP delivery. We‘ll make it to delivery day on what we have, but I really don’t want to have to make repeat visits to multiple stores to get more.
On the non paper products front I’ve had some luck with smaller suppliers. Maybe worth calling around some mom and pop type stores to see if they have flour? Also possible that some smaller mail order places(baking specialty sites?) have some in stock.
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Post by trippypea on Mar 26, 2020 12:33:29 GMT -5
This shopper needs some prison time. Pennsylvania grocery store loses estimated $35K in food after woman's 'twisted' coronavirus prank, co-owner says
A grocery store in northeastern Pennsylvania had to throw away an estimated $35,000-worth of products after a woman went through the store coughing on food in what the store's co-owner called a "twisted prank." The incident happened Wednesday at the Gerrity's Supermarket in Hanover Township, according to a post on the small chain's Facebook page. Co-owner Joe Fasula said a the woman "came into the store and proceeded to purposely cough on our fresh produce, and a small section of our bakery, meat case and grocery." Fasula said the estimated value of the lost food is "well over $35,000." He added police are investigating and the district attorney's office is involved. Fasula added efforts are being made to have the woman tested for coronavirus, though she is not believed to be infected. Pennsylvania grocery store loses estimated $35K in food after woman's 'twisted' coronavirus prank, co-owner saysI grew up in this county. It is really no surprise to me that they made national news for something like THIS, lol.
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Post by finnime on Mar 26, 2020 12:57:01 GMT -5
I scored a 5-lb. bag of King Arthur all-purpose flour this morning at Whole Paycheck. I was in there in the early hour reserved for the 60 and better crowd and saw they had 6 bags on the shelf. First time I've benefited from being 60.
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Post by stillmovingforward on Mar 26, 2020 15:59:23 GMT -5
We have two little mills near us that sell flour to the public in 50lb bags. They've been able to keep up so far.
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Post by HoneyBBQ on Mar 27, 2020 15:46:13 GMT -5
I had to buy gluten free flour, as it was the only flour available in the store. All I normally use it for is dredging meat and making crumble toppings, so hopefully it will work. I think its mostly rice flour, but it has a huge laundry list of ingredients. DEATH FIRST!!! In theory, I have a costco.com order coming with an $8 bag of 25#s of flour. I am hoping I get half my order. I also have an instant cart costco order coming in theory as well (which contains fresh/perishable items). I tipped them each $15 so I am hoping I get what I want and don't pay $50 for 2 items in each order. we shall see...
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Post by jerseygirl on Mar 27, 2020 16:33:05 GMT -5
Must be a lot of bakers on this site. I don’t even use 5# of flour in 5 years. Unless I really start to run out of food and can’t get bread delivered then I’ll take out my old bread cooker. I did buy yeast when this just began at end of February since who knew how bad it may get. My family is is NY NJ and Seattle - all hot spots right now
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Mar 27, 2020 16:41:17 GMT -5
I scored a 5-lb. bag of King Arthur all-purpose flour this morning at Whole Paycheck. I was in there in the early hour reserved for the 60 and better crowd and saw they had 6 bags on the shelf. First time I've benefited from being 60. Ditto!!
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Mar 27, 2020 17:39:10 GMT -5
Must be a lot of bakers on this site. I don’t even use 5# of flour in 5 years. Unless I really start to run out of food and can’t get bread delivered then I’ll take out my old bread cooker. I did buy yeast when this just began at end of February since who knew how bad it may get. My family is is NY NJ and Seattle - all hot spots right now I have been baking more than usual. Baking with yeast tends to be a bit more time consuming, but there is nothing else to do. My niece has been making bagels, I may have to try that. Only topping I have is that for an everything bagel though. Oh, I might have raisins for cinnamon raisin ones too.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Mar 27, 2020 18:11:30 GMT -5
When I get anxious for some reason I think it's an awesome time to try to bake. I'm not good at it when I am not stressed. Got the idea to bake my own hamburger buns, going to bum some yeast off dad.
Then I am going to make cookies with the kids Saturday too.
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