Thread to note supply shortages in the shops

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My local Tesco seems to be constantly running out of eggs lately. Is there a national shortage of hens now?

Yes, well sort of. Bird flu has certainly reduced the availability of organic eggs.

 

[Doppelgänger]

Yes, well sort of. Bird flu has certainly reduced the availability of organic eggs.

And free range, as they are couped up in a hen house and not allowed to "roam free"

 

[AnnaKarpik]

Hazelnuts! Haven't seen any for months

 

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Hazelnuts! Haven't seen any for months

Is it because they are all covered in chocolate.

 

[AnnaKarpik]

Is it because they are all covered in chocolate.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Hazelnuts! Haven't seen any for months

I only see those at Xmas anyway

 

[savoloysam]

And free range, as they are couped up in a hen house and not allowed to "roam free"

Yup. Ye old "free range" scam. What is the law, must be allowed access outside for one hour a day or some bollocks? Meanwhile people see the word free range and assume that the hens live solely in a field.

 

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Yup. Ye old "free range" scam. What is the law, must be allowed access outside for one hour a day or some bollocks? Meanwhile people see the word free range and assume that the hens live solely in a field.

In fairness, they do need somewhere safe, cosy, warm and comfortable at night and a certain amount of space.

 

[Chz]

Yup. Ye old "free range" scam. What is the law, must be allowed access outside for one hour a day or some bollocks? Meanwhile people see the word free range and assume that the hens live solely in a field.

From the RSPCA:
Free-range eggs have come from birds that, during the daytime, enjoy unlimited access to outdoor pastures.

At night, free-range hens are housed in barns which keep them safe. This also allows them to express normal behaviour with perches for roosting and a maximum of nine hens per square meter of usable inside space. For free-range hens, the maximum flock size on an RSPCA Assured farm is 16,000 birds.

Free-range hens must be provided with litter to allow the hens to perform natural behaviours, and which covers at least one-third of the floor surface.

 

[savoloysam]

Not as bad as I thought then (((hens))))

 

[StoneRoad]

I have a particular fondness for a specific non-mcvities brand of ginger biscuits.

Just managed to stock up again, after a severe drought of my favourites.
[had been reduced to mcvities, which I don't like as much, as the recipe is different]

Shades of the disaster when the Carrs plant in Carlisle was flooded ... it took some six months or more before the ginger biscuit oven was rebuilt ...

 

[Chz]

Not as bad as I thought then (((hens))))

Poor things have been indoors for months now, though.

 

[Mattym]

I have a particular fondness for a specific non-mcvities brand of ginger biscuits.

Just managed to stock up again, after a severe drought of my favourites.
[had been reduced to mcvities, which I don't like as much, as the recipe is different]

Shades of the disaster when the Carrs plant in Carlisle was flooded ... it took some six months or more before the ginger biscuit oven was rebuilt ...

I wanted some ASDA ginger biscuits the other day- the stock on the shelves for cheaper biscuits was seriously depleted. Think there were plenty of Borders etc.....

 

[Bingoman]

My local Tesco seems to be constantly running out of eggs lately. Is there a national shortage of hens now?

My local sainsburys has the same problem too

 

[MrSki]

I have a particular fondness for a specific non-mcvities brand of ginger biscuits.

Just managed to stock up again, after a severe drought of my favourites.
[had been reduced to mcvities, which I don't like as much, as the recipe is different]

Shades of the disaster when the Carrs plant in Carlisle was flooded ... it took some six months or more before the ginger biscuit oven was rebuilt ...

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

I have no idea what those biscuits are but that usage of the blue badge IS against rhe rules of usage.
e2a: having thought better about it, I was probably wrong above as this seem to be a conversation about supermarket parking where actual blue badge usage rules are not relevant but only observed as a courtesy rule.
apologies for this.

 

[MrSki]

I have no idea what those biscuits are but that usage of the blue badge IS against rhe rules of usage.
e2a: having thought better about it, I was probably wrong above as this seem to be a conversation about supermarket parking where actual blue badge usage rules are not relevant but only observed as a courtesy rule.
apologies for this.

It was the 'fondness for a specific biscuit' that brought this to mind not the blue badge bit but you are right.

Not the orange ones though just the minty ones.

 

[Artaxerxes]

I have a particular fondness for a specific non-mcvities brand of ginger biscuits.

Just managed to stock up again, after a severe drought of my favourites.
[had been reduced to mcvities, which I don't like as much, as the recipe is different]

Shades of the disaster when the Carrs plant in Carlisle was flooded ... it took some six months or more before the ginger biscuit oven was rebuilt ...

Feels like a lot of places don't sell own brand these days. Find it hard to find generic head and shoulders at the various big name pharmacies and my local Tesco has a tiny cereal aisle mostly with brand names only

 

[Dogsauce]

Feels like a lot of places don't sell own brand these days. Find it hard to find generic head and shoulders at the various big name pharmacies and my local Tesco has a tiny cereal aisle mostly with brand names only

I do wonder if some suppliers bribe retailers not to supply own brand equivalents of their products, whether it forms part of price negotiations. Happened for quite a while with the big old school supermarkets and now the newer discount places like Aldi seem to be playing along (e.g. nowhere does Dairylea knock-offs anymore, used to get tubs of own brand stuff for less than half the cost). Don’t know if that’s a monopoly abuse somehow? All hits you in the pocket.

 

[StoneRoad]

Think that this, at least partially, depends on how the manufacturer allocates production time.
If the big brands pay more, then they could will get precedence for production.

[and some brand manufacturers make a big song & dance about not doing own-label production]

 

[Rob Ray]

Was at the big Tescos in Hackney the other day and the only eggs eggs left were the luxury ones. Honestly I didn't think about the slow collapse of food security starting with a situation where I can still merrily buy chocolate and coffee from around the world while being unable to source a boiled egg, but the logic's all there I guess.

 

[Ranbay]

My shops are fully stocked, because no cunts can afford anything anymore !

 

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Very few eggs available in supermarket today.

 

[Pickman's model]

My shops are fully stocked, because no cunts can afford anything anymore !

that's because you own harrods

 

[Pickman's model]

My local Tesco seems to be constantly running out of eggs lately. Is there a national shortage of hens now?

further to previous replies, Why are eggs so expensive? Because an avian flu killed 43 million hens | Gene Baur

 

[kenny g]

Anyone else noticed supermarket meat appears to have become insanely watery? I have started going to my local " high class" butcher on the basis that a non sopping wet hunk of meat is probably better value than a bag of blood and water even if it costs a couple of quid more a kilo..

 

[Sue]

Was at the big Tescos in Hackney the other day and the only eggs eggs left were the luxury ones. Honestly I didn't think about the slow collapse of food security starting with a situation where I can still merrily buy chocolate and coffee from around the world while being unable to source a boiled egg, but the logic's all there I guess.

That Tesco (assume you mean the one in Morning Lane) is always rubbish. I gave up going there years ago when I lived nearby after the time I went in and they had no onions, no potatoes, no milk and pretty much no bread which was just about my entire shopping list. And they'd always have about one person on the checkouts and huge, huge queues too.

 

[Bingoman]

Not much milk in my local co op or sainsburys today?

 

[danny la rouge]

Not much milk in my local co op or sainsburys today?

How would we know?

 

[Artaxerxes]

According to the bloke in the small local electricals shop there's a minor shortage of monoxide and smoke alarms