What are you panic buying?

[platinumsage]

If you need more than three multi-packs of loo roll in one visit, best avoid Morrisons:

Morrisons becomes first large supermarket to reinstate Covid rationing

Purchase limit reintroduced on items such as toilet roll to avoid repeat of March’s empty shelves

www.theguardian.com

 

[quiet guy]

If you need more than 3 multi packs of loo roll then you've got some serious problems

 

[Epona]

Are we now onto loo-roll shaming people who have IBD or other digestive issues?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I can't panic buy anything good because I need to defrost my freezer

I do too - not opened the door to it for months so it's probably a giant ice cube.

Are we now onto loo-roll shaming people who have IBD or other digestive issues?

Or hay fever and general snottiness. Tissues work out quite pricey if you have a runny nose, so loo roll is cheaper.

 

[two sheds]

I do too - not opened the door to it for months so it's probably a giant ice cube.

I've chipped off a bit of the ice already but mine's nearly at the stage of ice bulging out so the door doesn't shut

 

[Numbers]

We didn’t have a freezer for all of lockdown, only got one in July. It’s now filled with containers of the different dishes we’ve made since

 

[two sheds]

Yes mine too

none of them labeled though so I've no idea what they are

 

[miss direct]

I'm not panic buying anything, but would like to have a stock of flour, olive oil (then I can make my own flatbread), lentils and rice.

 

[miss direct]

At the start of all this, my boyfriend went out and bought a few packs of pasta, biscuits and tins of things. When I was packing up to leave Turkey, they were still there in the cupboard, so we gave them to a poor family

 

[William of Walworth]

I do too - not opened the door to it for months so it's probably a giant ice cube.

I've chipped off a bit of the ice already but mine's nearly at the stage of ice bulging out so the door doesn't shut

We reached this point back in late May or so, and everywhere around the freezer door was getting horrendous, the bulging out ice thing was something to see! .

But I can guarentee that the effort involved in defrosting was not THAT daunting -- main thing was to spread old towels etc in front of the open freezer door, to prevent the kitchen floor being flooded!.

And the fridge and freezer were both so much better and cleaner afterwards** </Suburban75 >

(**The fact that this ancient fridge packed up in July and we had to buy a new one, has no connection .... I think!! )

 

[Epona]

My freezer needs defrosting too, the issue here isn't the defrosting itself (I've been doing it for decades), it is the emptying of the freezer back to the point where it is empty in order to do the defrost - that just doesn't feel like a great idea right now. Especially when last time I went into Iceland big packs of quorn mince were reduced from £3 to £2, and I plan to go later and buy 5 bags while it is on offer!

 

[Numbers]

Yes mine too

none of them labeled though so I've no idea what they are

Like with everything new we currently have good practise and everything is labelled

 

[Elpenor]

My freezer is full, I filled it up about a month ago as it looked like a lockdown was coming this autumn, I've since found out that I am likely to have to move house by the start of November so need to start emptying it!

 

[WouldBe]

My freezer needs defrosting too, the issue here isn't the defrosting itself (I've been doing it for decades), it is the emptying of the freezer back to the point where it is empty in order to do the defrost -

I just take the stuff out and wrap it in a thick duvet while defrosting the freezer.

 

[Numbers]

Was in Morrison’s y/day. They only had 4 bottles of our fav Cava in the fridge so I panic bought them all.

I did notice that some of the staples shelves were pretty bare.

 

[NoXion]

Are we now onto loo-roll shaming people who have IBD or other digestive issues?

No. We are (or at least I am) shaming the panicky idiots with no health issues who go out and buy stacks of bogrolls that they don't need. In the process making it harder on the people who do have issues.

 

[Badgers]

Was working in town today. Good news was that we got loads of pre-lockdown donations in the charity shop

Massive queues outside Waitrose when I walked past.

Stopped in Asda for a small wine on the walk home and the shelves were decimated chatted to the manager who said people were loading trolleys of pasta, tins, toilet rolls and alcohol. They said the shop will run out of some lines as early as midday tomorrow. Also said that a lot of staff were treated very badly by customers

 

[miss direct]

Wish I'd bought some flour today. I got quite good at making my own flatbread earlier in the year..

 

[Sue]

Went out for a walk earlier. The one place I saw a queue outside was Farrow and Ball. The Islingtonistas are obviously starting to panic about their house renovation projects...

 

[maomao]

I wish I'd bought that last bag of bread flour with a whole in it in Lidl yesterday.

 

[hash tag]

I gather Sainsbury's website has crashed ahead of any overdue announcement

 

[hash tag]

 

[Mrs Miggins]

It's all going to go mental in the shops tomorrow isn't it?

 

[Espresso]

It's all going to go mental in the shops tomorrow isn't it?

Yep. If you've got enough food to last for a few days, keep well away from the supermarkets. They will bounce back after the fucking ridiculous locusts have finished their scavenging.

 

[Badgers]

It's all going to go mental in the shops tomorrow isn't it?

Yup. No question about it. Also lot's of people filling their SUVs and heading to their second homes. Also packed pubs and restaurants for the next 4 days and nights.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Thankfully I got a big delivery last week. At least 2 week's worth so I'll be grand for now.

No way I'm setting foot in a supermarket tomorrow.

 

[Sue]

Thankfully I got a big delivery last week. At least 2 week's worth so I'll be grand for now.

No way I'm setting foot in a supermarket tomorrow.

I've a supermarket delivery booked for Wednesday so hopefully that'll be me sorted...

 

[Badgers]

No way I'm setting foot in a supermarket tomorrow.

I might stand outside one just to watch the human circus

 

[maomao]

Surely the thing to panic buy would be non essential Christmas stuff, clothes, presents etc. There's more confidence about supermarkets because it pretty much held together last time but I reckon there'll be riots in John Lewis for the next four days.

 

[elbows]

My Tesco delivery of an entire weeks worth of food completely failed to arrive today.