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I had the day off today and went shopping. Maybe not necessarily in TH right now, but most corner shops/ Costcutters are still very well stocked, far more so than supermarkets. I found all kinds of tinned food and even masks and sanitisers are the Costcutter at the end of Gypsy Road by the roundabout.
 
Had a word to one of the corner shop guys by Tulse Hill station and he said that he's got no idea when he'll be restocked as the suppliers are struggling to get supplies. He thinks it isn't a long term thing, but when he sells out, thats it for a bit.
 
BusLanes said:
Had a word to one of the corner shop guys by Tulse Hill station and he said that he's got no idea when he'll be restocked as the suppliers are struggling to get supplies. He thinks it isn't a long term thing, but when he sells out, thats it for a bit.
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Time for them to ration purchases to maximum of two of any one item per customer per day, though that might cause them grief...
 
I needed bread and potatoes middle of last week. As the coop was stripped clean I crossed the border to the other end of the high street. There were people lining up for Iceland going back to sainsbury's.......which was fully stocked and just a handful of people in it.
 
As of half an hour ago there were a few 6-packs of eggs and also duck's eggs at the Co-Op, in case anyone is desperate.

In non-Covid news, could anyone offer any suggestions as to why they're opening up the road again by the fireplace shop, a few weeks after they'd just covered it up having spent several fucking months working there? Repair was defective, or is it like the old cliché about different utilities digging up the same spot a few months apart instead doing everything at the same time?
 
This from the railway on facebook
Nice


Our landlords Heineken uk, have confirmed that we will have to pay 100% of our rent while we are closed.
Fear not we will reopen despite zero help from them.
If you could register your disgust on their official Twitter/ Facebook/ insta pages we would appreciate it.

Stay safe and look after your loved ones

See you soon
 
nick said:
This from the railway on facebook
Nice


Our landlords Heineken uk, have confirmed that we will have to pay 100% of our rent while we are closed.
Fear not we will reopen despite zero help from them.
If you could register your disgust on their official Twitter/ Facebook/ insta pages we would appreciate it.

Stay safe and look after your loved ones

See you soon
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Apparently they announced with great fanfare that they had suspended the rent. What they have suspended is the collection of it, but it remains owing. Once trading resumes, the licensees will have to make it back up.
 
Whoever looks after their account must have calmed down/sobered up enough this morning to remove the hashtag:

#nastygreedybastards

Which was on the post last night. Probably not that wise to call your landlord that on social media, even if it is true.
 
Mrs Nick reports that, as of 5 minutes ago,. There is loads of stock in cook West Dulwich
 
Smick said:
At their prices, I'm not surprised. People won't be panic buying pricey ready meals to stockpile.
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I would buy a few as a treat in the same way as we had F&C for dinner last night. We are no longer going out for meals or drinks (not that we did lots but probably once every 2 weeks we'd go out for Sunday lunch). It's so bloody tiring cooking and tidying up after 3 meals a day where usually it would be one a day - the rest of our meals were taken outside the house more-or-less. I do packed breakfasts and lunches at work and the kids do breakfast and after-school club. We're probably saving a small fortune on gaijinboy's lunches which were bought daily in the city.

but yeah - not stockpiling them.
 
It's amazing how many will fit into the back of a Range Rover or Q7, ready for putting into the chest freezer in the garage. 😜

More seriously, and to Gaijingirls point, they are a cheaper alternative to full on takeaway or a restaurant visit (remember them?)

*no one is seriously advocating stockpiling
 
Is the hotel closed closed or closed till all this is over? I'm not a big pub goer but I miss that.

And on good news ak chicken is still open so the world cant be ending.
 
Supposedly closed until it all blows over

AK will never let you down. They have never given me the squits and always have a smile no matter how pissed I am when I there and no matter how much attitude they are getting form their clientele
 
I've seen AK closed plenty recently. They must only be opening in the evening. I must show my support for local business by waddling down for a doner kebab.
 
The Tesco Express/ petrol station on Tulse Hill road had most things from eggs to toilet paper to dairy just now. I was amused to see they have introduced, and are rigurously enforcing, a one-way system a la Ikea. All aisles are one-way only, and you follow the arrows throughout the store from the entrance to the cashiers. I saw the security guard giving a decent telling off to a customer who, probably like me, was a regular but had not noticed the newly added arrows on the floor, and had the temerity to enter a completely empty aisle in the wrong direction.
 
T & P said:
The Tesco Express/ petrol station on Tulse Hill road had most things from eggs to toilet paper to dairy just now. I was amused to see they have introduced, and are rigurously enforcing, a one-way system a la Ikea. All aisles are one-way only, and you follow the arrows throughout the store from the entrance to the cashiers. I saw the security guard giving a decent telling off to a customer who, probably like me, was a regular but had not noticed the newly added arrows on the floor, and had the temerity to enter a completely empty aisle in the wrong direction.
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They never have eggs when i go! I also find that once in, many people don't follow the tape. Was it the lovely female security guard? She is very nice.
 
nagapie said:
They never have eggs when i go! I also find that once in, many people don't follow the tape. Was it the lovely female security guard? She is very nice.
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Yes, it was her and she’s very friendly. I guess they’re all stressed and worried. It might also be the bloke had been doing it before during that visit.

Re eggs: actually I got mixed up with K & C News, the yellow supermarket just down the road opp the Tulse Hill Hotel. If you need eggs worth going down to them tomorrow as they had them in abundance today, and have had them for several days now.
 
Smick said:
Do you know what it was ever for though? I think there was a sign telling members of the public not to use it and I never saw police in there.
I think there’s one the same on Coldharbour Lane, a five minute walk from the proper Brixton Police station.
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Nanker Phelge said:
There was cops in there at least once. They rescued my son's muggers from his mother.
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It was interesting to see officers from the Metropolitan Police yesterday afternoon at around 6 p.m. finally delivering lectures to some of the members of the team who operate out of their (the police's) former premises at No.186. It seems ironic that they have finally been called to account in public - even if only a few moments - opposite the actual premises from which both they and police use or used as a base. Maybe the cowering, shaggy-bearded onlookers will feel a little safer for what they witnessed.
 
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