Where has all the ibuprofen gone?

[urbanmist]

Just that really.
I’ve been in a few different supermarkets this week and there doesn’t seem to be any of the own brand ibuprofen anywhere.
They have Nurofen, but I refuse to buy that on the grounds that it’s the same as the 45p stuff.
Is this a Brexit stockpiling thing?

I have been into Tesco a few times and not seen any. I buy them every week as my son has a pain problem. I can find the branded expensive ones. But not the Tesco own anywhere.

Go ask how many packets they’ve stashed on the Brexit stockpiling threads - there’s your answer!

I've read similar threads about paracetamol recently - it does seem that there's a lot of Brexit stockpiling going on.

Sainsbury’s had plenty of own brand yesterday ( London suburbs)

Waitrose had loads yesterday. And Aldi also has it

Loads in Boots in Paddington station.

Loads in Morrison's yesterday, paracetamol too. The cheapest ibuprofen was a type I'd never seen before though - called ibucalm and it was pink rather than white tablets.

I was just thinking this too - nothing in Boots. We're in south Devon.

I've just been put on a 5 week course by GP and Boots in the village said they can't get hold of it for love nor money at the moment. I got the last two big boxes.

Our supermarket is stock as usual, picked some up this morning.

This happens every so often and has done for years, regardless of shop size/type, in my experience. No idea why, just something I have noticed 😄

I have found the same in Tesco and also in our local shop. Only expensive Nurofen.

Dh brought tesco own brand yesterday, both.

I got some in Home Bargains yesterday.

I got both in Wilkinson’s this morning, there seemed to be plenty

Tesco here has lots.

Pound shop has tons.

I reckon that the cheaper ones disappear every so often because businesses want to make up a bit of cash flow by only stocking the expensive brands - where I am, Boots have been known to hide the cheapies behind the counter and only bring them out when you ask them directly for the cheapest ones, for example.

I wouldn't put it past them to be doing it deliberately in anticipation of brexit stockpiling.

Loads still in shops.

It must all be in London. No shortage here!

Down south

And they had quite a bit of both in the shops i was in today

The cheapest shop being Savers i think...paracetamol at 19p a pack

I just bought some in Aldi

Just been to tesco, also Scotland, and the shelves were full of own brand Ibuprofen and paracetamol just as well as I have a stinking cold virus.