Ffs why on earth are people stock piling AGAIN 😡

[granadagirl]

Do they not realise that this is going to get to exactly The same situation we were in mo this ago!!
Queuing outside supermarkets
Long queues
Empty shelves
NO online order slots
Less deliveries, running out
hoarding excess

Please don’t let this happen AGAIN, it was
SO stressful
If everyone just does they NORMAL weekly shop, this should NOT happen

I’ve already seen empty and very low stock on shelves

Waitrose had loads of everything last week, no empty shelves at all though it’s always best to buy when on offer and have a good few weeks in especially in these times where you may not be able to leave the house for 2 weeks and delivery slots are few. You don’t want to be putting others about, traipsing round shops for you

We all had to isolate recently. Getting a delivery was still a challenge and didn't really meet all of our needs while being more expensive. There are some food intolerances here, so I have to be careful. I don't feel like I have a choice about keeping a stock. Fortunately I had gradually added to stuff over the summer, so we were okay.

To be fair, I had a largish stock of gluten free pasta before the Covid really hit, so I have been more or less able to just replace what I use as I go, and I order loo rolls from Amazon 'subscribe and save' so I normally have a bit in. I don't have a need to go mad on the traditional 'panic buy' food. It's just stuff like stock cubes and rice milk that worry me.

I would normally start stocking up for Christmas now. I would get a little extra of the boring stuff, like baked beans, every week and then come December the food budget would be freer for fancy goodies. This year I don't know what to do for the best.

Don’t you remember back in March when we all struggling for food and were left starving and unable to wipe our arses?

Despite my sarcasm, I’m not against a little stockpiling atm because I do think people need to be slightly prepared in case they suddenly have to isolate. You don’t get any warning. But then again, wouldn’t be an issue if their were delivery slots available. Tricky one.

Try click and collect.

Someone's just mentioned it in another thread.

I was in lidl last week having a suitably socially distanced chat with the woman in front if me (because that lidl has massive form for being ridiculously slow ....well before the virus so you always queue for half an hour at the tills ) and she had seen a couple of sisters she knew this because when they kicked off they announced this as an explanationfor their behaviour somehow who had two trolleys full of loo paper each and the staff refused them. Some people are insane.

We sort of sae it coming , winter , rises in covid cases , people worrying about another lockdown. So last month we did things like rather than buy a small bag of pasta we bought the big bag. Rather than buy 4 loo rolls we bought the pack of nine. So we are good and fairly sure we haven't contributed to panic buying.

Its basic courtesy to a point that seems to start disappearing. We have rules , never take the last on the shelf because someone behind you may be more vulnerable. Don't double buy but buy the bigger option etc. If everyone is sensible which they wont be there is enough go around.

Because last time I listened to the advice not to and ended up without loo roll

I keep at least two weeks of food in at all times, I'm a single parent who works full time and has a physical disability, if I'm poorly and can't go shopping or we're cut off by snow yet again and supermarket deliveries can't get through, or we have to isolate at least we don't need to worry about food and basic supplies.

We all have different circumstances.

I'm making sure I replace stuff as I open my stock packet rather then when I have or am about to finish it, because risk of isolation (local lockdown in Scotland so if home as a contact all the household must isolate), Brexit is going to stuff up supply chains so need to start building in resilience for that and queuing for shops will be bloody miserable in the pissing rain as it gets colder so good to reduce the frequency of shop visits...

I keep a two week supply of tinned food in, in case of self isolation or a bad cold or anything that could keep me housebound. I have a large packet of pasta in my stash, biscuits and chocolate bars, tea and coffee plus a tin of dried milk. Also have one pack of loo roll, one shower gel and one shampoo. Basic, not excessive, but enough for any short term emergency.

I have two weeks worth of long lasting items in just in case we have to isolate at short notice.

Are we stockpiling?

Not around here we aren’t.

No queues and no empty shelves.

