League_Champion Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Baby formula of all things. A friend was telling me how expensive it's gotten. https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/formula-shortages-causing-concerns-for-some-local-hospitals-and-families/89-54ab1800-083f-4c7c-b2db-8916218d7c77 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 5 minutes ago, League_Champion said: Baby formula of all things. A friend was telling me how expensive it's gotten. https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/formula-shortages-causing-concerns-for-some-local-hospitals-and-families/89-54ab1800-083f-4c7c-b2db-8916218d7c77 That shizz was never cheap! My wife and I used to call it Liquid Gold! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
League_Champion Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 3 minutes ago, irish said: That shizz was never cheap! My wife and I used to call it Liquid Gold! Yeah, I remember my Son needed one that was easy to digest. I forget which one it was but it was a fortune, and that was quite sometime ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 13 minutes ago, League_Champion said: Yeah, I remember my Son needed one that was easy to digest. I forget which one it was but it was a fortune, and that was quite sometime ago. Nutramigen was the name of ours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
League_Champion Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 17 minutes ago, irish said: Nutramigen was the name of ours. Yup! And it was the stinkiest stuff ever. I still remember that smell. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrab Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Some things like bread still seem to come and go, some weeks I can find my usual, other weeks its not there. Some weeks there's lots of some product, a week or two later its almost gone (as if they get one big shipment then nothing for weeks). Formula and diapers, other than schooling your kids those are some of the biggest expenses. Now a little side story....back in the mid 80s I was working in a grocery store while going to college. I came to learn that cigarettes were a major theft item, especially by the carton. People would come in, get a big box of diapers, cut it open and stash cartons of cigarettes in diaper box and check out. We'd find a pile of diapers behind other boxes on the shelf usually too late to catch them. They ended up putting in a rack to hold the cartons that would beep and flash lights when one was removed. The office staff would watch for that and if it happened a lot check on a possible thief in the store. Of course these days most stores have that stuff locked up somewhere, requiring customer service to help. (A lot more people still smoked back then and they'd complain about the noisy display rack and we'd explain it is an attempt to prevent theft.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
League_Champion Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 This won't help anything. https://westernstandardonline.com/2022/04/exclusive-food-shortages-magnified-by-string-of-destroyed-food-processing-facilities/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
League_Champion Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 The Baby formula situation is really bad. https://www.newsweek.com/white-house-defends-sending-baby-formula-border-morally-right-1706560 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Brown Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 The conservative position seems to be that not only should the government kidnap children at the border, but that it shouldn't feed them once it has. Being a pro life right winger is complicated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
League_Champion Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 7 hours ago, Bobby Brown said: The conservative position seems to be that not only should the government kidnap children at the border, but that it shouldn't feed them once it has. Being a pro life right winger is complicated. Hey, you voted for this dolt of a President. Are you happy with the job he's done so far? Go ahead, dance around the answer like you do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Brown Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Let's just stay on the topic you brought up instead. Please explain what Biden did to cause a baby formula shortage? If he didn't cause it, then what should he do to mitigate the shortage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrab Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 14 hours ago, Bobby Brown said: Let's just stay on the topic you brought up instead. Please explain what Biden did to cause a baby formula shortage? If he didn't cause it, then what should he do to mitigate the shortage? These guys are just closet socialists/communists. They want the government to take over all these industries, set gas prices, control oil processing, baby formula production etc. But only when there's a crisis, then its "less government, go back to capitalism, fewer restrictions and let the free markets work. Yes the free market, where many industries are dominated by a few companies, you know almost like monopolies where are bad for competition. When you have a few companies controlling all the production of something, and they they have safety issues with their product causing recalls and a plant shutdown, there will be a shortage. Maybe the GOP folks would prefer the FDA not have safety regulations that caused this manufacturer to interrupt their production and supply to the public. Or just rubber stamp them reopening since there's a crisis now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajncajn Posted May 16, 2022 Author Share Posted May 16, 2022 17 hours ago, Bobby Brown said: Let's just stay on the topic you brought up instead. Please explain what Biden did to cause a baby formula shortage? If he didn't cause it, then what should he do to mitigate the shortage? Yes, it really would be nice to stay on topic. Way to go helping that with your meme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Brown Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 15 minutes ago, rajncajn said: Yes, it really would be nice to stay on topic. Way to go helping that with your meme. 26 minutes ago, rajncajn said: Yes, it really would be nice to stay on topic. Way to go helping that with your meme. I think it's blatantly obvious right wing media is cajoling their base into manufactured