Go to the grocery store this morning

[thevillages2013]

Hey Villagers just a heads up here as some of you know it’s October 1 :bigbow: What you may not know is that hundreds of new tenants will be checking in today and hitting the grocery stores or hitting the stores and then checking in to their rental. Tomorrow morning will be busy too.

[Mortal1]

*shrug* the big wave of part timers comes in nov., dec. and jan.....not October. Since there are plenty of goods on the shelf I'm not sure why it bothers you.

[Bogie Shooter]

Really?

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

Oh My God !!!!! I forgot it was oct 1 I’ll have to run out to Publix signed Chicken Little

[Carla B]

There have been sporadic shortages all year. A few weeks ago I went to the WMT Neighborhood Mkt. to pick up some Northern Beans to make soup. There were none. Nor were there any other dry beans, no red, no green, no pinto, not any except for a few packages of large lima beans. I thought that would be the last thing to disappear from the shelves.

[billethkid]

Eighteen years here and this is a new one!!!

I do not want to be around some of these folks when there is a real, true issue.

[mulligan]

Do a little fact checking. We do NOT have a shortage of food, we have a shortage of truck drivers and stock clerks.

[dewilson58]

The UPS Store was very busy.
People shipping food North.

[jojo]

There have been sporadic shortages all year. A few weeks ago I went to the WMT Neighborhood Mkt. to pick up some Northern Beans to make soup. There were none. Nor were there any other dry beans, no red, no green, no pinto, not any except for a few packages of large lima beans. I thought that would be the last thing to disappear from the shelves.

This week Winn Dixie at LSL has a whole display of various beans in the produce department. I was tempted to make a big pot of bean soup.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Hey Villagers just a heads up here as some of you know it’s October 1 :bigbow: What you may not know is that hundreds of new tenants will be checking in today and hitting the grocery stores or hitting the stores and then checking in to their rental. Tomorrow morning will be busy too.

Thank you for the reminder that lines might be longer than usual at the checkout counters, since the first of the month is always the first day of most seasonal rentals, AND this is the season that seasonal rentals are considered seasonal rentals.

Combine "first of the month" with "season for seasonal rentals" and "a Friday, which is typically the start of long weekends for people who move but are still working for a living, and take a day off on Fridays so they can have a three-day-weekend to move" and you'll likely see more folks at the checkout stand than usual.

Still probably not much of a big deal but it's certainly something to bear in mind, just in case you go to the supermarket and see longer lines and wonder why.

[thevillages2013]

Do a little fact checking. We do NOT have a shortage of food, we have a shortage of truck drivers and stock clerks.

No food shortage never said food shortage just saying there will be more people trying to buy the same thing you are trying to buy

[thevillages2013]

*shrug* the big wave of part timers comes in nov., dec. and jan.....not October. Since there are plenty of goods on the shelf I'm not sure why it bothers you.

Big wave in October this year but obviously you aren’t aware of that.

[thelegges]

In grocery 0600 nobody there except employees and I. So far traffic has changed very little in the last 2 weeks. Today was no exception. Stopped at baby Walmart to buy lottery tickets at 1800, 5 people in checkout, so I bought bottle of soda, using the nearly empty self check.

[Zenmama18]

This week Winn Dixie at LSL has a whole display of various beans in the produce department. I was tempted to make a big pot of bean soup.

I'm waiting for cooler weather to make a pot of chili.

[DaleDivine]

Limited parking spaces at the Neighborhood Walmart Market due to repaving.
So you better hurry, hurry, hurry.
:bigbow::popcorn::popcorn:

[Luggage]

Gee, It will only be as bad as the first Thursday of the month when I get my social security check!
Supposedly there are 110,000 villagers living in the metro area here and this person is worried about 500 extra people checking in for a rental. There are at least 20 supermarkets in the area each with about 1 million dollars of inventory at least. And I'm going to say at least one more time just because I can do that. Besides 100 restaurants, besides all the dollar stores with food, besides all the gas stations convenience stores with food, besides all the drugstores that now carry food,. And I happen to have a pantry stocked with 14 cans of tuna so I'm not worried .

