On Nov 1, 6:31*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:24:48 -0400, Dave Smith
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> >On 01/11/2011 6:08 PM, Chemo the Clown wrote:
> >> On Nov 1, 2:35 pm, > *wrote:
> >>> There was a big display of canned pumpkin at Aldi Sunday --
> >>> ninety-nine cents each.
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> >>> Tara
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> >> I've never seen any big grocery store be out of canned pumpkin...all
> >> year long.
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> >Over the last year or so there were a number of posts about a pumpkin
> >shortage. Any time I remembered to look for canned pumpkin I had no
> >trouble finding it. Fearing that they might be something to the shortage
> >rumours, I made sure to get some in the summer. *Then when Thanksgiving
> >rolled around last month there was lots.
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> The only reason canned pumpin is scarce in some areas around holiday
> time is due to stores not stocking enough. *But there is no shortage
> because canned pumpkin is actually butternut squash and it's on the
> store shelves all year... you can even order it on line, Amazon sells
> it in various size cans and in single cans or by the case. *Sam's Club
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This year, yes. Last year, the crops were generally ruined by
weather, and canned pumpkin was non-existent on store shelves. There
isn't any shortage this year.

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