Seem to have lost all willpower against binging on chocolate and sweet pastries sweets anything like that.
Apparently, the cause of the two muppets laying into one another in Morrisons was the last pack of pasta...
What a world we live in today, eh?
Some people need to give the hysteria of social media (outlet for morons twitter) and news a rest for a while!
Even heard a hilarious conspiracy theory doing the rounds from a middle-aged adult who should know better! Jeezuz people really are thick as ****.
@CountZero - Gone are the heady days of punch-ups over discounted/shite Blaupunkt TV's.
Wen't to Lidl and Morrisons earlier to get some fresh meals for the week, didn't expect to come back depressed and anxious. Sort of wish I still had the allotment!
Needless to say it's St Patrick's Day so I'm breaking lent with some beer and chocolate... that will make me feel better until I get on the scales in the morning...
needed some bog roll so wife popped into tesco’s. 1 pack left at a fiver, which is more than we’d normally pay but she thought ah well, we need some and these are desperate days :-/
took it to the till and it rang through at £9. er….surely some mistake she says, theyre a fiver.
nope, the price is changing constantly due to demand says the cashier. have em back then, im not paying that, id rather use a sock.
If they do that, what’s the point of printing price labels? Surely all prices would always be fluctuating?
Why are supermarkets not implementing rationing?
Morrisons have recently done this in-store and Waitrose have limits for online orders; I don't know about others but it appears they haven't.
I hear and read the words about robust supply chains, food security etc but am unconvinced.
Stores used to have warehouses attached and could carry significant replenishment stocks but those days are long gone.
Now it's algorithms and distribution centres working on just-in-time basis; we've all seen occurrences when deliveries are just too late, not just-in-time.
Will the current situation lead to stores carrying stock just in case?
Been for the weekly shop this evening at the big Sainsbury’s in town. Quiet in there but it was past 8. Very little choice of fresh stuff - fruit, veg and meat - especially ‘regular choices’. Sympathy bought some Brussel Sprouts (I love ‘em!) and 2 x packs of peppers padron! Got most of stuff I wanted or alternatives. No eggs, pasta and bog roll looked empty but didn’t look closely as we don’t need any. Rather thankfully crisps and biscuits were in plentiful supply, as were beer and wine. Dunno anyone who’d by a shit load of chicken breasts rather than a double pack of dark choccie digestives.
As someone said above, it’s a pretty depressing experience overall. Although did had a nice chat with the cashier! Not looking forwards to having to do it twice a week as the folks are now home bound for the foreseeable.
RM.
not a fan of Tesco at all but I don’t believe even for 1 second that happened as described without seeing some kind of proof. It would be national news if they were doing this. Retailers have already been warned against profiteering.took it to the till and it rang through at £9. er….surely some mistake she says, theyre a fiver.
nope, the price is changing constantly due to demand says the cashier
The moment you get told you need to isolate yourself from the world for 2 weeks is not really the best time to do a big shop to make things more comfortable.
Maybe but it depends on what you have in. I did a grab run because I was next to a super market I'd been in the same morning before the heat kicked in - I used a few basic rules - gel clean hands, stay away from people by a few meters, touch it you buy it - got some random soup flavours. I've still had to get a mate to do a milk drop and if my neighbour wasn't going shopping today I'd be out of bread.
Apparently there's now not much in the way of veg in the local shops. When I can get out and shop again in a couple of days - atleast I've still got a bit of fresh veg and enough frozen rather than no fresh and few half less than half full packs of frozen. I'm not desperate for stuff if I cant find.
From the wealth of information on here and messaging people it seems to be a mix of fine it's only the big supper markets; so long as you are happy with random things you can get stuff to full locust experience.
Maybe the garden centre first and buy seeds and compost - had already decided to try a bit of grow your own action before all of this. No one start a run on seeds and peat free compost before Friday. Other than that the plan is to buy enough so I'm not loosing time to and fro to the shops too regularly.
zilog - agree, it's not credible; reputational damage would be huge.
Corner shop, possibly; national retailer - no.
