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by gremlinsinc 2285 days ago
I live in a town w/ 3 grocery stores and a lot of rural suburbs w/out any. (Cedar City, UT)... when there's panics, even a snowstorm, the supply chain breaks down fast.

This is epic levels... I like to have some 'easy' comfort food like instant oatmeal, and had to go to all 3 stores to find some and it wasn't my go to quaker oats maple/brown sugar but I took 2 weeks worth anyways. Canned goods were gone... I can't find dinty moore anywhere after 5 different attempts over a week, I gave up.

I got plenty of junk food, some stuff to last me till my wife gets back in town to cook us food, and we have lots of meat stocked up from her parent's hunt last year. We won't starve, but w/ restaurants closing, this will hurt a lot who eat out a lot. It's not like they even get the benefit of 'saving money' since they now are likely temporarily laid off without income...

I know for a fact the supplies were replenished, but then unplenished at least 1-2 times in past week. Small town problems, at least social distancing is easier when there's not a lot to do that isn't four wheeling or hunting, or fishing which is already pretty seclusive.