The overall full store product supply significantly improved this week. The biggest week over week improvement in a year !
And we has a much better week for finding 15 products we want to buy every week.
I hope this was not just a lucky shopping day. After 45 years of grocery shopping in Michigan, I don't enjoy going when so many items I want are out of stock, Today was almost like the good old days. One week is not a long term trend and we still stock up on items when they show up. Especially if they are on sale. We would normally spend $150 for a week's worth of food for the two of us at this very reasonable priced chain -- about 20% cheaper than competitors such as Krogers. Today we bought $236 of items, including savings of $57 by stocking up on sale items that don't spoil. With the high inflation, and so many out of stock items in recent weeks, I think it's smart to buy eight weeks worth of salami at a 30% off sale price. Sure I feel bad that there's no salami left for anyone else ... for a moment. I consider salami a basic food group.
Ye Editor
Today only 3 items of 15 were not available
and one item, Jif chunky peanit butter, was affected by a recall.
In prior weeks, for the 15 items
we want to buy every week:
8 of 15 specific items surveyed were not available
5 of 15 items were not available
6 of 15 items were not available.
7 of 15 items were not available.
7 of 15 items were not available,
The week before was the record low:
9 of 15 specific items were not available.
6 of 15 items were not available.
7 of 15 items were not available.
7 of 15 items were not available,
The week before was the record low:
9 of 15 specific items were not available.
My overall rating is based on my impression
of the product supply in the ENTIRE store
-- not just those 15 specific items
We normally shop at 6am Sunday morning when the store opens for business, at the huge Meijer's supermarket in Southfield, Michigan. Previous experiments with shopping on Friday, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday mornings revealed no differences when compared with Sunday mornings. This was our first Thursady pp no reasom to assume Thursdays are better than other days. Weekly sales begin 8am Sunday morning -- that should be the best time to find sale products you want.
Ye Editor
Paper towels and toilet paper
Fully stocked for the past several months.
Cream Cheese
This past three weeks had the best selection so far this year
FS Philadephia eight ounce tubs
FS is about 200+
Prior weeks were FS, 81, 85, 73. 81, 85, 82, 84, 81, 111,
105, 93, 38, 78, 73, 104, 58 and 67.
FS Meijer's brand eight ounce tubs
Fully stocked is about 50+
Prior weeks were 24, 35, 33, 10, 30, 24, 19, 18, 9,
25, 3, 1 and 12,
FS eight ounce bricks of Philadelphia cream cheese,
FS is about 100+.
Prior weeks were FS, FS, FS, FS, FS, 21, 45, 5,
2, 23, 0, 1, 0, 0, 100, 100, 47, 12 and 0.
FS Meijer's brand eight ounce bricks
FS is about 100+.
Prior weeks were FS, FS, FS, FS, 95, 12, 2, 77
and none for four consecutive weeks before that.
Instant Coffee
FS Taster's Choice
FS Nescafe
No Nescaf decaf
No Maxwell House
FS Folgers
FS Folgers decaf
Prior weeks:
Taster's Choice 0, FS, FS, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1
Folger's decaf FS, FS, FS, 6,13, 1, FS, 8, 22, 6, 0
Folger's regular FS, FS, FS, 19, 0, 7, FS, 6, 1, 3, 0
Nescafe decaf 3, FS, FS, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 1, 8, 0
Nescafe regular FS, FS, FS, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
Maxwell House regular 2, 3, FS, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0
The non-instant coffees were not fully stocked today,
for the sixth week in a row, after many months
with no empty shelves. More emplty shelves than
last week, but still plenty of choices.
Snapple Tea Large Bottles
FS Diet PeachFS Peach
4 Diet Lemonade Tea
FS Raspberry
Prior Weeks:
Diet Peach 0, 3, 3, 0, 1, 10, 4, 0, 4, 0, 3, 17
Peach 0. 10, 8, 0, 0, 6, 5, 4, 0, 0, 3, 10
Diet Lemonade-Tea 0. 3, 0, 1, 3, 12, 9, 0, 1, 6, 0, 0
Raspberry 7, 6, 3, 5, 1, 8, 10, 1, 1, 6, 2, 5,
Diet Soda Pop
FS this week of the three two liter flavors I want
Last only 5 Diet Pepsi Cherry -- I bought 3 of them.
Prior week two liters bottles of 3 of the 3 flavors of diet cherry cola pop
that I drink were well stocked, compared with 3 of 3 in the week before,
2 of 3 in the prior two weeks, 3 of 3 the week before,
and 2 of 3 the week before.