[Luggage]

But thank you for the laugh. Now time to get the Xanax

[Eg_cruz]

*shrug* the big wave of part timers comes in nov., dec. and jan.....not October. Since there are plenty of goods on the shelf I'm not sure why it bothers you.
They big day is the first week of Jan……the big exit March 30

[txfan]

No food shortage never said food shortage just saying there will be more people trying to buy the same thing you are trying to buy

The shortage appears to be punctuation marks!

[cafw1]

Did the writer ever think that OWNERS WHO ARE PART TIME RESIDENTS of the Villages pay all the fees THAT FULL TIME RESIDENT OWNERS PAY to enable full time owners to enjoy golf, tennis, pickleball etc, etc, etc.....every day of the year but the SEASONAL RESIDENT OWNERS only use the amenities possibly 4 or 6 months per year? When we do use what we pay for why does he/she complain----wacky reasoning.

[graciegirl]

Our measure of returning snowbirds is when we try to pull out into traffic from our Village on 466. It is getting busier already.

AND I have always noticed an uptick in folks at Publix in the first parts of October and November and December and then a LOT of them in early January.

[rmd2]

Our measure of returning snowbirds is when we try to pull out into traffic from our Village on 466. It is getting busier already.

AND I have always noticed an uptick in folks at Publix in the first parts of October and November and December and then a LOT of them in early January.

I live near 466 too. I sometimes stop by the Publix on 441 (across the street from Cracker Barrel) because it's a lot less busy than the one on 466.

[Rzepecki]

Thank you for the reminder that lines might be longer than usual at the checkout counters, since the first of the month is always the first day of most seasonal rentals, AND this is the season that seasonal rentals are considered seasonal rentals.

Combine "first of the month" with "season for seasonal rentals" and "a Friday, which is typically the start of long weekends for people who move but are still working for a living, and take a day off on Fridays so they can have a three-day-weekend to move" and you'll likely see more folks at the checkout stand than usual.

Still probably not much of a big deal but it's certainly something to bear in mind, just in case you go to the supermarket and see longer lines and wonder why.

Exactly. OP’s post was just a reminder. Some of my neighbors have just returned.

[paulajr]

Hey Villagers just a heads up here as some of you know it’s October 1 :bigbow: What you may not know is that hundreds of new tenants will be checking in today and hitting the grocery stores or hitting the stores and then checking in to their rental. Tomorrow morning will be busy too.

I can’t believe people got their panties in a bunch about this post!!!
I have learned over the past years I have been here …..NEVER go to WalMart or Supermarkets on the 1st of the month for that VERY reason. Too crowded!

[frostola]

When I read this I thought the OP was just making people aware that there could be more traffic in the area.

[Madelaine Amee]

Yes, definitely, in the past few days things have changed, many more people coming back to their winter homes. However, it does have an impact on those of us who are full time, year round, residents.

I went to get a flu shot at my local Publix in Southern Trace, the Pharmacy area was over loaded with people trying to get their medications sorted and there was one very large and very elderly man who looked like he was about to jump over the counter and attack the pharmacist:shocked:

Some of the shelves were very empty, some were fine, but toilet paper was doing a brisk trade.

Also, for the first time all summer we were given the horn, and from the sound of their horns they must have been standing on them. However, give it a few days and the new comers will calm down and we will get used to the extra traffic and all will be well,

[jimbomaybe]

Hey Villagers just a heads up here as some of you know it’s October 1 :bigbow: What you may not know is that hundreds of new tenants will be checking in today and hitting the grocery stores or hitting the stores and then checking in to their rental. Tomorrow morning will be busy too. Technology is a wonderful thing,, no more "black helicopters" (haven't seen one in a while) now "they" just post things note and record your response and IP location.....

