Why do people panic buy bread when it snows

Yes definitely !!
I think my "rule" might cover biscuits too 😂😂
My whole point was if you think you're going to be stuck indoors for several days why do people panic buy the two products that can go off fairly quickly.
Surely you should panic buy long life stuff.

To be honest I could never buy a loaf of bread again and I wouldn't miss it.

Well, presumably the people who are buying bread when it snows like it more 😂

Chapeau 👏

Impressive interdiction of bread talk.

When I first started working in schools it was the rules that you reported to the school nearest your home if you couldn't get into your actually school.

You couldn't do that now. First and foremost parents would be up in arms. Insurance would also never allow a HT to use a random person who claimed to be staff at another school, even if they had their ID badge and the likes.

The big reason schools close more now though is that children travel further. My kids will be fine tomorrow if the school is open because we live at the end of the street. However, the kids down the road from us get the bus to their school from outside the school in the street. That didn't happen remotely as much years ago.

I don’t think they do..

I don't think I could fit rolls in their either.
We buy a lot of frozen food 😂

@Needmorelego i might panic buy oatcakes does that come under “crackers”?

I'm in the northeast USA and despite more regular snow here, everyone still panic buys bread, milk, and eggs before a storm. It's such a cliche that someone started a French toast index for snow forecasts.

whether or not school is cancelled here is down to the buses and as such varies by area. In parts of Canada they don't cancel school at all, just the bus. In the US if the bus can't run, school is cancelled.

It’s tradition

I don't think it's a Gen Z thing. My high school had a catchment of the whole county so lots of children came in by bus. We were always the first in the area to close. This was in the 90s.

Rules regarding staffing levels are probably stricter now, as are RA requirements - I doubt anyone was suing schools because their child slipped on the ice back in the 80s. Schools also have attendance stats to consider - ironically, if they are open but not all children can get in, that will affect their stats because school is open. If they shut the school it won't.

Probably because they enjoy bread much more than they do crackers. Your bread situation does sound very aggravating though so I’d probably be looking to crackers too in your situation.

Please be careful about cutting mould off bread. There can be mould present elsewhere in the bread even if you can’t see it. It’s safer to discard it.

We keep all baked goods in the freezer, bread and rolls. We actually have two fridge freezers, one is in the garage. I like not having a bread bin cluttering up the worktop.

Yes i think the whole meal doesn't last as long, could you buy some rolls for the freezer instead,

There's hardly any snow where I am. But I'm not going to the shops to check stock levels. Panic only sets in around day 3 and it's mostly melted on day 3. I bet people in Scotland are more prepaired for this kind of thing? Or is panic buying a British sport? I have my long life milk as back up so feeling smug btw.

I buy the 50/50 type. I wonder if that makes a difference 🤔
To be honest I could never buy a loaf of bread again and I wouldn't miss it.
I like a nice crusty roll every so often or the cheese covered baps but bread.... I eat it but I wouldn't miss it much if it no longer existed.

I used to have a 20 minute journey to the last school I taught in. Most of it on main roads. However, actually getting the mile to the main road proved impossible one year. After half an hour, in which I’d managed to travel half a mile, I gave up and spent another half an hour going back. No point in causing or being in an accident.

Teachers who commuted by train probably found it easier, as the station was about a mile from school.

My hovis lasts 5/6 days , my mum buys M&S bread and it lasts the week if that is of any use to you.

Do they? My entire team is working from home today.

I don't have a big enough freezer for bread 😂
That's my point about bread - people panic buy it because they feel they can't possibly survive without bread. I could easily manage without bread and if I needed to stock up because I was going to be stuck indoors I'd buy packets of crackers. But you never hear of people panic buying crackers.

I don't have room in my freezer for bread.
It does go mouldy 🙁 (I usually buy Kingsmill or Hovis). I had the last two slices of a loaf yesterday and had to cut out mouldy parts.

Well yes but bread seems to go mouldy fairly quickly these days.Personally I'd rather go without bread than eat mouldy bread.

Those aren't the only choices though, are they?!

Freeze some!

I remember still walking to school during the big freeze. The snow had been cleared to the side of the roads and was piled feet up into the air. It towered above us as young children and I still think of it to this day when I see people behaving as if the world is coming to an end when it snows a little bit nowadays.

Doesn’t get the chance to go mouldy in my house. We get through two loaves a day.

I’ve never encountered mouldy bread personally(At least not recently) but then I freeze mine so it’s usually out for only a day or two at most.

Well yes but bread seems to go mouldy fairly quickly these days.
Personally I'd rather go without bread than eat mouldy bread.