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8. Amazon is gouging for powdered milk

Mon Apr 20, 2020, 04:43 PM

Apr 2020

If I have to go to the supermarket I'll just buy fresh milk.

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Eggs triple in price-beef at least 4.00 a lb higher! [View all] Blueplanet Apr 2020 OP

Virus blowups at meat packers. Shortage of farm labourers. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #1

I prefer canned milk. Haven't seen powdered eggs. GreenPartyVoter Apr 2020 #2

And yet chicken/egg farmers are wasting eggs. MontanaMama Apr 2020 #3

I couldn't easily find powdered milk a year ago MissB Apr 2020 #4

If you do not have a freezer Blueplanet Apr 2020 #6

Amazon is gouging for powdered milk Shermann Apr 2020 #8

We have a freezer... Xolodno Apr 2020 #9

No thanks. nt dware Apr 2020 #13

So what's your solution? dware Apr 2020 #15

Lol... so cute. demmiblue Apr 2020 #16

Seriously, dware Apr 2020 #17

The better exercise is how do you think it could happen... demmiblue Apr 2020 #18

Ok, fair point, dware Apr 2020 #19

Yes, I hope they do a better job, too. demmiblue Apr 2020 #20

I bought a standing rib roast for $4.95 a lb here in CA 10 days ago. stopbush Apr 2020 #11

stopbush Blueplanet Apr 2020 #24

Wow-Good prices Blueplanet Apr 2020 #30

Haven't seen anything like that where my residence is, dware Apr 2020 #12

Same here. nt Blue_true Apr 2020 #28

Three meat processing plants have shut down due to the virus rocktivity Apr 2020 #21

Yes. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2020 #22

It is the perfect storm dixiegrrrl Blueplanet Apr 2020 #23

Mostly due to telecommunications we have now. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2020 #25

I haven't bought eggs in over 10 years. cwydro Apr 2020 #27