https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:59:53 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-wiped-out-at-your-grocery-store/page/2#post-2913660 Thu, 09 Apr 2020 13:03:59 +0000 periwinklebee 2913660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BadgerMom: That's awesome! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-wiped-out-at-your-grocery-store#post-2913659 Thu, 09 Apr 2020 12:52:01 +0000 BadgerMom 2913659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@periwinklebee: I asked for this for Christmas. It might be one of my favorite presents ever! I completely agree with your toilet paper opinion lol. </p> [attach=4158/20/q8j8ap.277x600.12CC7062-F7F7-46A3-B3D4-7571C3E8B35E.png] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-wiped-out-at-your-grocery-store#post-2913648 Thu, 09 Apr 2020 09:09:24 +0000 Becky 2913648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@periwinklebee: Yes, I was thinking the peri bottle too!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-wiped-out-at-your-grocery-store#post-2913644 Thu, 09 Apr 2020 07:54:37 +0000 meadow 2913644@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bhbee: wow!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-wiped-out-at-your-grocery-store#post-2913632 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 20:54:03 +0000 periwinklebee 2913632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bhbee: that's nuts! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-wiped-out-at-your-grocery-store#post-2913631 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 20:52:44 +0000 periwinklebee 2913631@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess I must be in the extreme minority, but TP would not be one of the things I'd be super worried about running out of if we are self-isolating, or the apocalypse comes or whatever. I feel like the peri bottle they give you postpartum gets things much cleaner down there anyways, and if I was less lazy I'd use it instead of tp 🤷‍♀️ Like, if you tried to bath yourself by wiping down with tp instead of water, you wouldn't get clean. TP is not getting your butt that clean either... I wish I had one of those fancy Japanese toilets that obliviates the need... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-wiped-out-at-your-grocery-store#post-2913627 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 20:17:41 +0000 bhbee 2913627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: someone in my neighborhood had their car broken into because they left hand sanitizer in the cup holder ... that was the only thing the person took!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-wiped-out-at-your-grocery-store#post-2913626 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 20:16:45 +0000 bhbee 2913626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Corduroy: oh interesting! That makes sense. I have about 1-2 last boxes I’m saving for a special occasion :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-wiped-out-at-your-grocery-store#post-2913624 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 20:06:37 +0000 meadow 2913624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LadyDi: Oh no!!!</p> <p>@ilovepie: @krispi: I haven't seen any TP in the last 3 weeks of shopping either! I have picked up my one box limit of tissues....just in case. But we switched over to wash cloths for pee only to stretch out our TP supply. I have no qualms about using cloth for pee....but I really don't want to get to the point of using cloth for adult poop!!</p> <p>@JennyLayneAZ: Glad you found cake mix!!!</p> <p>@lindseykaye: My grocery store is limiting frozen veggies - it has made me realize how my two kids can down an entire steamers bag of peas or corn in one meal! We have had a lot more raw carrots recently at meals - hahaha.</p> <p>@bhbee: Definitely a win for the TP!!</p> <p>This was interesting to read through.....some common themes and some unique ones :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-wiped-out-at-your-grocery-store#post-2913620 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 17:53:52 +0000 helloperidot 2913620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've been ordering grocery delivery through Shipt at Target (yay!). Pro tip-- there's a little section where you can ask for additional items that aren't listed online, and that's where I ask for toilet paper.</p> <p>My Shipt shopper today said his weirdest out of stock items have been olives and hair dye. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-wiped-out-at-your-grocery-store#post-2913619 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 17:37:10 +0000 codeitall 2913619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Other than cleaning supplies, the only thing our store has been short on is the dried snap peas! They're practically a staple in my house for my picky kids so we've been experimenting with quinoa and lentil crisps/chips instead. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-wiped-out-at-your-grocery-store#post-2913591 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 13:46:40 +0000 wrkbrk 2913591@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our little local store has been out of frozen pizza and ice cream! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-wiped-out-at-your-grocery-store#post-2913588 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 12:56:12 +0000 foodiebee 2913588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lima beans, oddly?!