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The Bread Aisle In Manhattan's Upper West Side Is Now Empty
It seems like it was just yesterday that we were posting pictures of empty shelves at New York supermarkets ahead of the epic dud that was Hurricane Irene. It is now one year later, and it is time for the obligatory snapshots of empty shelves, such as this one showing the bread isle at the Food Emporium on 68th and Broadway. Many more coming as all local New York food stores and pharmacies finally sell out their expired and extended inventory.
The bread aisle in the Upper West Side, not to be confused with the bread aisle in post-hyperinflation Zimbabwe...
h/t Paulo
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I pray to God they under ten feet of water in the nxt 48 hrs. I will dance an Irish Jig and buy everyone at every bar a drink.
New York is getting a leg up on adopting a Paleo diet.
I just feel bad for the folks who got stuck with Wonder bread cuz it was the last option on the shelves. No one eats Wonder bread for... fun... do they?
OK, 68th and Broadway.
Midtown
How are the Dorito, Mad Dog 20/20, Malt liquor, frozen burrito and Hostess HoHo shelves doing in the South Bronx?
Get a penthouse suite at the Waldorf Towers, lobster, caviar, pate and Dom Perignon room service, enjoy the show.
mmmmmmmmmm... 20/20
"How are the Dorito, Mad Dog 20/20, Malt liquor, frozen burrito and Hostess HoHo shelves doing in the South Bronx?"
Holy fuck that is sick dude.
Is 33 Liberty in Zone A?
http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/downloads/pdf/hurricane_map_english.pdf
A whole slew of other Banks are in the Zone A evacuation areas. Going to be quiet in Manhattan.
http://i.imgur.com/Rc1ai.jpg
Looks like it is a couple of blocks outside the zone.
20/20.
It's good they "finally sell out their expired and extended inventory" --- no waste (who gives a sh't folks get sick)!
Consumerism (consumption) model doesn't work !?
Wrath-facing!
From the row houses of Astoria to the penthouses on Park Avenue. From the projects in the Bronx to the lofts in Soho. From the tenements in Alphabet City to the brownstones in Park slope to the split levels in Staten Island. Let an earthquake crumble it. Let the fires rage. Let it burn to fuckin ash then let the waters rise and submerge this whole, rat-infested place.
I'm pretty sure they feel the same about your area of th country except more pop up tornadoes.
Only time I can tolerate Wonder Bread is for tomato sandwiches...the flavor of the tomatoes has nothing to compete with.
Whos the asshole who left his starbucks there?
Keynesian Wet Dream
Helicopter Ben has his buckets of cash ready to go.
Paleo Rulez!
" I pray to God they under ten feet of water in the nxt 48 hrs. "
I've been reading comments like this on the web for days now. If the accuracy of the up/down votes are indicative of the populace as a whole - I want to get off this planet.
Same here Beaver..... I love zh and the insight, but the ignorance and lack of respect for other humans from a lot of the commenters makes me wonder ..... Best wishes for everyone in the storms path
Save the trees. Eat more beaver.
Check out the Interactive Tropical Tracker: http://miami.cbslocal.com/tropics/
"I pray to God they under ten feet of water in the nxt 48 hrs. I will dance an Irish Jig and buy everyone at every bar a drink."
You're a moron.
Some people just can't seem to get over the Civil War, where they defended their "right" to hold another human being against his will and have him work for free.
I've got bread for sale, $26 per loaf.
You must have used a lot of yeast to get a rise like that. Don't tell Bernanle about it. Unleavened fiat is bad enough.
As luck would have it, his wife presently has a massive yeast infection. Free bread for all !!!
Vaginal yeast good! Make very tasty Mucosa Membrane beer! Smell fishy, drunk long time.
Hulk, you'll never find Lady Hulk talking like that. And would it kill you to find some clothes that fit?
Lady Hulk makes a great tasting sourdough !!!
Is that where the phrase "Bun in the Oven" comes from?
Yes, yeast rises at 98.6. Heat due to friction just aids the rising process...
Sounds better than marmite anyday.
Marmite is simply a yeast infection gone horribly wrong...
This will be very disturbing to all of the unallocated bread holders.
And allow TPTB to offset the large GDP revision next report to keep the dream alive
Well said!
Jamie (Dimon), is that you?
