Went to Woodward Corner Market (owned by Meijer), the Birmingham Kroger, and the Birmingham Speedway this morning.
I did observe clerks at the Kroger and Speedway wearing latex gloves.
The Shell & Mobil stations along Woodward are overpriced. Speedway's price has come down to $1.99. I suspect gasoline will be near $1.79 in the days ahead; it can already be had for that price in some communities.
The Woodward Corner Market was not busy at all and Kroger was only moderately busy.
The Kroger shelves were ransacked; it looked like a major hurricane or crippling blizzard was approaching! Cleaning aisle was completely empty except for dishwasher detergent, toilet bowl cleaner, and swiffer dry pads.
The paper towel, kleenex, and toilet paper aisle was 100% empty.
Waffles - gone. Soup - gone. Rice - gone. Full service meat counter - empty. (The self-serve meat aisle was reasonably well stocked, and the deli counter appeared completely stocked.)
The bread aisle at the Kroger was in pretty good shape. Bought two packages of hamburger buns for $1.29 a piece; they were super fresh! (March 26 expiry.)
Now, for the WCM:
- Produce aisle and baked goods section were exquisitely well stocked. TONS of bananas on the shelf.
- Pallets with Meijer brand paper towel and Meijer brand toilet paper were found in two spots through the store. The actual paper products aisle, though, was bare. There were plenty of disposable plastic cups, however.
- Soup aisle was empty; boxes of rice were completely wiped out but there were still a decent number of single-serve rice cups & packets as well as some 16 oz bags of rice on the lowest shelf.
- All ground beef was completely wiped out, except for some hamburger patties.
- Here's the one that shocked me: Bread aisle was COMPLETELY EMPTY! (You could buy fresh loaves of bread in the front of the store from local bakeries as usual, though.)
- Plenty of jugs of white vinegar were in stock, found on an end cap. Good substitute for Lysol. I like mixing white vinegar with Dawn dish soap in a spray bottle for general purpose cleaning.
Both Kroger and WCM had plenty of dry cereal on hand. The snack / junk food aisles were also fully stocked.
Morgan Wallen is a piece of garbage.