Neither was there queues or empty shelves last week when people were saying there was panic buying going on.

@Timeforabiscuit

Poke your head out of the window! Its the start of storm season, I always make sure I have bread, milk and eggs when it's blowing like this!

That and they're going to fine you an ungodly amount if you break quarantine, which with the app could happen at a moment's notice.

Both of these things are legitimate, and WILL change shopping habits.

^ This

Stop SHOUTING OP

only the foolish leave it until it is too late

Or, you know, the people who have no money to buy extra each week to stock up because they are down to the last pound as it is.

We are in an area which has transport issues in winter, currently on the edge of many high Covid areas and Brexit coming. I’m not stockpiling but I’m keeping my stocks high rather than running them down as usual.

My Tesco is fairly quiet because of the rain and they have discounted lots of different brands of pasta that they must have bought during the previous shortages. No queues or panic buying.

I noticed discounted flour at our local Tesco.

Or, you know, the people who have no money to buy extra each week to stock up because they are down to the last pound as it is

And this way there's something left for them . And we are able to help them out as we were able to so did.

Its the idiots piling their trollies high at short notice who will be causing the problems . Not the people who thought ahead and gradually stocked up so they didn't contribute to the problem of people so proud of themselves for not having even a spare can of tuna suddenly realise they are in the shit when their kid stars coughing in the night.

we have supplies for 2/3 weeks in case have to isolate, sensible i think. as a single parent with no support i need that. i have also stocked up an elderly disabled parent who lives far away - they could last a couple of months of local lockdown etc. Its sensible for older people to avoid time in shops so buying more each visit to go less frequently makes sense and then of course the great British winter brings further difficulties getting around (esp for those who rely on buses)
i can see many good reasons for many people to have extra supplies in !

There’s a significant difference between getting two weeks’ supplies in as a sensible precaution & selfishly stockpiling on items that you don’t need, especially if you’re not vulnerable.

This is just greedy & creates a deficit of essentials for others. By all means, get your stores in order but in moderation.

i should add to fund this extra costs i have sold a lot of items (outgrown toys clothes, my own bedroom tv and stuff i considered non essential)

I have always kept a months worth of stock in my house, I grew up in poverty and not being able to eat and feed my family is a fear of mine.

Plus the fact that my weekly shop for the 6 of us is huge, I have a teenager with disordered eating so I have to separately shop for them. Then I have a teen who is growing at a rate of knots and eats more than my large DH.
Then 2 young children and me and DH.

So when I go to a supermarket and shop I get looks like I'm stockpiling. I've had people openly comment about my shopping. It's just rude!

Before all this Covid stuff I posted on here when I was shopping to restock the store cupboard as normal and someone called me a 'Brexit Wanker'

I think there's a huge difference between stockpiling and then still doing a weekly shop and those who do big shops and use that stuff for x amount of weeks before going and doing I again.

selfishly stockpiling on items that you don’t need

Is this common though? The data indicated that the shortages were caused by lots of people buying a very small bit extra. I think we hear about the selfish twats who go wild buying up loo roll, but I think they're rarer than we realise.

I’m in a local lockdown area and shelves are starting to look empty again at local supermarkets. I went shopping yesterday and had to buy several items that weren’t exactly what I wanted, as the usual version wasn’t available, reminding me of the lockdown shopping experience which is not fun when you have a child with ASD, and very specific food tastes.

I don’t understand why this is happening again though, especially for fresh produce which can’t be stockpiled. Wonder whether it’s a staffing issue for the supermarkets, as they’ll have to consider the safety of their staff and potentially those with underlying conditions being unable to work right now? Or is it just because everyone has returned to online shopping again, and there’s no staff to stock shelves during the day as everyone is picking for online deliveries?

titsalinabumsquash

Me too!

I do a big shop fortnightly and worry about what people think when they see my trolley.

It’s been a bad year for fresh produce hasn’t it?