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I went to the shops today and they had everything.

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Whatevah · 09/03/2020 20:15

Pasta
Baked beans
Toilet roll
Kitchen roll
Water
Chocolate fingers
This was the same yesterday when I went to a local shop.
Anyone else seem to live in an area where no one is bothered enough to stock pile? Plus I wonder why some places seem to have more shortages than others?

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TwoZeroTwoZero · 09/03/2020 23:00

Just been to asda and the shelves were empty - no loo roll, no soap, no bread, no pasta. I wonder if people think this coronavirus will bring an epidemic of massive, uncontrollable diarrhoea? The thing is, if people eat all the dried pasta they've stocked up on, the last thing they'll need is bog roll!

LuluJakey1 · 09/03/2020 23:06

Yes, Sainsbury's had everything today. Quiet in the shop. No empty shelves. Just a normal shop. I didn't buy anything extra apart from tissues. I still have most of my Brexit stuff! Did buy cat litter and food and loo roll last week.

LuluJakey1 · 09/03/2020 23:08

There was a man on the news tonight with a house full of loo roll, flour and tins.

VenusClapTrap · 09/03/2020 23:24

Ran out of loo roll in my en-suite today. Discovered dd has a stock pile downstairs in her loo. Raided her stash when she went to sleep.

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Whatevah · 09/03/2020 23:35

Mixed bag then. Some empty, some well stocked.
Like so many on here, the main thing I’m taking from this thread is that there are such things as “bunny shaped crumpets”!
And I need them in my life!!

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jessyjo2 · 10/03/2020 00:11

Should we start new thread for which shops still have bunny crumpets?

BendingSpoons · 10/03/2020 10:54

I'm regretting mentioning the bunny shaped crumpets. I'll never get any now with all the MNetters buying up stocks! Sorry collywobblescar Grin

Luckily I hadn't told my children about the existence of bunny shaped ones, so they were pleased with the normal ones.

maslinpan · 10/03/2020 10:58

How the hell do you toast bunny shaped crumpets evenly? Don't the ears stick out of the toaster?

Pedallleur · 10/03/2020 12:34

perhaps it's like that game where you hit the things with a mallet when they pop up. Thinking now about Curse of the were rabbit

FlamingoAndJohn · 10/03/2020 13:17

How the hell do you toast bunny shaped crumpets evenly? Don't the ears stick out of the toaster?

Under the grill.

MegaClutterSlut · 10/03/2020 13:24

This was the toilet roll isle in my local Asda this morning. Painkillers were wiped off the shelves too and only a very small amount of pasta which people were grabbing as I walked past

I went to the shops today and they had everything.
clary · 10/03/2020 13:35

The soap thing is weird, isn't it?

Did people not wash their hands before? As a pp said, I have soap in the house already, there is some in every loo and some extra in the cupboard. Who are these people to whom the interdict "wash your hands" comes as a shock that sees them rushing out to buy soap?

chocolateisavegetable · 10/03/2020 17:04

I've just been out and bought all the bunny shaped crumpets from every Asda in a 100 mile radius as I heard a rumour that there was going to be a shortage. I'm now safe from Coronavirus.

PS should I have bought any toilet roll do you think?

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 10/03/2020 17:25

Just my theory...

People are scared and feel out if control. One thing they can control is the amount of non perishables and toilet paper in the house. Not being able to get it makes people feel out of control, so if they see it they buy it.

I know I felt a lot better after buying ONE 16 pack of toilet roll. I usually buy when I have 3 left in the bag. I bought when there was 8 left in the bag. Not sure if that counts as panic buying!

Emeeno1 · 10/03/2020 17:49

No vanilla essence in two supermarkets here. The world's gone mad.Loads of loo rolls, pasta and paracetamol though.

maslinpan · 10/03/2020 18:09

People do also enjoy the drama of panic buying, in a weird way.

isseywith4vampirecats · 10/03/2020 18:30

I went to our local aldi on sunday everything normal on the shelves got everything I needed the only gap was the loo roll pallet one large pack which I bought as I normally buy that size and about half a pallet of nine roll packs I don't know about hand gel as ive always used tablet soap, and plenty of painkillers

jmh740 · 10/03/2020 18:32

I went to home bargains then asda on the same retail park no hand gel in either no loo roll in HB and only expensive loo roll in asda

StandardPoodle · 10/03/2020 18:49

My local Aldi seemed fully stocked yesterday morning except for hand sanitiser which I heard a customer ask for.
On Saturday Asda seemed not to have empty shelves (I only get a few items there so didn't go round all the aisles).

Notquitethefirestarter · 10/03/2020 21:38

I was in my village co op earlier and an elderly gentleman was buying 3 large packs of loo roll. There’s 9 in a pack so 27 in total!! I commented to the checkout lady and she said they’ve limited it to 3 per person due to panic buying.

Coronavirus does not give you the shits - why are people going crazy for loo roll??!

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