We just went grocery shopping today. It was our usual day, and we intended to buy no more than the usual. We got there just after the doors opened on a Monday morning. It was already packed, and most of the goods were already gone. Most people had their carts loaded to a ridiculous extent. The lines went on forever. Someone looked at my (relatively) sparse cart and told me to use the express lane, so I did.
All paper products are gone. This includes toilet paper, paper towels, Kleenex, napkins, you name it. All but a handful of canned vegetables are gone. The meat is half-empty. Bread is half-empty, and the tortillas are about ninety percent gone. Jams, jellies and peanut butter are scarcely represented. Bottled water looked sparse. Frozen goods are not looking good.
There was still plenty of fresh produce, pet food, soft drinks and chips. Oh, and alcoholic beverages abound.
Yesterday, I told someone that you know it will be bad when the dog food starts to deplete, but it will be really bad when we start to run out of dogs.