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Cat Food: The Quest
Housemate went to five different stores yesterday to buy cat food. Up to now, I've been doing all the grocery shopping, and while she's heard my tales of empty shelves and random shortages, she hadn't really taken it on board properly. So she didn't think it was a big deal when I said, Hey, we're opening the last bag of cat food, we should get more now. And now here we are at the end of the last bag, and... yeah, you get to go on an epic quest, because it's no longer something that can be put off.
Apparently Purina is having supply problems. And of course whatever variety we decide is our standard immediately becomes hard to find even when there isn't a pandemic going on, so....
(We aren't hoarding. But I have been making an effort to keep more margin on the necessities, restocking when we're down to one package instead of one item, etc., so that if we can't get something right away we've got some leeway. And now, so is she.)
ETA: I went to another store the next day: Of the size we wanted, their chain (one of the big ones) had only one bag in the entire state (and that about two hours away). And just 57 bags throughout the chain nationwide. Fortunately the cats will eat other things, but sheesh!
Apparently Purina is having supply problems. And of course whatever variety we decide is our standard immediately becomes hard to find even when there isn't a pandemic going on, so....
(We aren't hoarding. But I have been making an effort to keep more margin on the necessities, restocking when we're down to one package instead of one item, etc., so that if we can't get something right away we've got some leeway. And now, so is she.)
ETA: I went to another store the next day: Of the size we wanted, their chain (one of the big ones) had only one bag in the entire state (and that about two hours away). And just 57 bags throughout the chain nationwide. Fortunately the cats will eat other things, but sheesh!