platinumsage
HaveMyPassword123
To avoid panic buying we've instituted internal rationing. Containers not to opened prior to the date specified thereon. Milk is the first product to be controlled:
What are you panic buying?
- Thread starter maomao
- Start date
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Braved the big Tesco's this morning, first time in almost 2 weeks, pleased to report no shortages & no limit on items.
It was also the first time I've seen my brother in weeks, in the bloody queue.
It was also the first time I've seen my brother in weeks, in the bloody queue.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Nice to see Tesco have no national policy on this and that people in the south east of England (comparatively densely populated) can buy as much as they want while people in south west Wales (comparatively not densely populated) are restricted to 3 items of any product across the whole store.
Cunts.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Apparently they only lifted restrictions yesterday, so you may find it changes soon, in your area.
Lurdan
old wave
Sainsbury's Whitechapel this morning. No elderly and disabled queue by the time I got there so I breezed straight in. The regular queue stretched all round the courtyard area outside, up Brady Street and across the front of the Idea Store in Whitechapel Road. Don't know if that's just a Bank Holiday thing - never seen it like that before.
Stocks much like last week. Few tinned goods except tomatoes and beans. Most other things there however. Forgot to look for hot cross buns (although Sainsbury's buns really aren't very good) but sorted for another week.
ETA: restrictions on some items still in place.
Stocks much like last week. Few tinned goods except tomatoes and beans. Most other things there however. Forgot to look for hot cross buns (although Sainsbury's buns really aren't very good) but sorted for another week.
ETA: restrictions on some items still in place.
crossthebreeze
Well-Known Member
Either fold over top of mask or fold a bit of tissue and stuff under the top of the mask to stop your glasses misting up so airflow is sealed.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
I only realised yesterday it probably wasn't the mask leaking around my nose, but a one-way valve designed to make exhaling easier ...
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
I hope they sort the bread flour situation out soon - I'm guessing the weigh-your-own option at the local deli is going to be the only show in town for a while because they can take full sacks - though I read yesterday that most flour is usually delivered by the tanker-load ...
platinumsage
HaveMyPassword123
We've got just about enough bread flour, so I'm in the privileged position of wishing we also had plain flour.
2hats
Dust.
Perfect for facilitating onward transmission.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
I hadn't thought of that.I mainly wear it because I spray when I speak - especially since my vocal chords don't get an airing at the moment...
I may have to start turning up the music and singing
crossthebreeze
Well-Known Member
Has anyone else tried a non-supermarket delivery? There's loads popping up round my way - the big indoor market in town has their own deliveries website now, some of the taxi firms are doing it, there's a couple of farm shops doing high-end stuff, and quite a few others on facebook. A friend of a friend's son has converted his coffee van to deliver bags of fruit, veg, and basic food groceries. This is the standard bag, which I got this week for just under £20, which I thought was alright (I made it clear I wasn't vulnerable, older, or sick and to only give me a delivery if there were slots left).
I'm still ending up going to the shops for other people though (12 weekers etc) because even if they get a supermarket order or have someone with a car going to the supermarket there's always stuff that they can't get that I can find in small local shops (some of it basic like rice, some of it because one of my mates who I'm helping out is proper awkward). I've stopped to go in the local greengrocers and the nearest corner shop because they're both letting too many people in at one time though. I haven't been to a supermarket for about 6 weeks now, though running low on frozen stuff so may have to at some point.
I'm still ending up going to the shops for other people though (12 weekers etc) because even if they get a supermarket order or have someone with a car going to the supermarket there's always stuff that they can't get that I can find in small local shops (some of it basic like rice, some of it because one of my mates who I'm helping out is proper awkward). I've stopped to go in the local greengrocers and the nearest corner shop because they're both letting too many people in at one time though. I haven't been to a supermarket for about 6 weeks now, though running low on frozen stuff so may have to at some point.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Same here, used my last bit of plain flour yesterday
gosub
~#
Same as. Apperently domestic demand double during the frenzy. They are working round the clock to rectify the situation What we need is David Icke to do a video pointing out flour is an explosive so please return it to the shops for them to deal with (won't happen as an element of truth involved)
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
The lines outside supermarkets are totally saving me money. I think that I'll pop in and get something nice for tea on the way home from work, then remember and decide to make do with what I can find in the cupboards.
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
My local shop up the village has been delivering to me for a couple of years now (I don't have a car and they're stars
). They've carried on, plus now delivering to my neighbours. Plus milkman delivers loads of stuff including veg and things and non-peat compost 
.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
We have, one of our local farm shops has branched into doing it. It's obviously a new thing for them since payment was by banks transfer rather than card. Ours looked much like yours except we had 30 eggs (the minimum) and a freakishly large block of cheese
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
IMPORTANT CHEESE NEWS UPDATE!
The Specialist Cheesemakers Association has updated its website with a list of cheesemakers you can buy direct from.
The Specialist Cheesemakers Association has updated its website with a list of cheesemakers you can buy direct from.
Miss-Shelf
I'll meet you further on up the road
I know you're probably over your sambuca panic buy but I just read a thing on the herbs that have been used to support immune systems and sambuca plant was mentioned, so you know, you're onto a good thing here I reckonSambuca. I’ve been spelling it with two Cs!
Sambuca.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
That's a very dangerous link. I've got a couple of pounds of cheese in so will have a look in a couple of weeks.IMPORTANT CHEESE NEWS UPDATE!
The Specialist Cheesemakers Association has updated its website with a list of cheesemakers you can buy direct from.
xes
F.O.A.D
meh, they don't have a Sage Derby.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
WouldBe
Dislicksick
maomao
普費斯
Very tense out there again today. Two trips Lidl and Asda. 90% of people are being very sensible and 10% of people are being arseholes and not respecting two metre zones. I was rude and probably quite scary (six and a half foot in a hoodie and face mask must be intimidating) to someone who jumped in next to me to grab some eggs I was looking at.
Even when I get home I've spent two hours plus in a weird dream world full of silent queues and empty shelves and it takes me five minutes to realise I'm allowed to be near my kids.
Asda had expensive 00 and self raising flour and I bought the 00 because I haven't seen any plain flour in two months. Not sure what I'm going to make with it. Don't want to waste it in sauces.
Even when I get home I've spent two hours plus in a weird dream world full of silent queues and empty shelves and it takes me five minutes to realise I'm allowed to be near my kids.
Asda had expensive 00 and self raising flour and I bought the 00 because I haven't seen any plain flour in two months. Not sure what I'm going to make with it. Don't want to waste it in sauces.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Aldi was virtually empty this morning - only a few customers, all trying to maintain distance between each other. Fully stocked as far as I could see - not sure if they had flour though, but plenty of eggs.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Aldi were good - they had a table outside with spray disinfectant and tissues so you could clean the filth other shoppers had left on trolleys and baskets. I used hand sanitiser before I went in too, and after I'd packed my stuff to leave. As usual scrubbed my hands with a brillo pad when I got home.
Similar threads
- Poll
