Another shortage hits close to home

flylowgethigh

Non-growing Lurker

ICMag Donor

• Sep 7, 2020

• #1

Jars, bands, rings all in short supply. I noticed this at the local market the other day. Gonna need a deposit on quart jars now. Saw this when I was looking up a little town I visited once...

https://www.hendersonville.com/news/2020/09/fresh-at-farmers-markets-week-of-september-7/

Some quart jars of speggetti sauce are in mason jars. They usually have the small lids. My old hands like the bigger diameter tops.

 

Last edited: Sep 8, 2020

rolandomota

Well-known member

• Sep 7, 2020

• #2

Get creative save your glass food jars like coffee and jelly I can save those buy stuff on purpose that comes in big jars

 

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CosmicGiggle

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Moderator

Veteran

• Sep 7, 2020

• #3

Funny but I have a friend in Hendersonville who's recently gotten into canning over fears of the coming depression and possible food shortages.

........ and I've been thinking about it myself but noticed Walmart is out of jars!

Winter is coming and crystal ball sez it's NOT gonna be pretty.

I saw an intriguing advertisement recently for an outdoor wood/charcoal fired pizza oven that's caught my eye, just the right size for lots of other stuff and there's plenty of free wood here, just step outside!

........... also, don't bother looking for a bread making machine, they've been out of stock for many months.

 

BearCreekFarms

Active member

• Sep 7, 2020

• #4

Jar lids still available on amazon.

 

Switcher56

Comfortably numb!

• Sep 7, 2020

• #5

No issues here!

 

Green Squall

Well-known member

• Sep 7, 2020

• #6

I just got a case at Ace Hardware. They were sold out at first, but said they are getting weekly shipments.

 

Tynehead Tom

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420giveaway

• Sep 7, 2020

• #7

I'm in the BC interior (canada) and we have called every department and hardware store that carries canning supplies in both BC and alberta. Not just us looking either, there is a group of us using all our resources to find canning lids this year.

club brother in ontario has found em for us so he's gonna buy and ship em out to us.
saw lids on amazon and the prices seemed a little steep.

 

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St. Phatty

Active member

• Sep 7, 2020

• #8

watch out for the glass jars. some of them chip in shipment.

you may find out when you try to screw the lid on.

makes a nice bloody photo-worthy cut.

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