I'm selling mine for $1.00... in pre-1964 quarters, dimes, or halves only please. No pushing, plenty for everyone!
Unless the boro's get flooded, I don't see a line forming for your bread. The majority of people don't have silver coins.
This 'problem' will be resolved by Friday. Imagine how bad it will be when the dollar completely collapses.
I thought for a second this was an article on fort Knox.
Also well said!
Why do people always grab bread? what the fuck is it about crises that makes people think, oh i wanna eat some shitty bread...
Anyway looks like theres gonna be plenty of broken windows for keynsians to jizz over..
Brown bagging during power failures. You don't have to cook a sandwich.
Tins of beans? cold beans are still decent imo.. miles better than shitty bread, if you have a camping stove and gas (which is like 10-20£, for a decent one) you can have warm beans. Bread is rubbish and always has been.
Not everyone shares your preferences. A lot of folks think "sandwiches" when faced with the prospect of feeding their family in a blacked out house. I'm not endorsing it mind you, that's just the way it is. I didn't mean offend those of you who are antibreadites.
i can't understand why you got negged lol, i just don't get the collective reasoning of buy bread immeadiatly, id be after tinned stuff, that tastes nice.
o yes , you can make a great desert with leftover beans, stupid brit.
cold beans and weenies on stale Wonder bread... modern Brit beans on toast with tinned meat enhancement.....
(shaking head)
AFter eating fried spam, beans and weenies on stale Wonder bread is a gourmet meal...
Aaand if you add Garlic .... it`s like Christmas.
Dude in a hurricane who the fuck is thinking about desert...
I have kids. Peanut butter and jelly or ham salad or whatever else I can put between 2 slices of bread will do just fine. Hand them a tin of fucking beans?
What are you yammering on about. NY is going be swept into the ocean in a couple of days. Party time!
The proverbial and long awaited Black Swan, may now be in flight.....
Who could have guessed she would be named Sandy?
No idea why you're getting the negatives. This is exactly the case -- both bread and peanut butter can be kept without refrigeration, and is close to a complete meal (carbs, protein and fat.)
Honey too, one of the only things with no expiry...
indeed. add a can of cambells chicken soup and you've got a gourmet american dinner.
Only if you are unprepared.....
PB&J??
I know this one...
Mana comes frrom God...Dont go into a hurricane without God...Thats what I know.
Bread, milk and eggs go first and what can you make? That's why they call them French Toast Panics.
PB&J. No need to refrigerate or cook.
Personally I go for the liquid bread.
Hmmmm.... that's where I left my vente non fat hazzle nut latte....
what about the liquor aisle?
What about the cracker aisle?
What about the dog food aisle?
What about the trash bag aisle?
What about the stationery and greeting card aisle?
What about the paper towel, TP aisle?
What the cookie and biscuite aisle?
Somebody left their cup of Starbucks so they could grab more bread.
Yeah, that's what I first spotted too. Funny how emergencies influence the reorganisation of some people's priorities.
True story: I worked at a Starbucks in downtown Seattle the day the Nisqually quake struck (magnitude 6.8). The Starbucks was located on the ground floor of a well-known, now-bust, bank. I had just taken this guy's order when the quake hit...building facades were collapsing, windows wobbling in and out like they were made of plexiglass, syrup bottles and other crap falling off the top shelves. I go out to the seating area telling the customers to get under a table and hang on. The quake stops and we all evacuate into the building lobby. The manager locks the door and the customer whose order I had taken before TSHTF grabs me by the arm and says, "What about my latte?"
Conversely the lines at Spanish dumpsters was exceptionally long today and 3 week old milk in Athens was on sale
Now that...that just plain hurts! (snicker, snicker)
The 10+ million people in NYC are hardly the enemy.
The relatively few that are, are, no doubt, not the ones desperately scrambling to get a loaf of Wonder bread.
that's a nice sentiment.
but it will become increasingly apparent over the coming years, that in this world with too many people and too few resources, everyone is the enemy.
Only the 1% would think that. Population planning is a must going forward, but if people become the enemy then redistribution is immediately required.
