What are you panic buying?

[Proper Tidy]

I didn't say everything would be totally unaffected. As for border problems, even in countries that are in complete lockdown they are still letting goods across the border although they are being delayed due to health checks on the drivers.

Why are you being such an apologist for the stockpiling cunts?

Anyone who is hoarding and claims to be a socialist is an even bigger cunt.

Christ. You don't do nuance do you.

I've been clear hoarding is anti social, but don't think chucking in (the vast majority of) people who have stocked up a couple of weeks worth is helpful.

 

[moochedit]

We are open 24 hours and our delivery usually arrives at around 3am. There were loo rolls in store at 6am this morning

Cheers for the inside info Now i just need a tent and sleeping bag

 

[Dogsauce]

Can't remember whether it was on here or on the news but British manufacturers of bog rolls have 84 million in their warehouses. The government is not shutting down manufacturing of essentials like bog roll and food. The government is not stopping delivery drivers doing their jobs. In-fact they have relaxed the rules on delivery hours and drivers hours. Anyone stockpiling is a CUNT of the highest order.

There’s about sixty million arses in this country, giving an allowance for nappy wearers/bidet owners, so 84 million is like one and a third of a roll each. That’s probably about a week or two of supply. What do we do after that?

 

[magneze]

Cake shops need to start selling their eggs. There's fuck all elsewhere.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Apparently there may soon be issues with demand for loo role. When every one realises this is madness, many people may not need to buy any for a long time

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Cake shops need to start selling their eggs. There's fuck all elsewhere.

I got some in Morrisons today. They had things like beef mince where there was none yesterday and tinned good like raviolli starting to reappear.

 

[gentlegreen]

Not panic buying as such, but I happened upon a specialist shop while in town and now have seaweed, shitake mushrooms and black fungus...

 

[cupid_stunt]

Can't remember whether it was on here or on the news but British manufacturers of bog rolls have 84 million in their warehouses. The government is not shutting down manufacturing of essentials like bog roll and food. The government is not stopping delivery drivers doing their jobs. In-fact they have relaxed the rules on delivery hours and drivers hours. Anyone stockpiling is a CUNT of the highest order.

There’s about sixty million arses in this country, giving an allowance for nappy wearers/bidet owners, so 84 million is like one and a third of a roll each. That’s probably about a week or two of supply. What do we do after that?

I posted that, the figure of 84 million in stock was just ONE manufacturer, who has also upped production from their usual 4.7 million rolls per day.

Other manufacturers were reportedly in a similiar position, then there's even more in the supermarket's own warehouses, we are net exporters of bog roll, despite the fucking rumour on social media that we import most from China, fucking fuckwits.

 

[moomoo]

Cheers for the inside info Now i just need a tent and sleeping bag

We’re not open 24 hours anymore.

 

[two sheds]

Supermarkets really shouldn't be allowing people to stockpile - some at least are now restricting maximum number of the same products people buy. Of course people are going to panic and buy what they can if they see empty shelves.

 

[chilango]

Yeah people stocking up chest freezer(s) in garages are pricks

...at least if shit gets proper apocalyptic we'll know where to find food supplies.

 

[weltweit]

I have also heard that freezers are the item du jour for the panic buying afflicted, apparently sellers are being overwhelmed with orders. Of course once people have these they will start buying frozen foods to fill them with!

 

[cupid_stunt]

We’re not open 24 hours anymore.

Our local big Tesco is now closed from 10 pm - 6 am to allow re-stocking, they are right in the middle of a residential area, so had restrictions on overnight deliveries, but those have been lifted.

 

[Buddy Bradley]

Our local big Tesco is now closed from 10 pm - 6 am to allow re-stocking, they are right in the middle of a residential area, so had restrictions on overnight deliveries, but those have been lifted.

Same here, all the nearby 24-hour ones have knocked that on the head. Shame, as I was planning to go shopping at 3am to avoid everyone.

 

[Epona]

Today I managed to find and buy some basics from Iceland and one of our local independent grocers and am now sorted for food for around 10 days (will probably need to get some milk and eggs by the end of the week but otherwise ok) - I got:

2 tins of chopped tomatoes (I prefer the whole ones but any port in a storm)
2kg bag of rice
1 tin of red kidney beans
1 cabbage
1 bag of quorn mince
1 bag of quorn southern style burgers
4 tin multipack of spaghetti hoops (some lunches for Nate sorted there!)
3 orange peppers
some red chillies
5 apples (pink somethingorother)
2 days worth of potatoes
1 bag of macaroni
1 bag of bucatini (best long pasta ever, perfect with putanesca sauce - odd selection left in the shop, all the popular pasta shapes were sold out but I am happy with what I got)
1 pack Mr Brains Faggots (haven't had these for years, was pretty much the only thing left in the shop apart from the quorn)
2 packs shortbread biscuits

So I am now pretty happy and have planned a menu for the next week, need to make some more bread, have a little beef mince, diced beef, fish fingers, squid, carrots, sweetcorn, a little spinach and a couple of beef burgers in the freezer and some of the curry I made the other day, have fresh onions and garlic, so I've gone from not having a lot in to being fairly well stocked (but not stockpiled! Reasonable amount of food for us)

 

[FridgeMagnet]

I was concerned that people might panic buy lager, but there seemed to have been plenty around earlier today. That might be a reflection of how many places sell lager around here, or that some people are going to say "ok let's head to the pub wait a second shit" quite soon. I have a modest twelve cans now anyway, from two different shops. Also a dented tin of jackfruit from the co-op.

The Brewdog was selling beer for takeaway/delivery. If you like that sort of thing.

Still cops going up and down the high street.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Cake shops need to start selling their eggs. There's fuck all elsewhere.

I found a source of eggs this afternoon - a cafe in town had a sign offering to sell half a dozen eggs to whoever pops in. Going back tomorrow to see if they're open and have eggs as I don't have any in.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Local Coop was a bit bereft of wine earlier, but thankfully had sufficient stocks of gin.

 

[Epona]

Cake shops need to start selling their eggs. There's fuck all elsewhere.

Not so good around here, all the cake shops that have sprung up over the last year seemingly from no-where are all proudly vegan...

 

[Saffy]

The lovely cafe near me has started a take away and delivery service and said if you need butter or eggs to bring a tupperware box along and they'll see what they have spare.

 

[chilango]

Cider and Lager shelves empty. Plenty of Ales, IPAs and Sours left.

 

[Louis MacNeice]

Still nothing. Haven't gone hungry or dirty yet.

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

 

[5t3IIa]

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[strung out]

Bought 20kg of rice this morning.

 

[WouldBe]

There’s about sixty million arses in this country, giving an allowance for nappy wearers/bidet owners, so 84 million is like one and a third of a roll each. That’s probably about a week or two of supply. What do we do after that?

They are still producing the fucking things and have even ramped up production because of dickheads stockpiling. Then of course there are all the fucking bogrolls pricks have stockpiled already.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

I found the promised land

 

[maomao]

I found the promised land
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I hope you bought all of them.

 

[WouldBe]

Cake shops need to start selling their eggs. There's fuck all elsewhere.

This isn't avian flu. All the fucking chickens are still there and still laying eggs.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

I hope you bought all of them.

I didn’t, but I’ll sell you the GPS location data for £10.

 

[WouldBe]

Supermarkets really shouldn't be allowing people to stockpile - some at least are now restricting maximum number of the same products people buy. Of course people are going to panic and buy what they can if they see empty shelves.

Problem there is that there is nothing to stop the dickheads going into the shop, buying their limit, loading the car with it and going back in for another load and using a different till.