so, i tried calling around and realized it was hopeless - nobody that works in these stores knows what they're doing, and there's no database to find excess stock, i just need to look around and get lucky.

the store i found a bunch at was particularly useful to me because they had an almost unopened carton on the top of the shelf. so, i just looked up and grabbed it.

i'm going to need to float around, there's no way around it.

we're going to get about a week or so of nicer weather starting midweek, so i'll wait it out a bit and just ride up tecumseh to the edge of town and then take wyandotte back if i haven't found any. that should cover 75% of the grocery stores in town, with the rest being somewhat south of here.

that means i can reasonably hope to get a substantive amount done over the next few days, as i've got this more or less worked out.