Shoppers in the Kansas City area have probably seen pictures on social media of empty shelves and cleared out grocery stores ahead of the weekend winter storm.
Provided Essential items like milk, eggs and bread were hard to find before and during the storm. Kansas City road closures on both sides of the state line made it difficult to keep the shelves stocked.
No grocery store in the area was immune to the pre-storm shopping rush.
KSHB 41’s Isabella Ledonne asked shoppers what shopping before the storm was like.
“Chaotic,” Pamela Ross said.
Al Miller “Pretty busy,” Stanley Adams said.
Al Miller “My sister came in here [to Hy-Vee] and said the shelves were bare,” Dianne Verrill said.
Al Miller So, many shoppers were surprised to find everything they needed at the Hy-Vee in Shawnee on Tuesday.
“I didn’t know if they’d be able to get trucks back in because it’s taking so long for the roads to get cleared,” Michael Maas said. “But the shelves are stocked so we were pleasantly surprised.”