I have not been going to the grocery store because I get home delivery most of the time, so I can't say this is true, but I have been reading that people are reporting that there are empty shelves again in the stores. Meat is at a minimum on the shelves and egg prices have gone up a lot. I just got a home delivery on Thursday and no items were missing from the order. Many times, my receipt will say items I ordered are out of stock. However, one thing I buy which is gallon jugs of water, has gone up a LOT! Just a couple of months ago, the store brand was $0.99 a gallon. The last two times I ordered it the price was $1.49 a gallon! I wouldn't buy it, but we have extremely hard water and this water I order is for the coffeemaker. If I don't use this water, my coffeemaker will die an early death. Had too many coffeemakers kick the bucket for years and never knew why. Using the bottled water makes all the difference.
So, on my potato experiment. Earlier I reported that I ordered Del Monte canned taters and I was going to order some store brand canned potatoes that were about half price to see if they were equivalent to Del Monte. I can report that they are excellent! Last night I had a pot roast and added a can towards the end of the cooking to just warm up the taters and they were really nice looking and as a matter of fact, they were even whiter than the Del Monte that have a slight tan hue. So, in the future, I will buy the store brand and save about $0.70 a can! That makes me very happy!
Oh, and last night we had some Pillsbury biscuits that were expired...heaven forbid. Mr. Roadrunner was very aware that the sell by date had gone by. Maybe 5 days! So, I cooked them in the air fryer and they rose perfectly. I asked Mr. Roadrunner if he wanted to eat a rotten biscuit. LOL! He did and didn't keel over from it! I have to laugh at his anxiety of eating something that is 1 hour past use by date! He really would have fainted if he used the stale bread I used to make a grilled cheese sandwich! The rest of the bread I will make croutons. Hahaha, rotten croutons!