outrage against Biden on the formula supply detainees. Apparently you disagree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajncajn Posted May 16, 2022 Author Share Posted May 16, 2022 19 minutes ago, LordOpie said: I have to spend way more time at my work sourcing materials because if i don't, I won't have a job. a conspiracy theory on my professional/industry forum is that the large companies are buying up materials they don't need (hoarding*) any time soon... to put the smaller companies out of business. There are only a few key inputs in my industry with no substitutes, so causing one of them to be unavailable is enough to shut the doors. * they are happy to pay for storage if it means a larger market share in just a few months. I agree that they are probably buying up materials, but I don't necessarily think it's to put smaller companies out of business. I think it's just a matter of being able to stock up on materials expecting more shortages. We've seen the same thing in my industry where the contractor wanted to get a jump on shortages and ordered materials early on some jobs. However, they are still not without their own material issues which is partly their fault and the fault of the govt. The govt puts such a high demand and premium price on materials that it forces smaller companies into dealing more exclusively with the govt. Therefore, when said company has supply or employment issues of it's own it creates a backlog of materials because there's no other source to go to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajncajn Posted May 16, 2022 Author Share Posted May 16, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Bobby Brown said: I think it's blatantly obvious right wing media is cajoling their base into manufactured outrage against Biden on the formula supply detainees. Apparently you disagree. Your post was the first I'd heard that honestly. Still, this thread has pretty much stayed on topic and has pretty much stayed out of the politics of it all. It would be nice if it stayed that way for a change. Edited May 16, 2022 by rajncajn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Brown Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 10 minutes ago, rajncajn said: Your post was the first I'd heard that honestly. Apparently you didn't see the thread posted prior to mine about the Biden administration's opinion on formula supplies to the border. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Staying on topic, Rice Krispies and Uncrustables have been difficult to get lately. With a house full of teenagers, this is an unacceptable dilemma. Who can I blame? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajncajn Posted May 16, 2022 Author Share Posted May 16, 2022 27 minutes ago, Bobby Brown said: Apparently you didn't see the thread posted prior to mine about the Biden administration's opinion on formula supplies to the border. I just saw it. I don't typically follow all the links and it wasn't obvious that it was a knock on Biden because he didn't offer any personal opinion on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajncajn Posted May 16, 2022 Author Share Posted May 16, 2022 13 minutes ago, Big Country said: Staying on topic, Rice Krispies and Uncrustables have been difficult to get lately. With a house full of teenagers, this is an unacceptable dilemma. Who can I blame? Definitely not hoarding those. Maybe the Gubment is sending those to feed the immigrants too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajncajn Posted May 16, 2022 Author Share Posted May 16, 2022 29 minutes ago, LordOpie said: i think my industry might be different? Quite possibly. Just providing a different possible perspective based on personal observation. The last part of my statement is more having to do with my industry. The first part could still hold true for any industry. It makes sense that larger companies might buy up more materials, both because they expect shortages and because they can afford to. That's probably just as much to protect their own interests than anything else. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Brown Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 25 minutes ago, Big Country said: Who can I blame? Duh. Biden and brown people who weren't born here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajncajn Posted May 16, 2022 Author Share Posted May 16, 2022 As I get back from the pharmacy... Has anyone noticed any issues with drug shortages? We haven't had any issues at all with any medications that we get. I may ask my friend who's a pharmacist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrab Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 Not a shortage per se, but I am having a hard time finding the deli counter open at my grocery store. Their hours should be 7A-7P, twice in the past week I've been there (8:15A & 6:15P) and it was closed "due to staffing issues". Then I'm stuck with whatever they have pre sliced, if there is anything I like. Most stuff is sliced too thin, so you're putting a "pile" onto your sandwich instead of a slice or two. Oh well first world problems, at least the Russians aren't trying to bomb me, and winter is finally over. baby formula - I heard the Abbot Labs plant in Michigan has been cleared to open, but they have already said it would take 6-8 weeks to get product on store shelves, "once the plan is up and running". That isn't going to help much in the short term. A news story talked about women who had been successfully nursing before starting the process of producing milk again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 On 3/16/2022 at 2:15 PM, darin3 said: I'm personally being negatively affected by lack of chips. No, not Ruffles or Doritos... the computer variety. I've suffered from moderate sleep apnea for a couple of decades now, and at one point had a C-PAP machine. Well, after my wife and I "separated in the same house", I've been sleeping in my office and just tossed the machine for some stupid reason. I went and had another sleep study because my sleep's been bad, and I'm informed by the medical device company that there is a SEVERE shortage of the chips needed to make these machines. I ordered my machine back in November and they told me it'd be "a couple months or so". I've now been told I'll be lucky to get my machine by the summertime. Oh I finally got my machine a month or so back. Yippee! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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