The service meat cases were full as were most items in the packaged meat.  That store gets it's pork from Hormel so still has some supply coming in.  One of the meat guys said it's getting tight because of all of the Smithfield/JBS customers now trying to buy from Hormel. 

Grocery aisles were mostly full save for a few items.  Even the canned goods and baking supplies looked better.  Cleaning supplies and paper goods were a bit sparse but Costco is just a few miles down the road and they have plenty.

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The meat cases at the supermarkets I go to are full. Plenty of beef, pork and poultry. I got a good selection of meat in the freezer, plus canned products. I'm good for at least the month of May.

I imagine if meat really starts to get scarce, plant based substitutions will skyrocket.

I went to Key Food today and the meat selections were skimpy. A lot of cuts were missing. Also, there were many gaps in the shelves as well.

Although nothing as jaw dropping as Wegmans at the beginning of the pandemic.

Aldi's has been rather bare for a while in the meat section.  

The Aldi's I go to is OK. Not brimming with meats but they did seem to have every kind.

Congratulations Greg!!!

Aldi today, everything looked stocked.  They even had bulk t.p. 12 pk.  An entire pallet of flour, but there were only a few bags of sugar.  They're still limiting the number of people in store to 20 customers.

What I bought and shouldn't have?  A banana cream pie.   short story:  half went in the garbage (toilet)  SHAME on me.

Sister just came bask from our local Food Bazaar. Meats were in short supply. Beef, pork and poultry had large gaps in their displays.

HEB has begun limiting packages of meat.  There's one set of limits where Glenn lives and another set for where I live.  

Unfortunately, it will get worse.  Eggs are being dumped.  There is a shortage of retail consumer packaging since those plants are closed.  Packaging for restaurants is different.  Since cruise lines, schools,  and restaurants are not operating or operating with less business, there is no demand there.

Around here (& the rest of the US), chicken flocks, both layers and broilers, are being gassed to reduce them.  People are not showing up to the processing plants to work (that's also around the country).  Again, with schools closed, milk demand is way down.  Farmers are having to dump milk in their fields.  

I could go on & on why there is a shortage starting.  Living in small farm territory I see it first hand.

Where's the beef?  Didn't Wendy's use to ask that? 

Now YOU can ask THEM.  One out of 5 will say "we don't have any".

Eddie:  I dunno why they call this hamburger helper, it does just fine by itself.

I like it better than tuna helper, don't you Clark?

Clark:  You're the gourmet around here Ed.

Clark:  No meat in this?

Ellen:  You get plenty of meat at home.  Be polite, have some ketchup.

Clark:  Real tomato ketchup Ed?

Ed:  Oh nothing but the best.

Kroger on the other hand, had beef in both the service counter and prepack case.  They were however, low on 

Marie Callender frozen entrees, which come from ConAgra, the 'food' version of WCI.

Thanks Eddie.  I thought that might be good for a snicker.  True too.

I can scratch-cook many of my favorites but it's a disproportionate amount of work/time for one serving so I fall back on frozen maybe 1/3 of the time.  The frozen dinner market is in a pretty sorry state.  Like the present appliance business, too much middle-management meddling, pricepoint and cost reduction emphasis.  Throw in seasoning abuse (mainly sodium) and shelflife chemistry and there's not a whole lot of tolerable choices left.  Watery mashed potatoes?  Come OOONNN.  What's the excuse for THAT?

My local Wendy's had a notice posted at the drive through that due to supply issues, some items on the menu may not be available. They had burgers when I ordered. I guess I was lucky.

The Hy-Vee line of grocery stores (mostly upper midwest) has implemented limits of 4 packages of meat per customer.

An experiment:  Ordered 10 plain hamburgers (no pickles, condiments, etc) at McDonald's drive-thru. Put them in a jumbo ZipLoc bag and then into the freezer.  White Castle sells boxes of their burgers frozen that microwave well, so thought this would be a cheap way to mimic that.  If so, may just get another 10 and be stocked with burgers for awhile.

Aldi's yesterday, meat secion looked stocked, though chicken was a bit low.

Tried the Impossible Whopper.  I ordered a "2 for $6" and got the Whopper and a Crispy Chicken sandwiche. I don't know which one I like better.

They were both good.  I haven't ordered a full size Whopper in probably 20 years nor have I had a BurgerKing Chicken sandwich , ever.  If I go to BK it's usually for a small onion ring and a jr. whopper or regular hamburger.  

Since it's vegan, I would order it again even though it's more expensive than a jr. hamburger from either BD, McD, or Wendys.

Maybe make a complete list and put it on the door with a pencil or pen nearby so you can easily cross off when you take something out.  Also, you can look at the list and easily see what you have without having to put on gloves and shuffle through everything with the door open losing cold.