The numbers of the infected and dead are rapidly rising and going out to grocery shop does seem more deadly. Today 4/9/2020 there are just over 3,000 people in Arizona reported with coronavirus. It’s much worst in New Jersey where there are more than 47,000 reported cases and far worst in New York where I didn’t even look. They say on the news to wear a mask or scarf when you are out so I did. I also heard to shield your eyes and to make sure that you distance yourself at least six feet from other people. It’s also important to wash your hands whenever you touch anything outside of your house and never to touch your face. I felt reasonably safe last week shopping at Costco so I went back this week hoping to load up on some stuff. Just like last week you now stand in line before they let you in and only let in so many people at a time.

This week Costco ran out of sanitizing wipes for you to use while shopping but they did disinfect your cart for you before they gave it to you.

This week they did have a selection of raw chicken at a very good price….(only 99cents a pound for chicken thighs) However they were still were out of most paper products like toilet paper (so lucky I don’t need for a while!!!!) and paper towels. I happen to be out of paper towels so I purchased a giant box of tri folded paper towels. You know the kind that you might find in rest room dispensers. They aren’t so great but they are better than no paper towels.

A few days latter my husband stopped into Fry’s Super Market. He said it looked mostly stocked except for the paper products.

I wanted to shop at more stores for more things I need but am slightly frightened to come in contact with someone with the virus. They said on the news as long as you are at a safe distance and don’t touch your face and wash up correctly that you should be fine. They also said on the news that you won’t catch coronavirus from food that you eat. They said on channel 3 news on April 3rd that even if a person has coronavirus and makes your food that you won’t catch the virus that way. …(***that is great news but I can’t say for sure that it is factual) They said on the news that you catch the virus from someone breathing, taking, coughing or sneezing….???????

I’m expecting to be doing some sort of grocery pick up or delivery next week.

Everything is subject to change and we hope it does for the better.

That was grocery shopping during the coronavirus pandemic in Metro Phoenix – Week Four

This week we’ve been to Fry’s. Safeway, Walmart Grocery and Bashas supermarkets. Fry’s was reasonably well stocked except for paper products. Walmart Grocery was also reasonably stocked and out of paper products but I was lucky to find eggs this week. They were almost out of eggs but had around 6 flats in the refrigerator and I was lucky to get one with a limit on one. Last week Walmart Grocery was the only supermarket near me that had fresh raw chicken. Safeway was the least stocked of all the supermarkets with very little produce and no paper products. They didn’t have their usual brands of chicken and offered frozen raw whole chickens of a brand I never heard of. I bought one and it made Walmart Chicken seem like the best chicken in the whole wide world. This Sun something brand of Safeway Chicken had an abnormally large breast and tiny legs that were like white meat wings. It was one of the worst chickens I’ve ever tried with a weird texture and not the best taste. I don’t normally shop at Bashas because there isn’t one near me. I stopped into a Bashas because I was in the area of one and needed fresh herbs I couldn’t find near me this week. They had the herbs but this was the only supermarket that didn’t offer hand sanitizer and also didn’t offer sanitizing wipes. They still used the moving belt by the cashier without sanitizing it. I felt unsafe shopping there during this pandemic.

I don’t know if my experience is typical from other similar super markets.

That was Week 3 of Grocery Shopping during the CoronaVirus Pandemic in Metro Phoenix AZ.

Everything is subject to change and I hope it does for the better.