Went to Sainsbury after Mrs Dubs came home from work. Only fresh stuff was two type of mushrooms (we bought chestnut in case you care). Whole aisles of shelves completely empty
Popped into Costco after dinner and we were able to get some spuds and courgettes. Bought a few other bits whilst we were in there - quite a bit of fresh on the shelves, but they have no reserves anywhere, just whats on the shop floor.
All the racking above was empty.
They had packets of biscuits where the cereals usually go, and no drugs of any sort.
So a bit mad but not as mad as Sainsbury...
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Half serious question. Can I use disk brake cleaner to sanitise my hands? I’ve got loads of that…
It likey would, though Tetrachloroethylene is pretty nasty stuff I think?
That said, the main issue would be that it evaporates very fast meaning it might not have time to kill the virus.
That's why im watering down the vast quantities of IPA I now own from 99% to about 70%.
Wat watch do one by 4 corona bounce
^^ A coronograph?
Alwight now that's sorted will a nardo grey Audi TT air con filter keep out the menace?
Let us know?😁
took it to the till and it rang through at £9. er….surely some mistake she says, theyre a fiver.
Tesco policy says you should get it for nothing, then.
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Wat watch do one by 4 corona bounce
Poopscoop
^^ A coronograph?
Applause!
Panic buying American style
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronavirus-us-panic-buying-guns-ammo-nra-a9403886.html
Mate in Ocean Grove, Vic, went to the local supermarket yesterday and they were giving away 3 bog rolls per customer. Could do with that here.
I have been stocking up to at least have a separate two week stash of food. The best way to do this is to do it gradually. The main reason I have done this is because my partner is a nurse and also celiac, and I fear what the NHS will be asking of her in the next few months, since she is an outstanding nurse.
Whilst I have no doubt there will be enough food, it’s the getting it to our house that concerns me. We only loved to this area of uk a year or so ago, and her close by family is on the risk groups.
Call me paranoid but at least this is one thing less to worry about in what was already a terribly stressful 2020 for us.
Not been panic buying here.
But I have been panic baking and cooking, to fill the freezer with food (from goods we already had in the larder cupboard).
It's been annoying to go to my bakery to buy my normal loaves, to find no bread - twice.
I then decide to toddle to the health food shop, to buy flour and yeast to bake my own bread - non of those products in stock (shop owner who I know well, says he's only getting 70% of his orders delivered).
I walk into Iceland supermarket and a lot of the bits and bobs I buy through the week are there, but many shelves empty.
Hubby has had a stomach bug since Saturday and we've been one of the few families actually needing loo roll. I couldn't buy any in a supermarket but I found the recycled type in the health food shop, which comes in packs of 4. Will have to go out shortly and get more.
SiL is a corporate lawyer, deals with selling restaurant chains etc, said some of her wealthier clients are absolutely elated at the thought of all the cheap business purchase opportunities coming along. Ofcourse all of this has already been written about (eg Vol 3 of 'Das Kapital' and in Naomi Klein's 'The Shock Doctrine') but remember this system thrives on screwing others.
I'm dreading when my mates around here get laid off. They're all loosely or self-employed, with kids and rent to pay for, they are about to experience even more brutality of this system and they certainly won't be in a position to panic buy.
I can't quite believe that yesterday BJ said the government is here to protect businesses, not people. Plus they're offering loans not grants, make the poor pay! Chickens roost.
just been to Aldi to get the weekly shop that we attempted at the weekend but couldnt get half the stuff needed for the little one.
Was able to get everything on the list except dried pasta (so bought from the mountain of fresh pasta) and also no fish pie mix.
Managed to get nappies and bog roll
and yesterday the chemist came up trumps with calpol and baby vits
thats us sorted for the week......
Plus they’re offering loans not grants
Grants are available. £10k-£25k.
Out of eggs around these here parts.
Vaccines are made using eggs. Can but hope.
Mind you, local (big) shop also low on bacon. Maybe 14 days worth of fry ups is a workable hoarding tactic.
