I’ve got a bone to pick with my local grocery store. I’m not sure if I just like products that no one else likes or what, but I’m getting tired of my favorite items being discontinued and no longer available at the grocery stores near me. I don’t know if the companies who make these products stopped making them or if my stores just stopped stocking them, but either way, I’m highly irritated that I can’t buy them anymore.
A lot of these items are food items. In fact, my love of Little Debbie PB&J Oatmeal cream pies is what sparked this rant. They were one of my favorite snack cakes for the longest time and now I can’t find them anywhere! I also used to buy Lipton Green Tea in a can a lot. It was delicious. I found it in a 12 pack on the soda isle, but not anymore! There 
have been lots of item like Bread Pudding in a cup in the dairy section and Coffee Mate Chai Creamer that I no longer see at my local grocery store. It’s preposterous really!
And it’s not just food items that have disappeared. I used to buy this Johnson & Johnson Facial Matte Toner to put on under my migraine. It stopped my face from getting oily all day and for some odd reason, Johnson & Johnson quit making it. ELF nail polish used to be my favorite nail polish until they stopped selling it. I had to find a new favorite!
Maybe these items are no longer available because they didn’t sell a lot, but I liked them. And aren’t I just as important of a consumer as anyone else? I think so. It’s hard not to to develop abandonment issues when your favorite products disappear from store shelves. I just get so attached and then BOOM, I have to quit them cold turkey. It’s not fair. Thanks for listening. Now, I’m going to go eat a substandard oatmeal cremes pie because I no longer have a choice in which kind of oatmeal pies I buy.
Stephanie Walters 