+ 1
your statement is false - i'm not in the 1% and it's apparent to me.
ok, population planning a must - sounds like a great idea, just like cutting down on carbon emissions.
but how do you propose that it get implemented?
people will fight it tooth and nail, the octomoms and other assorted redundant scum which feel their genetic material needs to be disseminated far and wide, despite having no real value, will call you a tyrant and a fascist, and claim that you are part of the NWO and are implementing a "depopulation agenda". it's sad but true, the people we least need copies of on this earth, are the most likely to breed copiously.
if you can find a way to get it done, i will support you, but i just dont see a realistic way for it to happen before it's too late, mostly due to human nature and complacency.
Step 1. Cut off welfare.
Step 2. Do you need a step 2?
Only the 1% would think that. Population planning is a must going forward, but if people become the enemy then redistribution is immediately required.
- 1
Well in a sense, but then again, they are mostly Democrat, non-thinking sheeple, no?
fu-huck you, partisan MF
Not a partisan statement, merely fact. Most New Yorkers are democrats.
Personally, I don't favor either major party as they are both tools of the elite. I'm a supporter of original thought and free market principles.
Not that I owe you an explanation, as you seem to be quite rude and judgemental.
Bread? Meh. Shit gets real when the caviar's gone from Greenwich, the champagne from Park Avenue and the Pabst Blue Ribbon from Williamsburg.
Here's to hoping Manhattan water levels exceed the tops of trendy Hunter wellies.
Shelter in place, Zone A mofo's.
good point. I hate those hunter wellies too.
We need a photo of what's going on at Dean & Deluca today.
Somebody knows their flood maps.
Maybe they can eat their iPads.
I got these dollars that were just printed and put on my EBT card, can I buy some bread?? Farmer " We don't want the Ben confetti from Washington" ..
Sometimes I get asked at the pick-yer-own if I accept credit cards. I look at those people and tell them no, but I do accept gold and silver.
This never, ever leads to a discussion about fiat money. It does, occasionally, lead to an accusation that I'm a nut case... to which I respond, I'm a nutcase who can grow my own food...
Oughta stick your finger in your nose when putting up with a discussion like that and Pick-A-Biggie...
Well, that's Knukles' way of doing things.
Thinking like that's probably why I left some jobs before their time....
Tuna time
I picked up some oil for my oil lamps and topped off the gas tank, laughing to myself the whole time that I didn't need to go to the grocery store or get anything else.
yeah how will the WIC cards work when the power & comm lines are down? how will the folks be able to buy their booze & smokes?
It's called looting!
I needed cat food so went to Target, the bread aisle there looked like this. No batteries in D or C size. No flashlights or camping stoves. This is in S. eastern Mass. People are remembering Irene and stocking up.
Conserve your loaf(s)!!!
It's WIDESPREAD PANIC!!!
with the "TakeOUT-Porch SONG"
- goin' out to all the heroes err brave consumers out there lookin to ride this one out...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk3ROQodpmM
Hmmmm.... stocking up for the vibrators, right? When the TV is off, you gotta turn the pussy on.....
Coming to your store very soon,bitchez,keep preparing.
Bullish for moldy bread a week or two from now.
Still got some yogurt in the background; I think I'll have some of that for Breakfast...
condoms- check
Booze - Check
9 months from now = end of July baby boom.
I made 2 large loaves of hearty buttermilk oat bread this morning in the bread machine, so I'm all set. Got the ammo to protect it too.
You ever try filling your hollow points with raspberry jelly? They're delicious!
from TIA; (The Insurance Company) To all residents on the Eastern Seaboard as far away and anywhere else; Your insurance policy for homeowners, auto, flood, earthquake, health life and if we forgot anything it is included, is canceled retroactively.
Fuck you, BFD, CEO of TIA
lol
I really wonder how insurance guys are going to handle the aftermath!
+1
Act of god. Pay nothing.
See above.
Love it. Now that would be a hoot. I wonder if the storm will hot the Hamptons and wash it out.
How stupid to run out to buy all the fake bread on the shelves...I wouldn't buy that rubbish anyway unless it is 90% discounted and even then that is twisting my arm a bit much at that price
Same sort of ridiculous stuff sheeple do around the one/two day/s the shops are closed for xmas/new year... you would think it was more like a month the way people stock up! On the other hand I stock up so I don't have to bother going to the shops 7 times a week...If I can't go shopping for 3 weeks cos of snow, so what, no problem, I will just go out when it thaws
Obama is using the scare to boost consumer spending. It is a conspiracy.
