The 2022 Great Cream Cheese Shortage

[MossRoad]

Myself, I've gotten away from Ritz's. I prefer Woven Wheats myself. Much more structurally rigid....lol Eating them right now as a matter of fact, sans cream cheese though.

Blech! Reminds me of shredded wheat. Or SOS pads.

I like the Club crackers as well. Chicken In A Biscuit. Wheat Thins.

 

[5030]

Different folks have different tastes Moss. I like sponge bread with peanut butter and sliced nanners too and anchovies on my pizza.

 

[MossRoad]

Different folks have different tastes Moss. I like sponge bread with peanut butter and sliced nanners too and anchovies on my pizza.

now that's tasty!

 

[LouNY]

I just noticed yesterday when I went in to the grocery store to pick up a few things, cream cheese being on the list.
I walked by the section twice looking for it, till I stopped in that empty section and read the labels.
Absolutely no cream cheese in the store.

I was going to read the article previously mentioned but it didn't like my ad blocker.

 

[MossRoad]

We have a few name brands and a few store brands of cream cheese. Sometimes there's only a couple packs on the shelves. Gotta get it when you see it.

The other day I told my kid I made chicken cordon bleu. She asked where I got chicken to make that. I figured she meant flattened chicken breasts. So I told her I put it in plastic wrap and whacked it with a meat hammer. She said no, I mean where did you get chicken, our store is out!

 

[Oaktree]

I walked by the section twice looking for it, till I stopped in that empty section and read the labels.
Absolutely no cream cheese in the store.

She said no, I mean where did you get chicken, our store is out!

No trouble finding either around here. Price is up on both, but what hasn't gone up in price over the last year?

Picked up a gallon of windshield washer fluid at WM today. $3.49!! Used to be <$2.

 

[5030]

We have a few name brands and a few store brands of cream cheese. Sometimes there's only a couple packs on the shelves. Gotta get it when you see it.

The other day I told my kid I made chicken cordon bleu. She asked where I got chicken to make that. I figured she meant flattened chicken breasts. So I told her I put it in plastic wrap and whacked it with a meat hammer. She said no, I mean where did you get chicken, our store is out!

Same here, no thighs, no drumsticks, just breasts and wings and no whole birds either.

 

[bmaverick]

Gave up on cream cheese. And a good sour cream substitute is Greek yogurt.

 

[Mtsoxfan]

Heard about that in December. No issues here getting cream cheese or anything for that matter.
Well... diesel oil is scarse...

 

[dmccarty]

What is odd about the shortage is that there was not shortage here in the stores in November and early December. I was eating smoked salmon, cream cheese and bagels at that time. But the shortage is here in the middle of February. It is the only thing I have noticed that was out of stock. No Half and Half but that has been a problem for a good part of the pandemic and there was always a substitute to buy.

Strange Times we live in...
Dan