</p> <p>We don't have Istacart here but we have Shipt, and we realized that their app/site must not be keeping up very well, because it would say the store was out of a TON of stuff but if we went to the store ourselves (which we did when we couldn't get a delivery time), everything we wanted was in stock. We would've gotten a tiny percentage of our shopping list if we'd stuck with ordering through them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-wiped-out-at-your-grocery-store#post-2913580 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 11:21:56 +0000 mdf106 2913580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The stores here are out of different things for different trips. They have been most consistently out of paper goods, fresh herbs and garlic, and fresh staples. Frozen and canned foods have generally been fine. </p> <p>I have had luck buying toilet paper on Amazon. They don't always have it, but if you are persistent in checking they have some within a day or so of when I start looking. They always have plenty of commercial toilet paper if anyone is desperate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-wiped-out-at-your-grocery-store#post-2913578 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 10:53:11 +0000 Bluemasonjar 2913578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@newlypregnantlady: I bought extra flour and sugar early on too. I figured I would need to do some more baking and I was right.</p> <p>Our store was out of marshmallows for a few weeks and Pillsbury cinnamon rolls. We haven't found toilet paper yet but are also avoiding going into the store and I find it frustrating that it is not available for curbside pick up anywhere, like it isn't an option. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-wiped-out-at-your-grocery-store#post-2913563 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 23:21:31 +0000 Corduroy 2913563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bhbee: Just a guess on Rotini but I know my food manufacturing plants have been replenishing select items and skipping those with longer changeover times to increase output in general. It's probably easier to keep running spaghetti. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-wiped-out-at-your-grocery-store#post-2913562 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 21:57:37 +0000 PinkElephant 2913562@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LemonJack: What's even crazier than shipping toilet paper is people trying to steal shipped toilet paper - I ordered a high back booster last week and the bottom of the box had been opened when it got to me - I think someone thought it was toilet paper. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-wiped-out-at-your-grocery-store#post-2913561 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 21:19:29 +0000 bhbee 2913561@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@newlypregnantlady: the craft issue is crazy! I’ve been looking for more cheap acrylic paint I can pick up or ship and the price is crazy. Also it has been hard to find painters tape because everyone is doing that chalk mosaic! :silly: </p> <p>@JennyLayneAZ: i really wanted hot sausage for an Easter breakfast casserole but couldn’t find any!</p> <p>I had to laugh today - I went as soon as the store was open to regular people (since they’re all doing the vulnerable populations hour first) and they had decent produce stock overall but the entire avocado table they had was empty. What are people doing with that many avocados?? Also it’s funny to me that it’s been impossible to buy rotini. You can get other pasta types but never rotini!</p> <p>I managed to buy tp which felt like a big win :silly: - things are still fairly wiped out around us for any staples or cleaning or paper products. I really wonder where people are putting all this stuff ... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-wiped-out-at-your-grocery-store#post-2913560 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 20:50:44 +0000 newlypregnantlady 2913560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The flour thing is nuts to me. Thankfully (??) I was freaking out about this in February and bought two extra bags of flour, so we’ve got an okay amount., plus we always have GF flour on hand for school bake sales. Which you can’t make bread out of but does make decent pancakes and waffles. </p> <p>I noticed recently stores are out of frozen pizza and butter. And Target’s craft/school supplies section was EMPTY. I usually get art supplies at the dollar store so paying non-dollar store prices for things like play doh, paint, chalk, paper, stickers and glue really makes me depressed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-wiped-out-at-your-grocery-store#post-2913559 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 20:30:10 +0000 Mama Bird 2913559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Garlic, onion, lemons and frozen meat. But this was only the first week that people realized they need to stock up. I went shopping the week after that and found all of these things no problem. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-wiped-out-at-your-grocery-store#post-2913551 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 18:09:36 +0000 erinbaderin 2913551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Weirdly, the only thing I had a problem finding today was gummy bears, a special request from my six year old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-wiped-out-at-your-grocery-store#post-2913549 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 17:02:35 +0000 LemonJack 2913549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Most things have bounced back here. I agree I haven’t been able to find yeast, but I still have some, so I hope by the time I need more it’s back in stock.</p> <p>My brother lives across the country and couldn’t find toilet paper anywhere. I shipped him some and he was so excited. 