Buy walmart, Target
When i visit new york, i was always quite amazed by stores putting food in "bins" which aren't really bins, but more like shelves, full meals were left in "bin's" because they had gone out of date, people then qued and went to them and took the food out, which they blatantly couldn't afford.. these people are going to be very hungry.
Drown you fuckers, drown!
Really? Come on, asshole.
Fuck off. May your gold be tungsten! You must lead a miserable life to spew such hate
I moved to Texas, but my dad still lives in NYC.
You're a dick.
This is Krugman's heaven
Talk about broken windows....what a fucktard.
This will blow up in the professor's shorts. We shall see.
September 11 number 2.Only difference is,that instead of some pasports of the "attakers"someone will find soon receipts for gold bars"Property of Bundes Republik of Deustchland"
this is the way the world ends not with a bang but 2 wimps
Situation Live on webcam
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Great link. Thanks.
NYT: All Food in NYC Shipped to 1600 PA Ave.
Mooch must not go hungry.
Man, you can really hear the wind. It must be getting rough.
Not a lot of whitecaps yet.
Then let them eat cake.
hey buddy, can ya spare a few croutons til tuesday
While regular folks are thinking bread and beans, I'm thinking of all that lovely wine and caviar stored carefully in cellars in the Hamptons. May it all be washed into the sea along with the 'cottages' where it is stored, and may the shoreline be pushed inland at least 500 meters so that none of the current owners will have title to dry land on which to rebuild their over-privileged lives. And may their insurance not cover such an 'act of God'. And finally, may at least a few of them choose to ride out the storm at home. Yes! Go Sandy!
Americanspirit, that has happened in westhampton beach. A very narrow breach cut thruogh the barrier beach, within a month it was a mile wide. Everything gone. The whole beach was rebuilt with houses closer together than ever. I think they are fucked this time
Maybe all the rats flooded out of the subway and sewers will "consume" the rest of NYC. We all live in hope :)
Wasn't there supposed to be 3 day's worth of food?
Foreshadowing: is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that will come later in the story.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreshadowing
Krugmen would be pleased...
Right, does this qualify as a war with the aliens to get the economy going again?
... he really did advocate for that, maybe in snarc, but how can you tell when it comes to econ PhDs?
some interview with Krugman
http://www.section9department17.com/1/post/2012/10/krugman-denies-having...
I used to visit refineries all over Jersey tied to the asbestos litigation happening at the time. Anyone know how much refining capacity still exists there? Given all the price flux after CA's recent refinery boondoggles, I'm wondering what this is going to do to gas prices in that market?
This picture portrays a lie. I live in the NYC and we're fortified like a M.O.F. Seriously folks, no bread lines.
the ZH take:
Consequence of the criminal money-printing by the fed: no more bread in the US
I have all the bread I need. I'm staying inside and watching baseball tonight.
GO GIANTS!
Probably the bread was never delivered. Show me the twinkie Isle. That is where the real test will be.
Milk, bread and eggs.. the human survival instinct to have a nice french toast for breakfast.
Happy Hurricane Sandy ladies and gentleman!
Go for WonderBread - it can also be used as a floatation device and you can have a slice or two with a sardine while waiting to be rescued...
Who gives a shit. It's a storm folks. By Wednesday, it will be business as usual. And if the storm turns out to be a dog - like so many are after they head onshore - it will be business as usual tomorrow.
after storm passes, bread is always good to use as a helmet against NYPD thugs
I have a loaf for NYC. Freshly pinched.
Busch, I mean Owebama new bout hurracain Sandey an did nuthin
The brooklyn nets are gona have some new players.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqWKIpb8yq0
forget escpae from L.A. it's escape from N.Y.
Mother earth has had to much koolaid.
I'm pretty sure that's the liquor aisle rather than the bread aisle.
It about fucking time NY and it's mafia Banksters were offfed for their crimes against humanity.
Bring it on?
Grab the popcorn folks, flotsam at 6
Awww, Chase is so thoughtful. I just got an email from them saying that they hope me and my family are safe and that they want to help where they can. They are waiving any late or overdraft fees through October 31. Isn't that nice? /sarc
I live in NYC and this is an anomaly. Maybe all those UWS people panicked but most stores here have plenty of food. That being said I'm stocked to the roof as usual..... Just in case
No Hostess Twinkies or Snowballs and where are the Ding Dongs?