My shopper reports low stock yesterday. But I don’t care, I look forward to the future leveling.
Also for the love of all that’s holy stop carrying this absurd 50lb bag of Moul Bie “flour” i cant get rid of fast enough. That’s a short cut for a lazy bakery product and really wish she didn’t pick that up hahaha
Yeah super low stock and bad vibes there earlier this week. Cheese selection still slim (and prices are all over the place), no Ghia, etc. Sigh.
It makes it hard for me to invest the time to head in that direction if inventory is an issue.
Thanks to all the shopper reports!
Don’t worry, “the ship is embarking on a new course” 
That’s what they said about the Titanic…
I say give them a chance - I’d hate to see us lose Epicurus Gourmet. Saves me a trip to Europe, or at least saves me the heavy suitcase when I bring all that stuff home with me.
I’m definitely trying, but it’s been quite a while and things still feel way way off in there.
yeah they’ve absolutely fucked the vibes.
Picked it up. Thank you!
Went recently and inventory was back up but not to pre-fallout/lawsuit levels. Prices seemed a little higher but generally not more than one might expect in the current environment. Two main issues were:
Mortadella sliced 4x too thick. Like crazy thick. I bought a half pound and it was only 4 slices. Big fail. Didn’t seem very fresh either but maybe just chalk that up to the ham-steak style slicing.
Also, there was a cheese that used to be a good deal there. It was cut into little pieces and knowing it was a generally good deal and it wasn’t much more than a 1/4 pound just grabbed one.
Upon reviewing my receipt they were charging over $37/lb for it. This was not like some very fancy epoisses. I can only assume they saw it was popular previously and jacked up the price hoping folks would purchase out of habit (like me).
Much remains to be seen…
Apologies for the thickness of the mortadella. Will do our best to rectify that issue moving forward.
In regard to price increases, we hate to do it, but when our vendors raise their prices, we need to increase ours. We’re not in the business of jacking up our prices just because a particular item may be popular.
Regarding our inventory, keep in mind that we offer a lot of imported goods. However, with the current Panama Canal and Red Sea situations, some imported items are increasingly harder to attain. We’ve also been dealing with exorbitant shipping costs, vendors who are having issues acquiring many of the imported products we order, as well as vendors who are simply discontinuing products we’ve always carried. One of our vendors just got a deal with Amazon. They’ve been so busy producing for Amazon, they’ve got no time to produce anything for Epicurus.
In the meantime, we’re doing our best to seek out new vendors and connect with small businesses who produce small batch, niche items.
We sure hope you stick with us as we work through these issues. We sure do appreciate your support.
Thanks for coming in.
Went last week - pretty much back to the old levels. Many more conserva options than I recall from before.
Just went - cheese and meat section still feeling limited and $$, stopped stocking a few key items (for me, at least)
Curious, @caleb…what items are missing to you?
i do not buy much cheese there but seems like there were a lot of options. Some cheeses are seasonal and some just disappear from the US market due to distribution change, but overall the fridge looked about the same as before. Prices, on the other hand…but isn’t it the story everywhere?
I hadn’t been since all the changes until this past wk.
They’ve expanded into the space next door (I don’t think they had that open under the previous iteration).
If you’re looking for Central Milling, you’re going to be a happy camper (baker):
Not pictured, the Breadtopia (!!!) goods next to this.
Nice!
Just returned from a trip there to find inventory not like what I’m used to. There were a lot of empty shelves…conservas were not as plentiful as they used to be, there were less sausages that I used to buy as gifts during the holidays, and the butter case was about a quarter empty.
I missed my country pâté and while there were plenty of snacks, some of the cheeses that I loved weren’t in stock. Some of the refrigerated cases actually need some upkeep because the lights didn’t work so it was hard to see what was inside.
There is a large selection of panettone for your holiday gift-giving. @paranoidgarliclover is correct in that the flour and baking section is stocked to the brim.
Giant cans of Bianco tomatoes can be had for $13. It’s usually $6 for a can at WF…and I think the giant cans is 4 regular cans.
P.S. Opened our Epoisses to find the following:
This is troubling considering the best by dates for both were well into January.
Oh, no. 
Sorry to hear about that. Do you think it would be worth contacting management to inform them (although I think they have an account and have posted on this thread)?
Do you normally get Matiz conservas? They confusingly had separated those from the Jose Andres section of conservas near the baking section.
The Matiz are pretty solid. When fully stocked, the selection is actually superb and negates the need to go to any of the restaurants that open up tins and serve with some accouterments. La Brujula, Nuri, Ortiz, and Jose Gourmet…not to be confused with Jose Andres products.
It seemed to me that they sectioned the conservas by fish type. Tuna, sardines, mollusks, cephalopods and pâtés had their own areas.
