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We had to order a 5 pound bag of whole beans from a preferred roaster last week to get a decent price including shipping. That will last for quite a while!
 
1 Walmart was out of TP by me (Arizona). No idea if any other stores are running low. I needed something else from that aisle anyway.

I don't drink coffee so no impact there.
 
erkevin said:
Costcos are again being over-run in some areas. Hoarding toilet paper, of course (even though most of it is produced domestically....)
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Yep, I went to my local Costco to get other stuff, and the TP and PT aisle was wiped clean.

As for coffee, we are not coffee drinker so no impact. But I do not relish having our many friends who do drink coffee being deprived of it, things could get ugly.
 
jollystomper said:
Yep, I went to my local Costco to get other stuff, and the TP and PT aisle was wiped clean.

As for coffee, we are not coffee drinker so no impact. But I do not relish having our many friends who do drink coffee being deprived of it, things could get ugly.
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So bizarre! This stuff is produced domestically - why the hoarding?
 
aja8888 said:
100+ rolls of TP in storage is over the top paranoia. Seek professional help! :oops: :eek:
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I've been working the excess supply down since then. Haven't bought a roll since before Covid.
Now coffee, that's another story...have brought that supply down (some) but almost bought more today (expresso beans to be specific).

However, it (TP) was like GOLD in 2020 (I was like Oprah "And one for you, and one for you too!".
 
We did notice a lot of people with bottled water in their carts yesterday at Costco. But that’s not unusual.
 
Toilet paper and paper towels are an excellent investment if you have room to store them. I really loaded up before I retired in 2016 and was still working on them in 2020 when covid hit. In fact I had so much TP that I gave the nursing home workers an entire big BJ bundle.

When you factor in price inflation TP and paper towels outperform treasury bills even with current rates.
 
I was getting ready to order coffee anyway so I just ordered a few days earlier and added 2 extra bags based on this thread. All whole bean. I’m on the west coast but I don’t take chances with coffee. It certainly won’t go to waste.

I got extra of my mom’s applesauce because she saw on the news that it was going to be impacted by the strike. I usually keep an extra supply anyway because sometimes they are out and she only eats a specific kind. When you are 95 you should get what you want.
 
skipro33 said:
The reason that there's no strike on west coast ports is because they are already automated. East coast workers should know by now, as California goes, so goes the rest of the nation eventually. This is a fight the can't win. The formula for conversion to automation exists and they hasten it's implementation by fighting to keep the status quo.
They were offered a 50% pay increase when the average East coast dock worker earns $150,000 a year already.
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This was posted at CBS News in an article dated today:
"Pay for longshoremen is based on their years of experience. Under the ILA's former contract with USMX, which expired on Monday, starting pay for dockworkers was $20 per hour. That rose to $24.75 per hour after two years on the job and to $31.90 after three years, topping out at $39 for workers with at least six years of service."

I'm curious, what source did you use that claims average dock workers earn $150,000?
 
audreyh1 said:
We did notice a lot of people with bottled water in their carts yesterday at Costco. But that’s not unusual.
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Water I can understand. I'm sure more than a few people are reassessing their emergency stock after seeing the effects of Hurricane Helene.
 
obsessed said:
Water I can understand. I'm sure more than a few people are reassessing their emergency stock after seeing the effects of Hurricane Helene.
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I was pleased to learn that water never, ever expires. So once your stocked up for three days, you can mark that off as 'done' for forever, pretty much.
 
ElizabethT said:
I was pleased to learn that water never, ever expires. So once your stocked up for three days, you can mark that off as 'done' for forever, pretty much.
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Water itself might not expire, but the container might deteriorate quicker than you think - especially plastic bottles. Under that weight, they eventually go, and it's not terribly long. (as someone who keeps hurricane supplies, I can tell you this first hand).
 
Qs Laptop said:
The 50% pay increase was spread out over 5 years.
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And usually these things come to a head after the workers have been in a deficit, or not received COLA increases for some time, so a fair chunk of the increase is to make up for that.

It's also very physical work that one can't exactly hope to do until retirement age.
 
motley said:
Wow if true, I hope they're replaced now. wth?
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This is what NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt reported last night. I've taken to DVR'ing the news so I could replay things I was sure I must have misheard, like these tidbits on the average dock worker's wages and what the pay raise amount was.
 
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