Grocery shopping tips during Coronavirus quarantine

[Luckyzmom]

Produce is moving to grocery stores regularly, the food service side has slowed way down because no school and restaurants. Dairy farmers all of a sudden are having to dump milk. Due to decreased demand it's going to be a rough year all around. Please remember the growers and farmers in your prayers. Many family operations can't survive this craziness JMO

 

[mickey2942]

Produce is moving to grocery stores regularly, the food service side has slowed way down because no school and restaurants. Dairy farmers all of a sudden are having to dump milk. Due to decreased demand it's going to be a rough year all around. Please remember the growers and farmers in your prayers. Many family operations can't survive this craziness JMO

That is why I signed up for a local CSA. Veggies, milk, eggs, and bread starting May 25, until November 20.

 

[Luckyzmom]

That is why I signed up for a local CSA. Veggies, milk, eggs, and bread starting May 25, until November 20.

That's an awesome idea !!! Thanks for sharing!

 

[PayrollNerd]

We have a huge produce farmer and a dairy farmer here. The dairy farmer brings milk to the produce farmers stand. You drive up to the sign board listing everything, they go pack it while you go online and pay from your phone. We also have a sod farmer that grows organic vegs. They take orders online, go to one spot in each county and put it in peoples trunk. If you let them know you can’t get there due to health, they deliver, no charge. The outpouring of support to shop small and local is amazing. This pic is just 1 of their produce sign boards. They have a board for all the home canned items too like jam, salsa, pickled vegs, etc.

 

[IceIce9]

I just saw today that a local restaurant supply store is selling to the public now, since most of the restaurants are closed. It is completely contact-free, you order online or by phone and then they give you an appointment time. You pull up in front at your time and they load into your trunk.

They have tons of flour in all different types, as well as yeast and other things that have been extremely difficult to find around here. Plus all kinds of fresh and frozen fancy desserts that restaurants serve, meat, seafood, etc.

 

[PayrollNerd]

I just saw today that a local restaurant supply store is selling to the public now, since most of the restaurants are closed. It is completely contact-free, you order online or by phone and then they give you an appointment time. You pull up in front at your time and they load into your trunk.

They have tons of flour in all different types, as well as yeast and other things that have been extremely difficult to find around here. Plus all kinds of fresh and frozen fancy desserts that restaurants serve, meat, seafood, etc.

That sounds like our Gordons Food Service store. You can or could, go in and shop if you want to. They do the curbside service now. Most stuff is in bulk but that’s not an issue now since everyone is home and cooking/baking.

 

[IceIce9]

That sounds like our Gordons Food Service store. You can or could, go in and shop if you want to. They do the curbside service now. Most stuff is in bulk but that’s not an issue now since everyone is home and cooking/baking.

We have a Gordon’s too, but this restaurant supply store doesn’t normally sell to the public. They just deliver to restaurants.

 

[Laughing]

Hey with all those chickpeas, drain well & make meringue!!!

Vegan Meringue Cookies - it doesn't taste like chicken

Yum!

 

[PayrollNerd]

Hey with all those chickpeas, drain well & make meringue!!!

Vegan Meringue Cookies - it doesn't taste like chicken

Yum!

LOL! I gotta save this! Our allergies are crazy.

 

[ilovewings]

FYI- Target had more toilet paper than any other store I have been to---- they also had Kleenex and paper towels but no disinfectant wipes or rubbing alcohol. I am going to take the suggestion from someone on this site (though I can't recall who): I am going to use 3% hydrogen peroxide: I googled it and it said that percentage will kill the coronavirus.

 

[Betty P]

I am not shopping at all for the next 3 weeks. Time to hunker down and use up the freezer and pantry food.

I went out to the grocery store today for the first time in 3 weeks. Not a pleasant experience, as about half the people there completely ignored social distance guidelines, pushing and bumping into me. A couple snorted, pointed and laughed because I was wearing a mask. They step in front of you and reach around you at the meat counter. Not necessary at all, as the store was about 1/3 the normal amount of customers. The other half were being considerate of each other, wearing masks, etc.

All paper products were gone, but as others say, there was plenty of fresh produce, baked goods (plenty of bread, buns, bagels of all brands, etc.) No flour of any kind to be had. Few cleaners, no wipes or any kind of sanitizer. Lots of booze, though I didn't buy any. Also interesting, they were completely out of most kinds of basic sliced cheese, like the kind you use for sandwiches.

This is the local chain version of Whole Foods, catering to the wealthy folks. I'm sticking with Instacart after that experience.

 

[lonetraveler]

I like Aldis. I buy their Winking Owl Pinot Grigio now & then.

I absolutely love the Winking Owl wine. I bought four chardonnay.

 

[lonetraveler]

Been working on a project and needed printer ink. It's amazing that the office supplies aisle is barricaded off in Sam's as non-essential but I went to Staples and got to purchase the printer's ink as essential.

 

[oviedo]

I absolutely love the Winking Owl wine. I bought four chardonnay.

It’s cheaper to buy the box - a nice white blend and a red blend - each box has 4 bottles in a plastic pouch $10.89 and then you can fill the pouch with water and freeze for hurricane season - I make sangria with them an orange grapefruit simple syrup - it’s yummy ! And super inexpensive

 

[lonetraveler]

Hey with all those chickpeas, drain well & make meringue!!!

Vegan Meringue Cookies - it doesn't taste like chicken

Yum!

chickpeas = humus to me.

 

[lonetraveler]

It’s cheaper to buy the box - a nice white blend and a red blend - each box has 4 bottles in a plastic pouch $10.89 and then you can fill the pouch with water and freeze for hurricane season - I make sangria with them an orange grapefruit simple syrup - it’s yummy ! And super inexpensive

I haven't seen a box of Winking Owl. I'll look tomorrow.

 

[Laughing]

chickpeas = humus to me.

yeah, and the meringue cookies are what you do with the liquid poured off the canned chickpeas.

If you soak them yourself, you'll probably need to simmer your soaking liquid a while to get ready for aquafaba cookies. I repeat, yum!

 

[LadyL]

That is why I signed up for a local CSA. Veggies, milk, eggs, and bread starting May 25, until November 20.

what is CSA?

 

[mickey2942]

what is CSA?

What to Know About Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA)

You can usually find one in your area by putting your town name and CSA in Google search bar.

 

[LadyL]

Walmart in my area had hand sanitizer so maybe rolled out to all of them - check yours
I was too late and it sold out before I could order pickup