2020 is a crazy year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-wiped-out-at-your-grocery-store#post-2913548 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 16:24:55 +0000 Becky 2913548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If your store is limiting milk, you should report them to your regional chapter of the American Dairy Association. You can email or call. These store limits are a major reason behind milk dumping right now. That plus reduced demand from schools and restaurants, and naturally increased supply because its spring and cows make more milk in spring. </p> <p>You can’t really do Instacart here right now and haven’t been able to for 3 weeks. So when I say only cleaning supplies and paper towels are wiped out, that’s because we’ve been going to the store (we usually do Instacart in regular times). I just heard Wegmans employees are going to be working alongside Instacart to fulfill orders so that should help. They’re only rolling it out a few stores at a time though so I’ll wait a bit to try because they will likely be overwhelmed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-wiped-out-at-your-grocery-store#post-2913547 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 16:24:04 +0000 Orange Lily 2913547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@josina: I would be baking cookies if I could just get my hands on some! I have some baking chocolate that I could also cut up into chunks if things get really desperate. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-wiped-out-at-your-grocery-store#post-2913545 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 16:13:48 +0000 josina 2913545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Orange Lily: lol, we've actually bought 3 bags of chocolate chips since this started! Baking way too much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-wiped-out-at-your-grocery-store#post-2913542 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 15:48:04 +0000 Orange Lily 2913542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, yeast and flour are in scarce supply here. Also, beans and lentils of every variety, dry or canned, and oatmeal was hard to find. No problem with milk or eggs after the initial week or so of panic. This last week, I noticed that all the chocolate chips were sold out! Cookies anyone??? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-wiped-out-at-your-grocery-store#post-2913531 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 12:46:38 +0000 MrsJBeeG 2913531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rocker2014: I agree that time matters. Our stores are doing a lot better at stocking most stuff - other than cleaning supplies, paper products and flour and yeast. But the best selection is when one of us goes in the morning. </p> <p>For those looking for yeast - I note that if you are comfortable going out (I’m in an area where the peak was reached a week ago so we are on the decline that has helped me feel better) the stores that are the cash and carry selling bulk for restaurants - in our area has yeast. I’ve always baked bread and made my own pizza dough so yeast is something I have. As luck has it - I ran out right in tome for the runs on yeast (never thought I’d type that) but our local cash and carry store had a nice selection - in a larger quantity so I picked it up to restock my normal supply. Just wanted to share as it might help someone else looking for it. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-wiped-out-at-your-grocery-store#post-2913526 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 12:16:02 +0000 Rocker2014 2913526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been finding that time of day matters for finding things. Every time I get out early in the morning - like 8am - to go shopping (I'm going weekly) I haven't had any issues. But I've had to do a few later in the day trips for prescriptions and the stores have been very picked over.</p> <p>Predictably, cleaning supplies have been the exception to this. And for some reason bananas were completely wiped out 3 weeks in a row, but were back this past weekend. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-wiped-out-at-your-grocery-store#post-2913524 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 12:07:36 +0000 lindseykaye 2913524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Stores are still out of frozen veggies in my area, and during the last online order they were out of whole milk entirely. I was able to sub for 2% thankfully but that was surprising. </p> <p>Our stores are limiting to 2 each on a ton of products to try and keep shelves stocked for more people. Milk gallons, rice, bread, certain dry or canned goods, cleaning and sanitizing products, etc. </p> <p>We are trying to do a grocery order every 2 weeks and I'm re-working my meal planning to use the fresh fruits and veggies during that first week after delivery and canned/frozen stuff we have saved up during the second week. It's working ok so far even if I'm having major sticker shock based on the upcharge for items through delivery and the final total when getting so much at once. But, I'm very thankful that the grocery delivery service even exists and that we are in a position to use it.</p> <p>I did a Target Shipt order last week to get things for Easter and thanked our shopper for being the Easter Bunny's assistant this year. I couldn't get any of the Easter candy or goodies that were still on my list through our grocery store or Amazon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-wiped-out-at-your-grocery-store#post-2913516 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 10:02:16 +0000 bees_knees 2913516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@josina: yes I think they’re in the verge of having to dump/waste milk products all over the county. There shouldn’t be a limit 😬</p> <p>I haven’t been able to find any flour or yeast. Peanut butter. Rice. Dried beans. Bottled water. And bananas. </p>