How hard is inflation going to hit, or has hit?

[[486]]

The bread aisles at our local grocery stores have been over half empty for the last month.

A good friend of mine is an agricultural chemical salesman and covers 1/3 of our state. He visits with farmers every day. He said that they have all told him to get some meat processed and put in the freezer, and start stockpiling canned goods because this fall food is going to spike hard on pricing, and become very hard to get.

well no shit, drought year plus the dry run of 'shortages' that the media's brought about so far? yeah it'll be a thing

 

[Mikel]

Has anyone else noticed that the gatorade sections in stores have been mostly empty the last few weeks?

Watering crops with it?

 

[[486]]

Watering crops with it?

got what plants crave

well, or its just been stupid hot out in a lot of the country

 

[arse_sidewards]

It's like rolling blackouts but for the supply chain. Shortages seem to be regional and temporary but there always seems to be one going on.

And just like other rolling blackouts Californian ideology is likely to blame.

 

[rockota]

It's like rolling blackouts but for the supply chain. Shortages seem to be regional and temporary but there always seems to be one going on.

And just like other rolling blackouts Californian ideology is likely to blame.

welcome to socialism... snuck in under the response to a virus

 

[Tin Roof]

Watering crops with it?

got what plants crave

well, or its just been stupid hot out in a lot of the country

It seems to be just gatorade products. All the other brands are usually well stocked. Probably a supply chain issue.

 

[FleshEater]

All of those are out of stock locally. All of them.

 

[Ksand]

I'm sorry.
all I've got to offer was my mom trained me and my brother early that when she snapped her fingers we stopped everything and looked to see what she wanted
she did it again a couple years back at a funeral and sure enough, years later, halfway across the church, both of us immediately stop and look over

if it works for dogs, it works for children

He behaves perfectly, it just takes forever to calm him back down

 

[Aggie06]

All of those are out of stock locally. All of them.

Strange. Ours are randomly out of strange stuff, but essentials like bread, milk, etc. were only an issue during the start of COVID last year and the deep freeze earlier this year.

 

[TRINDU]

well, or its just been stupid hot out in a lot of the country

Suppose to be 84 and all these New Yorkers are acting like their melting. I havent broke a sweat and been out all morning.

I hate the cold, but shit freezes and doesn't work below 32. Acting like mid 80s is hot is just baffling.

 

[RusM]

same here. Gluten free, potato starch free, "everything" free...

It's disgusting bread.

But it makes amazing toast.

Recipe?

 

[rockota]

Recipe?

I believe it's this one: Potato-Free Corn-Free Gluten Free Bread Recipe | Gluten Free Recipes | Gluten Free Recipe Box

 

[east_beast]

A lot of the shortages are simply a product of just in time inventory. It works really well on a spreadsheet and it works really well in reality when there are no hiccups. The issue is that reality always has hiccups and just in time doesn't allow for hiccups. Ripples become waves very quickly.

 

[[486]]

Suppose to be 84 and all these New Yorkers are acting like their melting. I havent broke a sweat and been out all morning.

I hate the cold, but shit freezes and doesn't work below 32. Acting like mid 80s is hot is just baffling.

mid 80s is hot, 90 is death up here
-20 ain't bad at all, can sleep real good in that kinda weather

 

[budget76]

Central CT, I have not noticed any of the food issues you guys are seeing. Don't buy a ton of non-chicken, but ground beef was its' typical $4.50-5/lb, boneless chicken packs $2/lb, etc. Weekly sales all the same they have been for the last couple years

though I AM due to stock up on canned stuff. Next trip to Aldi I'll have to do that

 

[MuntCuffin]

There is an old saying "If you owe the bank $1000, you have a problem. If you owe the bank $1,000,0000,000, the bank has a problem".

It is quite clear that there is zero intention to pay the debt. My guess is that they plan on inflating the currency so that the debt becomes worthless. But we will pay dearly for that. At least those who saved our money.

Not to mention the fact that the u.s. dollar is the most heavily counterfeited bill in the world, both by privateers and hostile governments.

If we default on our debt, or go at shit Weimar style, the u.s. dollar will be dropped as world reserve currency.

If that happens, we are in for a brutal awakening.


And for everyone going out and nabbing up canned shit...
Don't forget to grab some assorted seeds and keep yourself a little seed bank somewhere.

 

[Mikel]

Not to mention the fact that the u.s. dollar is the most heavily counterfeited bill in the world, both by privateers and hostile governments.

