People who panic buy because snow

My sister lives in the arse end of nowhere and if they get snowed in without food then they're fucked. They freeze extra milk and bread.

Soup is nice when it's freezing and they might want to have it with a cheese toastie. I'm having exactly that for tea (with a tin of butter beans to add protein).

snow is never an issue here, tropical climate year round, but for about four months we are in hurricane season and for that, yes I do stockpile a bit. We have a small generator that will keep the fridge running and lights on if we need it. I make sure that the propane for both bbq and house are full, and we have a third tall propane bottle that we fill just in case. Our house just ran out of propane today (runs the stove and hot water heater) and we hooked up the tall tank, will last us about two months and then we will leave empty until August, when hurricane alley gets action again! When we first moved to the island, a wise person said to us, "if you see the locals putting tape x's on their windows, and stores putting wood panels up..worry !" Hope all of you dealing with the snow right now stay safe and warm

@constancem maybe the shops could increase their orders so stock doesn't run out?

I'm disabled so I can't walk in the snow, I live alone but even if I had a household I think it's sensible to buy a bit extra
Milk and bread can be frozen and veg and meat can be bought frozen
Cereal is always handy to keep in

This country has a disproportionate number of stupid people who will buy all the petrol, the bread and the big roll. The bread will go mouldy, they WFH anyway and nobody poo's that often. You're right, these imbeciles boil my piss. Calm the F down and carry on as normal, no wonder shelves become empty with helps No One. It's very very anti social and selfish behaviour and I'm sick of these national ingates. Only our US mates act equally mentally.

I have 2 kids, one is 3 and the other is a 10 month old baby and I myself have Fibromyalgia which gets 10x worse with cold weather so I can not go out in such cold weather thats why I try to buy whatever I need before the cold weather sets in. Its not panic buying, its thinking ahead of time so you arent screwed once the extreme cold sets in and you cant venture out due to your condition and situation.

I could fit a LOT of bread in my freezer.

What really gets me is people who don't write "of" in sentences. Because whatever does not make sense hth.

We tend to keep a couple of loaves in the freezer.

I don't know.... if snow is in the forecast I'd rather not have to venture out until roads are clear. It's better to be stocked up and not have to make do.

I'd run out of milk and bread....think we got a black hole here that swallows bread and milk....anyway I was shocked how quiet the supermarket was...this was tesco...got my bread and milk and also some apples, cheese and baked beans ..not sure that's stocking up...more like replacing items we used

Does anyone know if I need a permit to keep a cow in my backyard?

Across the street have one, but she's of the two footed kind.

I bought bread and milk………… because I needed bread and milk

It's human nature. Where I grew up snow was measured in meters not cm or mm and there were blizzards, hurricanes and ice storms.

Guess what happened each time heavy snow was forecast? A news segment in the emptied out bottled water aisle of the supermarket hyping up panic buying and crowds of shoppers. People are just silly.

This is why they do it

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1978104/uk-households-urged-buy-bread

Yes....I have food stocked in the cupboards...It's usually tinned or dried food and bread is easily replaceable..so is fresh milk for long life milk .

My Mum had spares of everything, I do the same. I have an extra freezer in the garage with meat and bread. I also have a cupboard with bulk buys (thanks Costco) and things like cleaning products, loo rolls, tins, pasta, rice, sugar, cereal and UHT milk. During the first lockdown, I didn't need to go shopping for 3 weeks. I'm basically a bulk buyer/ mini prepper, it's how I grew up and makes me relax.

However, I know that not everyone has the money/ space/ organised mind to do this. My SIL goes shopping most days and their cupboards and fridge are basically bare. That would stress me out.

It isn't panic buying to buy bread or milk a couple of days earlier because you know it might be difficult to get to the shops. We usually do a top up shop (bread, milk, fruit etc) on a Tuesday night because it fits with one of DC's activities. If we know we won't get there Tuesday we will bring it forward or push it back a day. This is no different.

Not everyone putting 3 loaves of bread and 3 4pts of milk are panic buying. They may be buying for elderly relatives or neighbors. I will be heading to the shops later, I will be buying 3 loaves of bread and 3 4pts of milk - 1 of each for us, 1 for elderly GPIL, one for my elderly grandparents. Both sets of elderly grandparents are in their late 80s and early 90s and are very unsteady on their feet at the best of times. Last thing we need is a fall because they have walked to the shop for bread and milk in the snow. The paths round here are ice and slush and very slippery.

I've got not much bread in today, I'm conscious that we are due some snow which means that I don't want to wait until the last min to replace in case we get cut off (I live on a dicey road where it's a possibility), but also I'd normally just pick some up whenever but other people doing the same thing means I don't trust there will be bread when I go, so I'll make sure I buy it earlier than normal

It was similar for me in covid.

Usually I wait until I absolutely have to go food shopping to go. Usually I don't have more than a meal or so left. I don't buy pasta until the bag has only one more meal in it etc. I don't have much storage space so just replace as I go

When covid hit I began to make sure I always had a few meals in stock, so went shopping earlier and replaced things more often

Other people doing this meant the shop was also out of things frequently so I'd have to buy even earlier because there was no certainty that if I popped in to a shop on my way home for bread that there would be any....

I'm fully aware that people acting like me is what causes the shortages but equally I don't want to be irresponsible!

I grew up in a rural area and we only did a big shop once a month so would always buy like 10 cartons of milk at a time and bulk buy other things too.

I remember about 15 years ago we had very heavy snow and we really couldn't drive out of our village safely for days, it was before we had kids so we were fine but the corner shop slowly ran out of everything and it was a little concerning!
I would hate to be in that position with children to feed or a baby needing nappies or formula

But you live alone - surely you can see that people who DONT live alone need more? My kids eats so much as hes growing and in a family of 4, milk and bread dont go a long way...