Survived Tesco. Plenty of empty shelves and freezers, no baked beans fgs. Greengrocer tomorrow and hopefully they'll have some eggs.
Panic buying will subside eventually but increased demand will be here to stay as long as we are in semi lockdown.
30% of food purchased in the UK is takeaways, restaurants or pre packed sandwiches and similar. Pretty much all this food demand now needs to come from supermarkets. A few of them are looking at drastically simplifying their offerings to improve supply (like does tesco need 13 varieties of wholemeal pasta when the demand is for plain spaghetti and penne?)
Shouldn't be going there myself now because my better half has a new continuous cough and has been told by manager to self-isolate (so I now should self-isolate for 14 days), but apparently the Southampton supermarkets are being decimated. Family tried to get a few bits first thing this morning for us while getting some for themselves and despite visiting two big stores, some basic things simply weren't available at all or very limited choice.
I have found the Holy Grail!
Behold!
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That's the Trinity...
Well, a week on from my starting this thread and we have just completed our regular mid-week online shop with probably 50% of our regular items not available at all or only with unsuitable alternatives (ie, no plain tuna so suggesting 'tuna flakes infused with almond milk, honey and croutons' as a replacement which won't pass the 10 yr old taste test).
I did manage to get some toilet paper though (and it was a quite big pack) so I got that even thought we may be able to last until next week with what we have at the moment (although with two children that I fully expect to be at home as of Friday, we'll get through much more).
I am relieved we stocked up a little more on things like chopped tomatoes, pasta and potatoes just in case we still can't get those items next week.
I have found the Holy Grail!
You monster.
Our weekly shop this evening, others have said most of the stuff you order isn't turning up. So fearing that thought I'd head to Costco when it opened to grab some more stuff just in case.
I got there 5 mins after opening. Queue was from the entrance, the whole length of the warehouse, and most the way along the side of the car park. Looked like they were restricting entry.
Didn't even try to get in, but we've probably got a weeks worth of stuff left, and if its like that every time you try a supermarket I'm not sure what to do. To add to that I have fussy young kids who are a pita with food. Possibly this might starve that out of them.
I’ve made pasta for my eldest’s lunch and my tea tonight, we feel like millionaires. Of course this was from stuff already in the cupboard not bought just in case.
I’m all for having shopping hours for the elderly and vulnerable etc, but from what I’ve seen in the shops (whilst popping in to buy stuff for lunch) it’s the younger pensioners who are panic buying during the morning/daytime leaving bugger all for those who are in work who can only do their shopping at evenings and weekends
Hubby has had a ....
You've definitely been spending too much time on snowheads...
Don't worry. Panic over.
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Went to Sainsbury's today to get some milk and fruit juice - no milk on the shelves whatsoever. Not even skimmed! Are people that desperate they're buying skimmed?
So, walked over the road to Aldi - all the different milks available and plenty of them. Maybe I just timed it right after a delivery or maybe people are assuming that becuase one shop is out then all of them must be.
I was also told this morning that the beer shelves were empty. That made me panic! Thankfully it wasn't true though.
Judging by my local Sainsburys, Easter Egg manufacturers must be feeling pretty suicidal. Shelves full of them.
The National Trust propertied are currently sitting on (pun slightly intended) thousands of Easter eggs. As they’re closed none of the Easter egg hunts are going ahead. Hopefully they’ll be given away to good causes
Judging by my local Sainsburys, Easter Egg manufacturers must be feeling pretty suicidal. Shelves full of them.
The confectionary aisle is pretty bare though. once the high density low cost chocolate is gone people will switch.
Nightmare for home workers. If I open a twix, I'll eat it and the rest of the pack can sit safely in the cupboard until tomorrow. Open an easter egg and it will all be gone that day.
So to supplement the shop with all its missing items, I nipped into Lidl on the way back from picking up an office chair for my home working and it's cleared out although I did manage to get some porridge oats and golden syrup (which we couldn't get from Tesco) so when the kids are home from school they have something to do (they love baking and their latest fad is making flapjack).