If we default on our debt, or go at shit Weimar style, the u.s. dollar will be dropped as world reserve currency.

If that happens, we are in for a brutal awakening.

True. The one advantage we have is that ours may be the floatiest turd. Everyone else has been printing money like crazy too.

 

[MuntCuffin]

True. The one advantage we have is that ours may be the floatiest turd. Everyone else has been printing money like crazy too.

Sounds like a good opportunity to attempt to ram a new world reserve crypto currency down everyone's throats.

Everyone line up for your bar code tattoo.

 

[JR4X]

Sounds like a good opportunity to attempt to ram a new world reserve crypto currency down everyone's throats.

Everyone line up for your bar code tattoo.

🤣🤣🤣

 

[rockota]

Not to mention the fact that the u.s. dollar is the most heavily counterfeited bill in the world, both by privateers and hostile governments.

If we default on our debt, or go at shit Weimar style, the u.s. dollar will be dropped as world reserve currency.

If that happens, we are in for a brutal awakening.


And for everyone going out and nabbing up canned shit...
Don't forget to grab some assorted seeds and keep yourself a little seed bank somewhere.

I don't think defaulting will ever happen... we'll just print.

But... one country deciding to not "loan" us $ or buy our bonds... that could trigger a change in reserve currency.

 

[east_beast]

The long-term Chinese plan is to make the yuan the world's reserve currency and it could happen a lot sooner than most would think.

 

[[486]]

But... one country deciding to not "loan" us $ or buy our bonds... that could trigger a change in reserve currency.

well haven't several countries asked for gold or silver instead of USD before? IIRC it was like 50+ years ago

 

[MuntCuffin]

The long-term Chinese plan is to make the yuan the world's reserve currency and it could happen a lot sooner than most would think.

Yep.
China is the world's #1 trading partner.
Pretty easy to do when you flood the market with the produce of slave labor.

 

[ThePanzerFuhrer]

This is why we are lucky enough to have one of the best gas stations in our neighborhood. Kiwk Trip is a vertically integrated store. They have their own farms to produce the milk,butter,eggs, they have their own bakery to make the breads and buns. Over 80% of the fresh foods are made/grown by themselves.

They have never ran out of anything during the Covid deal. They cannot spend the money they are making fast enough. One local store they just put a addition on to double it 3-4 years ago. Next week they are bulldozing it to build a bigger one because the bought the building next door,

 

[east_beast]

Yep.
China is the world's #1 trading partner.
Pretty easy to do when you flood the market with the produce of slave labor.

Yep. They have a system in place that makes competing with them virtually impossible. You can pay people shit. Treat them like shit. Work them 100 hours a week. Provide horrific working conditions. Pollute like crazy. Safety? What's that?

China is basically a combination of the absolute worst aspects of communism and capitalism combined.

 

[Projectjunkie]

well haven't several countries asked for gold or silver instead of USD before? IIRC it was like 50+ years ago

IIRC Iraq and Libya wanted gold instead of US paper for their oil, US didn't accept that version of commerce

The long-term Chinese plan is to make the yuan the world's reserve currency and it could happen a lot sooner than most would think.

Maybe, probably some sort of electronic currency allegedly backed by gold

The globalists crave a global currency that can be devalued, or even selectively turned off

This is why we are lucky enough to have one of the best gas stations in our neighborhood. Kiwk Trip is a vertically integrated store. They have their own farms to produce the milk,butter,eggs, they have their own bakery to make the breads and buns. Over 80% of the fresh foods are made/grown by themselves.

They have never ran out of anything during the Covid deal. They cannot spend the money they are making fast enough. One local store they just put a addition on to double it 3-4 years ago. Next week they are bulldozing it to build a bigger one because the bought the building next door,

That's cool, I didn't know that

 

[Mikel]

China is basically a combination of the absolute worst aspects of communism and capitalism combined.

China has become a textbook example of a fascist system. They allow private property and have partnerships between corporations and government, but the moment some oligarch steps out of line, he finds himself in a gulag.

 

[rockota]

China has become a textbook example of a fascist system. They allow private property and have partnerships between corporations and government, but the moment some oligarch steps out of line, he finds himself in a gulag.

so... not unlike the USA

 

[JR4X]

I told my wife about the $10 bread. She went the store to grab a few things and said nothing was short on the shelves and prices were normal 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

[DRTDEVL]

I’m not joking guys. Walmart.com, cheap, garbage white bread.

Hang on for the ride.

Out of stock on all other bread, so the cheaper bread prices are pointless.

I fail to see the problem locally