--- title: Grocery Stores Sold Out for Winter Storm Stella PHOTOS description: In preparation for winter storm Stella, anxious Northeasterners completely cleaned out a grocery store stocking up on provisions. canonical: https://time.com/4700809/storm-stella-grocery-store/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-14T15:44:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:02:54.042Z og:title: People Totally Cleaned Out These Grocery Stores for Stella og:description: "Apparently carb eaters love a good storm!" og:url: https://time.com/4700809/storm-stella-grocery-store/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: People Totally Cleaned Out These Grocery Stores for Stella twitter:description: "Apparently carb eaters love a good storm!" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # See How People Totally Cleaned Out These Grocery Stores for Winter Storm Stella > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ## Video: Schools Are Shuttered and Flights Scrapped as 'Life-Threatening' Storm Hits the Northeastern U.S. [Watch (HLS stream): Schools Are Shuttered and Flights Scrapped as 'Life-Threatening' Storm Hits the Northeastern U.S.](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/zsEobVOV.m3u8) (0:41)  _Published 2017-03-13. The powerful nor'easter grounded more than 5,000 flights, closed schools in cities big and small and prompted dire warnings to stay off the roads_  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 14, 2017 3:44 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 14, 2017 3:44 PM UTC [Winter storm Stella](http://time.com/4700653/winter-storm-stella-latest-location-update/), [a “Nor’easter” storm](http://time.com/4699449/winter-storm-stella-noreaster/) expected to bring more than a foot of snow to parts of the East Coast on Tuesday, is shaping up to be [one of the most epic blizzards of the year](http://time.com/4700594/us-weather-east-coast-warnings-noreaster-stella-storm/), a fact that wasn’t lost on Northeast residents who sprung into action last night to prepare for the impending weather. As snow days were announced on the East Coast, anxious residents stocked up on supplies — leading to a veritable flurry of their own in supermarkets up and down the Northeast. Crowded aisles, cleared out shelves, and seemingly endless lines were the sad reality for anyone who didn’t have a well-stocked fridge ahead of the snowstorm. To put it bluntly — there was no calm before this storm. See just how crazy the run for storm Stella rations was below. > [](https://twitter.com/melissastark/status/841397174604828672) > [](https://twitter.com/wasaprguy/status/841068560889860097) > [](https://twitter.com/ShannonClash/status/841440036641992705) > [](https://twitter.com/balu%5Fgorre/status/841439952378441729) > [](https://twitter.com/Exotic%5FGoddess3/status/841449029594689536) > [](https://twitter.com/sara%5Fchase/status/841449225858748418) > [](https://twitter.com/BostonGlobe/status/841509614466273284) > [](https://twitter.com/JimSias/status/841447237100154885) ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4700809/storm-stella-grocery-store/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4700809/storm-stella-grocery-store/"},"headline":"See How People Totally Cleaned Out These Grocery Stores for Winter Storm Stella","datePublished":"2017-03-14T15:44:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:02:54.042Z","description":"Better safe than sorry","url":"https://time.com/4700809/storm-stella-grocery-store/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","Blizzard","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4700809/storm-stella-grocery-store/","name":"See How People Totally Cleaned Out These Grocery Stores for Winter Storm Stella"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Schools Are Shuttered and Flights Scrapped as 'Life-Threatening' Storm Hits the Northeastern U.S.","description":"The powerful nor'easter grounded more than 5,000 flights, closed schools in cities big and small and prompted dire warnings to stay off the roads","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/zsEobVOV/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-03-13T19:43:38.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/zsEobVOV.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4700809/storm-stella-grocery-store/","duration":"PT41S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4700809/storm-stella-grocery-store/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```