Shoppers put together for DC’s greatest snowstorm in a decade

Toilet paper, bread and milk. No one actually is aware of why these are the blizzard must-haves, however these are the gadgets that ship folks to the grocery retailer earlier than the primary snowflake falls.

The cabinets in lots of shops had been naked, and gadgets you by no means thought can be onerous to seek out are lacking.

To discover bananas, WTOP Senior Broadcast Producer Mike Jakaitis and his spouse Kellie needed to cease at three totally different grocery shops earlier than they hit the jackpot.

On Friday, buyers on the Giant Food grocery story on Rockville Pike appeared to have luck on their facet as they stocked up, even when some informed WTOP that they weren’t happy with their purchases.

“I spent $30 on almost nothing but bread,” Regina Wood mentioned. “I bought two things of bagels, three loaves of bread, some cinnamon raisin bread. Yeah, it’s embarrassing.”

Wood mentioned whereas the shop was busy, the strains went fast.

“Yes, a lot of bread choices are gone,” Wood mentioned.

Could that be as a result of Wood purchased all the bread?

“Yeah, I did. I’m sorry,” she mentioned with fun.

While the grocery retailer would be the final place quite a lot of us would need to be on a Friday afternoon earlier than a snowstorm, Wood mentioned there isn’t a place she would somewhat be.

“It’s like the day before Christmas,” Wood mentioned. “You’ve got to get in the store and get something.”

While quite a lot of the consumers got here in with a sport plan, somebody who gave little thought to the procuring record was Brian, of North Bethesda, who was despatched to the shop with a procuring record from his spouse.

“I get whatever my wife is telling me to get,” he mentioned earlier than disclosing the small print of his record. “Let’s look here: syrup, muffins, bagels, some shredded cheese.”

Tracy, who made a fast cease on the Giant earlier than heading house to Prince George’s County, informed WTOP that the workers was doing an amazing job restocking the cabinets.

But, for Jennifer, the problem was not that she couldn’t discover the gadgets she needed to purchase. It was  having to hold them.

“Crazy busy. I couldn’t even get a cart, so I just had my things in my hands,” she mentioned. “People were so friendly, but, oh, my goodness, let me get out of here.”

After standing in an extended line, Connor Geary left the Giant with a giant smile on his face.

“My girlfriend said since we’re getting snowed in, we can eat a little bit unhealthy,” Geary mentioned. “I got the Boulder Canyon chips. We also got Airheads Xtremes — they’re my favorite.”

Geary didn’t go away the shop with out additionally selecting up his girlfriend’s favourite snack: gummy worms.

As he bought prepared to move house, he mentioned he didn’t want to go to the liquor retailer, which was on the opposite facet of the parking zone, as a result of that had already been taken care of.

“I got a bottle of Captain Morgan and a few Michelobs,” Geary mentioned with fun.

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