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TinyBlueDot

(14 posts) Tue Jul 15, 2025, 12:09 AM Jul 15

Do you think there will be a run on

Ketchup like there was on toilet paper?
If there is no one to pick all the tomatoes then will it affect the products made with tomatoes: ketchup; spaghetti sauce; salsa...?
Then will we go to the store and there are just bare shelves?

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Do you think there will be a run on (Original Post) TinyBlueDot Jul 15 OP

nah ketchup/catsup keeps for centuries in the back of the fridge nt msongs Jul 15 #1

A lot of those processed tomato products are made with mechanically harvested tomatoes. RockRaven Jul 15 #2

I keep my distance. usonian Jul 15 #3

The Greatification is ON!!!!! BurnDoubt Jul 15 #4

msongs

(71,827 posts)

1. nah ketchup/catsup keeps for centuries in the back of the fridge nt

Reply to TinyBlueDot (Original post)

Tue Jul 15, 2025, 12:23 AM

Jul 15

RockRaven

(17,625 posts)

2. A lot of those processed tomato products are made with mechanically harvested tomatoes.

Reply to TinyBlueDot (Original post)

Tue Jul 15, 2025, 12:27 AM

Jul 15

People who have driven north and south on I-5 or Hwy-99 in CA will probably have seen lots of trucks hauling tomatoes in (usually two) open top trailers. Those are the mechanically harvested ones.

https://boomcalifornia.org/2013/06/24/thinking-through-the-tomato-harvester/

There still is some labor involved, of course, just not as much as in the past.

usonian

(19,200 posts)

3. I keep my distance.

Reply to RockRaven (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 15, 2025, 12:35 AM

Jul 15

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BurnDoubt

(831 posts)

4. The Greatification is ON!!!!!

Reply to TinyBlueDot (Original post)

Tue Jul 15, 2025, 03:07 AM

Jul 15

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