[Mulliganguy]

60+ cargo ships waiting to unload in the Pacific and no one wants to go back to their old job after 18 months and truckers shortage so I would imagine that has an effect

[jimjamuser]

*shrug* the big wave of part timers comes in nov., dec. and jan.....not October. Since there are plenty of goods on the shelf I'm not sure why it bothers you.
Actually, there seems to be fewer items and fewer choices on the store shelves than in the past. I wonder (?) could that be a trend that leaves us in a situation like the Soviet era and Cuban era long lines for staples? Does anyone know the answer? Anyone?
.......I have heard several TV Landers worry about the upcoming hordes of people coming back from up Norte. The real problem isn't the actual numerical increase in population, but the population per resource (like road lanes and store items and hospital beds) ratio that exists in TV Land. The fact that people are worried is proof positive that the resources are inadequate. That EVEN explains the fight over NOT having new rental apartments here.

[Escape Artist]

Funny they should be rushing down here in October this year as I looked at the Weather Channel website yesterday and they have an October forecast for much warmer temperatures than normal for the Northeast (can't remember what it was for the upper Midwest) and much colder than normal for the West and for Florida. So it's not like they are high-tailing it out there before it starts to snow or anything. Fall is usually a nice time of year up North with the color change in foliage etc.

[Sportsguy1]

Publix, Winn Dixie, Aldi’s, Walmart Neighborhood Market here all checking in…” it is Oct 2nd and we are still well stocked and survived the Oct 1 rush so come in and get what you all need!!”

[JMintzer]

Actually, there seems to be fewer items and fewer choices on the store shelves than in the past. I wonder (?) could that be a trend that leaves us in a situation like the Soviet era and Cuban era long lines for staples? Does anyone know the answer? Anyone?
.......I have heard several TV Landers worry about the upcoming hordes of people coming back from up Norte. The real problem isn't the actual numerical increase in population, but the population per resource (like road lanes and store items and hospital beds) ratio that exists in TV Land. The fact that people are worried is proof positive that the resources are inadequate. That EVEN explains the fight over NOT having new rental apartments here.

No, the fact that people are worried is that they spend too damn much time yapping nonsense on forums...

[aces_04]

I work at one of the many grocery stores in the area. There seems to be the need to shop from 11a-4p. If you shop early in the morning or after dinner, far less cranky customers and shorter wait times. Please be kind to the workers, we are doing the best we can to accommodate the increased volume. I love the increase because we are scheduled more hours to work.

[rde3036]

I'm surprised that no one has posted the message that "We are all going to die because of the renters"!

[Gac57]

How about those KY Wildcats defense and the crowd!

[Villagevip]

Of course, it's Red October....Only this Red October, will be Biblical.....

[Shbullet]

Did the writer ever think that OWNERS WHO ARE PART TIME RESIDENTS of the Villages pay all the fees THAT FULL TIME RESIDENT OWNERS PAY to enable full time owners to enjoy golf, tennis, pickleball etc, etc, etc.....every day of the year but the SEASONAL RESIDENT OWNERS only use the amenities possibly 4 or 6 months per year? When we do use what we pay for why does he/she complain----wacky reasoning.

I agree totally, every year I hear the same ridiculous comments about snow birds.

[PugMom]

The UPS Store was very busy.
People shipping food North.

:1rotfl::1rotfl::clap2:

[Stu from NYC]

A couple of items we regularly buy at Sams were out of stock today.

Did Sams not know we were going to be invaded by a herd of snow birds?

[golfing eagles]

A couple of items we regularly buy at Sams were out of stock today.

Did Sams not know we were going to be invaded by a herd of snow birds?

Aren't you going to build a Costco in the Village of Stu?????:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[Pinball wizard]

Aren't you going to build a Costco in the Village of Stu?????:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Yeah...

Did you break ground yet?

[thevillages2013]

The shortage appears to be punctuation marks!

It was, the, al-co*hol’’’s +/ fault!#!

[Stu from NYC]

Aren't you going to build a Costco in the Village of Stu?????:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

We thought of it but somebody made us an offer that we could not refuse.

[Bob.Betty]

I'll see you on Nov.1st!!!