Yesterday evening we went to town, as we seem to be doing every Tuesday evening. I hate to admit it but Tuesday is the only day of the week that I have a commitment away from home so that means . . clean up, put on make up and look presentable, so every Tuesday when Vince gets home, he says “Do you want to go to town?” If we can get all our shopping done (we = the two of us), then I don’t have to go back to town over the weekend. He will often go to Walmart or Home Depot but I get to stay home because . . I went to town on Tuesday!
Yesterday we went to United because Vince wanted some fruit and about the only thing our Aldi seems to not score an A+ with me is their fruit. We went to United, got fruit and a few other things Vince wanted but we were going to Aldi so I didn’t buy anything I knew I could get at Aldi.
When we walked in to Aldi, I knew there was a problem. There was hardly an extra inventory and the farther we went through the store, the less stock there was. They were completely out of the coconut milk we wanted; completely out of hot dog buns, completely out of almost all their breads. I was going to get a couple of boneless legs of lamb but they only had one. Vince asked the lady if they had more coconut milk and she said “We have nothing except what’s out!” She went on to tell us that they order from a warehouse in Houston. She said another warehouse was going to try to get the some inventory but it would not be what they had ordered . . just what that warehouse could send.
I’m not concerned. United seemed to be fully stocked. I think Kroger and United get deliveries from Dallas. But, it makes you think when not even a full week after the storm hit Houston, store shelves are beginning to look empty here.
One thing they did have that I thought looked interesting in a weird kind of way . .
Bourbon, Whiskey, Bacon Sausage
I didn’t get any. Vince said “Get it!” and I said “No, there’s only one package left and someone else may be craving this.” Really, it didn’t look too interesting to me. I would taste it if someone was serving it but I’m not buying a whole package just to try it. I might would like it (doubtful) but . . maybe someone else will be happy I left it behind.
What do you think? Would you try it? Have you tried that or something similar?
Joyce says
I noticed that as soon as the hurricane hit, gas prices here jumped 10 cents a gallon. Missouri gets a lot of gas from Texas, so I’m sure prices will be up for a while. I hope your Aldi’s is able to order from elsewhere for a while!
sharon says
they are up 10 cents in Massachusetts too….greed I tell you just more greed can’t imagine our gas comes all the way from Texas
Liz (in OK) says
Actually, there is a major gas, diesel and aviation fuel pipeline (Colonial Pipeline) system that delivers fuel from the Houston refineries to the east coast. One news report stated that the southern region gets 40% of their gas through this pipeline. In addition, the storm has shut down or caused reduced production, accounting for a 20% decline in refining capability. And, based on a quick review of where refineries are and what they produce, the Gulf Coast area produces most of the finished gas stock. Sorry, MA doesn’t have any refineries.I think there were only 7 or 8 in the East region!
Here is one story – http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/30/investing/colonial-pipeline-harvey-gas-lousiana-texas/index.html
JudyL says
It may not be greed. It may be real and yes, your gas may very well be coming from Texas.
Cilla Tyler says
Yep, I would try it but not under your circumstances. Let someone who really needs it purchase it.
dezertsuz says
No, I wouldn’t eat it. Not even at a friend’s house. But that’s an interesting thing. The repercussions of this storm are going to be felt in many odd places. Our gas went from $2.02 to $2.15 overnight, and I expect it to go up higher. Normally, we have fairly cheap gas because of the Haslam family being in state politics and the owners of Pilot/Flying J, which is headquartered here. We have lower taxes on gasoline. I guess even they can’t fight the effects of a hurricane, though!