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Same reason you can’t bring cups to refill at Starbucks, I guess. Hy-Vee announced it.why?
Same reason you can’t bring cups to refill at Starbucks, I guess. Hy-Vee announced it.why?
Far less sterile than new bags. I suppose they are worried about the baggers being exposed, as well as all the surfaces the bags touch. Same is true for reusable cups at coffee places. So, strike one against the environment, but on the other hand, I hear we are polluting the air less with our cars and planes...why?
I ordered Bisquick last week. I got hot cocoa mix! And instead of grapes, they substituted plums. It's a surprise every time you open a bag.Omg I’m instacart shopping right now. Everything is being refunded because they don’t have it!!! I am asking for whatever replacements can be provided.
Prepare a bleach solution by mixing:
Per CDC
- 5 tablespoons (1/3rd cup) bleach per gallon of water or
- 4 teaspoons bleach per quart of water
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) - Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection Recommendations
I don’t know what planet these selfish idiots live on but anybody who can see the suffering in Italy and still pretend like this is a big joke is beyond me.
If necessary, I can hold out for 6-8 weeks without hitting a store. Only because I can easily go w/o eating! I’d hate to be without fresh produce that long tho, especially with warm weather on the horizon.I went out earlier to grab some food I had forgotten to buy last week. Figured I would stock up before the "stay in place" order goes into effect on sunday here in NYC. I have a compromised immune system but most importantly to me - I don't want to pass Covid to anyone else if there was a chance I did have it. Anyway, I was shocked about how many people just Did. Not. Care. about the 6 foot rule. Just gave no ****. The market was even pacing how many people were in the store. Plenty of room! Oy.
How did your store handle pacing? I’d like to see ours do the same.
I went out earlier to grab some food I had forgotten to buy last week. Figured I would stock up before the "stay in place" order goes into effect on sunday here in NYC. I have a compromised immune system but most importantly to me - I don't want to pass Covid to anyone else if there was a chance I did have it. Anyway, I was shocked about how many people just Did. Not. Care. about the 6 foot rule. Just gave no ****. The market was even pacing how many people were in the store. Plenty of room! Oy.
Ok I have a plastic tub I normally use for cleaning supplies.
Filled it with bleach and water.
Walking out to doorstep with gloves and will first put each delivered item in bleach bucket.
Eta:
Better idea
It’s heavy. Next time use flower pot to transport water
Qmfr:
Wow. Apparently some things aren’t sealed like we thought. Just had a frozen bag of veggies fill up with bleach water. Nice.
I don't plan on going out until 14 days after I got sick, if then. My husband still goes to work every day and leaves early to run in the store if we need anything. He's expecting them to close the business soon and he'll only run in if there's an emergency need. I have enough stocked up to last 4-6 weeks. Once they close we'll hunker down. Thanks for the prayers. I'm feeling better every day. Can't wait to get the garden in.I don't want to alarm anyone. I'm not usually a person who panics. But stay home as long as you possibly can. If you can have something delivered to you-- do that instead. If someone offers to shop for you and leave the groceries on your doorstep with no contact, accept their help and wipe everything down when you bring it in. I meant to fill my car with gasoline but I was so freaked out by the behavior of others that I completely forgot. I have 1/4 tank and usually stay full for emergency situations. I suppose I'll have to go out tomorrow and fill up. At least I can pump my own gas with gloves on my hands and use the car and pumps as a physical barrier to avoid anyone getting near. People are acting strange and there's this eerie feeling in the air out there. I don't like it. I want nothing more than to wake up tomorrow and find out this has all been a bizarre dream.
ETA: And I hope you feel better soon. I'll say a prayer for you.
MOO.
Oh no! If they are the steam-in-bag type of veggies they always have tiny holes to release the steam and many other frozen bags have holes where the perforations are for opening them. I'm using wipes to clean my groceries but I decided not to try to wipe my freezer items that were in bags (frozen veggies, frozen fruit and sweet potato fries). Instead, I put them in a separate freezer and will wait 3-6 days to use any of them. I'm hoping that will kill the virus as it needs a human host to survive longer, right? I wiped as much as I could down (mostly the cold items) but I left some shelf stable items out in my car trunk. I didn't want to waste wipes and I ran out of energy trying to get the cold stuff put away without cross contamination. I hope we don't have to do this for very long.
MOO.
I feel like one very big concern about COVID-19 is all the panic buying of toilet paper, hand sanitizer, canned foods, etc. While these may be necessary to have, buying out an entire stores stock just to hoard for yourself is unfair to those who actually need the stuff, whether their more susceptible to the virus or not. It's also hard for grocery stores to keep up with these high demands, with these items selling out incredibly quick and limitations on how much of each items a store can order. However, everything else brought up in this thread is definitely a cause for concern as well.