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[OUT OF STOCK] Curious items hard to find during Covid

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  1. CrazyJoeDavola

    CrazyJoeDavola Member

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    Tostito Scoops - Specifically multigrain although regular scoops are hard to find too

    Caffeine free Diet Coke - Lately has been easier to find but a few weeks ago, NADA. Definitely cant find in convenience stores

    Sprite Zero

    Mild taco seasoning - Had to resort to Amazon. For weeks tried several different Krogers, HEB, Walmart nut no luck

    Fence pickets - Took me several weeks and trips to about 5 or 6 Lowes and Home Depots to find a total of 48 crappy pickets

    Chlorine tablets - Last weekend, found all area Walmarts, Lowes and Home Depots completely wiped out of stock. Not 1 single tablet between 5 or 6 stores. Finally had to take it up the rear and pay premium prices at Leslies.


    What are some of your favorites that have been hard to find?
     
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    Krogers has the Private Selection White corn tortilla chips that blow tostitos out the water. Not really what youre looking for since they are thin and not thick like the scoops, but have become my favorite tortilla chip.
    https://www.kroger.com/p/private-selection-tortilla-thins-tortilla-chips/0001111080851

    I talked to a plant supervisor for Coca Cola and he says theyve been running holiday numbers for the past 5 months. They cant produce enough to keep it stocked and theyre running 24/7
     
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    Escorts.
     
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    To add to the soda list...

    Fresca Peach and Fresca Citrus both have been out of stock for the last couple of months everywhere... grocery stores and online. It was one of the few zero sugar non caffeine sodas that don't taste like it contains artificial sweetener.

    Edit: You can find the citrus online, though peach is better. However you have to pay two to four times more than what it usually retails at. I don't do that.
     
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    Fresca?
     
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    Yes. It's delicious. :D
     
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    My son really wants a Nintendo Switch for his birthday this Friday. I have a feeling I will not be able to make the cut
     
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    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"

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    Damn, I haven't thought about that stuff since I was a kid and this cajun aunt I had would drink it by the quart on those hot summer days.
    A fresca sounds good right about now (90's in SF, no AC), but I'll probably opt for something stronger.
     
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    Mr. Pibb zero(actually, any Mr. Pibb). I’m a Pibb drinker!

    Alpo dog food. Evidently, the meat that usually goes into Alpo is now being consumed by humans.
     
    #9 Newlin, Aug 15, 2020
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    Drugs. More specifically the white kind.
     
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    Decency and common sense.
     
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    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    Cherry coke and Cherry coke zero in cans
     
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    Freezers. Deck boards. Dr Pepper.


    Just the things I want.
     
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  14. OmegaSupreme

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    It's hot across the entire state right now. Luckily we haven't been affected with the rolling blackouts.

    You're not the first that I've heard mentioning it as an older drink. I just tried it on a whim a decade ago when looking for something without caffeine for the afternoons and evenings. It's the least diet tasting soda I've had. Diet Ginger Ale has been a good substitute.
     
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    Alcohol wipes.
     
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    black eye peas the food not the group
     
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    I bought two bags of tostitos scoops at HEB yesterday. Had no idea they were hard to get. My guests finished them off today

    Just got an 80 count canister of Lysol wipes on Boxed.com

    I can’t find Cambells Chicken Broth anywhere
     
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    green beans the good ones with out stems or sticks in the can
    spaghetti sauce that I like to use has been very hard to find
    brown rice
     
    #18 body slam, Aug 16, 2020
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    I haven't been able to find can corn anywhere
     
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    Go to nowinstock.net. The site Monitors restocks for hard to find items
     
    #20 Rodman23, Aug 16, 2020
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