The entire soda row was 3/4 full, compared with
3/4, 3/4, 3/4, 3/4, 2/3 and 3/4 full in prior weeks.
Breakfast Cereals - Plain Raisin Bran
This week Post and Meijer's were FS
but no Kellog's brand
Last week Kellog's was FS, but only 4 Post and 2 Meijer's
Prior week fully stocked
Prior week modest quantities of all three brands
Prior week Kellog's fully stocked, 12 Meijer's and 1 Post
Prior week Kellog's fully stocked, Meijer's 5 and 0 Post
Prior week: 0 Kellog's, 3 Meijer's and 3 Post
Prior week; 5 Kellog's, 2 Meijer's and lots of Post
Prior week had a small supply of Kellog's, no Post and 2 Meijer's
Pickles
Non refrigerated jars fully stocked again.
Fully stocked refrigerated containers of the
Meijer's Kosher bread and butter pickles
that I want
Meijer's Kosher bread and butter pickles
that I want
Yogurt
FS this week
About 3/4 stocked last week
Fully stocked the week before.
This department had been a disaster in 1Q 2022.
And then a miracle in 2Q 2022.
Planter's Dry Roasted Peanuts
This week both sizes were FS
34.5 ounce size in prior weeks: 9, FS, FS, 3,18, 2, 6, 6, 1 and zero
16 ounce size in prior weeks: FS, FS, FS, 6, 0, 0. 0, 2 and 2
This week: The Planter's honey roasted peanuts I wanted
in the 34.5 ounce size -- none available for the eigth week in a row.
But the usually more expensive per ounce 16 ounce version
was finally in stock and on sale for about the same price
per ounce as the 34.5 ounce size.
Jif Peanut Butter (product wanted not available)
FS creamy style in a few sizes
No chunky style that I wanted to buy
Last week no Jif brand in the store
Prior week FS 16 ounce Jif creamy only
Prior week there were 7 Jif creamy 40 ounce size peanut butter
after five weeks with no Jif due to a recall.
I wanted Jif chunky -- none available.
Packaged deli meats
Fully stocked with ham and turkey.
Three brands of salami, including the Prime Fresh brand
I wanted to buy -- on sale for $3.50 for 8 ounces -- I bought all eight;
Last week one brand of salami,
but not the better tasting Prime Fresh brand
I wanted to buy, for the seventh week in a row.
A few weeks ago my preferred and low cost brand salami ("Prime Fresh") had the price raised from $3.99 for 8 ounces to $4.99. But no Prime Fresh salami was available even at $4.99.
ACE bread from Canada (product wanted not available)
No Harvest Grain flavor loaves available.
A 22% price increase a few weeks ago, from $3.69 to $4.49.
Past weeks loaves: 0, 8, 6, 4, 0, 0, 0, 6 and 0.
Ice Cream
Ice cream section about 7/8 stocked compared with
3/4, 3/4, 3/4, 3.4, 3/4, 7/8, 3/4, 7/8 3/4, 2/3, 7/8, 3/4, 7/8 and 1/2 stocked
in the prior weeks.
4 Breyer's no sugar added ice cream available compared with
2, 8, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0. 8, 6, 4, 0, 6, 0, 12 and 0 in prior weeks.
The better tasting Purple Cow no sugar added Butter Pecan flavor
showed up for the first time this year. and was fully stocked!
No other no sugar added products available this year.
Lindt chocolate bars (product wanted not available)
This week 4 of 12 flavors were stocked,
including the flavor the wife wanted, finally
compared with 6. 0, 2, 4, 7. 6, 4, 0, 0, 3, 2, 3 and 2 of 12, in prior weeks.
A poor selection of other brands of chocolate bars
for the ninth week in a row, after a good selection
for the three weeks before that.
Candy and gum
The candy section was only 3/4 full again -- very empty in the chocolate bar section The candy section was 3,4, 3/4, 2/3, 2/3, 3.4, 7/8, 7/8, 2/3, 3/4. 7/8, 7/8, 3/4 and 1/2 full in prior weeks. Almost no sugar free candies in stock.
Candy impulse purchase shelves at the checkout line were 2/3 full compared with 2/3, 3/4, 7/8, 1/2, 1/2, nearly full, 2/3, 7/8, 3/4, 2/3 and 2/3 full in prior weeks.
Dole Cole Slaw Mix:
Eight 14 ounce bags were available
I bought six of them.
I never know when this product will show up.
Pearson's brand is sometimes available, but is awful.
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