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Yeast! I’ve had it on my grocery list the entire time we’ve been home but DH has yet to have success in finding it.

@JennyPenny: yes! I haven't been able to find yeast at all in a few weeks. Oh, and at Target on Friday there was no peanut butter or rice at all. They must not have restocked yet that day because I kind of thought we were past that point.

Flour and frozen peas. And all cleaning supplies/toilet paper. I should be ok on all of those for a little while but the toilet paper one is starting to annoy me.

I did online shopping/pickup at Walmart for the first time, so I'm not sure if it's just because of that, or the store was out-out - but I couldn't get any of the Easter candy I ordered (jelly beans, chocolate bunnies, whopper eggs), asparagus, shredded mozzarella cheese, kiwi, fruit loops, hot dog buns, canned chicken, or big marshmallows.
And what's up with the limit of 2 on milk?! That will only last us 3 days and we're trying to shop LESS! (not to mention I keep seeing how farmers are having to dump milk).

Gosh, all of the above? Lol I finally found cake mix, dry pinto beans, jimmy dean hot sausage, and kraft macaroni and cheese at walmart on friday morning. My daughters burthday is nect week and all she wants is "strawberry cake" and presents (Shes turning 4) so i was happy to find the cake mix finally since we can't have a birthday party.

And my husband said yesterday they're urging people to not go to the grocery store for the next 2 weeks, since that's when AZ is supposed to peak. I, too, will be out of milk long before then.

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.

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.

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.

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.

@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.

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.

@Orange Lily: lol, we've actually bought 3 bags of chocolate chips since this started! Baking way too much.

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.

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.

Weirdly, the only thing I had a problem finding today was gummy bears, a special request from my six year old.

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.

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.

@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.

@newlypregnantlady: I bought extra flour and sugar early on too. I figured I would need to do some more baking and I was right.

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.

Lima beans, oddly?!

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.

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.

@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!!

@bhbee: that's nuts!

@periwinklebee: Yes, I was thinking the peri bottle too!!!