Are you stocking up on food/household items?

[DaisyDooley]

Have you started ‘stocking up’ on items you think might be rising sharply or might become harder to get hold of?
We know that there will be a knock on effect of ships being stuck in the Straight of Hormuz.
I read that food prices are expected to go up by 9% by Christmas. I can’t remember where I read it don’t shoot me but I thought at the time that it was a ‘proper’ source (as opposed to my mates from school on Facebook).
If you are stocking up -what are you buying?

do you think there will be proper empty aisles rather than a few gaps or huge price increases that nobody can afford anything? Sorry I don't know why I'm asking you, its not like you're a government expert - you only have access to the same news sources as everyone else! I just feel I'm not understanding the whole we need to get a supply in/ stock up while we can. Is everyone just remembering covid times?

no @LolaBaby75
not remembering covid times, just reading the news
all related to the war,

i mean i agree @LolaBaby75
it does cause worry when you think you might have trouble buying beer, salad and meat and mostly people will stock up , which is understandable. although pointless when it comes to Salads!

Although salads are something you can easily prep for with cut and come again plants kept in a bright window.

good idea!

We have always bought wholesale so that the weekly shop isn’t too burdensome. Use suma or other coops so we have

big roll
kitcheb roll
bin bags
dishawasher tabs
washing powder
cleaning products
cans of toms/coconut milk/ peanut butter
boxes of oil/salt/vinegar
beans/lentils/pulses/nuts and seeds/pasta/crisps/rice

stored in loft. My husband always teases me about Armageddon but it is really just very convenient.

In many parts of the world you just wash your bum instead of smearing it about with toilet paper. This was a panic I couldn’t understand as alternatives exist. Bidet anyone? Sponge anyone?

I get what you're saying @DaisyDooley . I will be getting extra ground coffee - as without a coffee in the morning I am not worth a bean.

I always get some extra tuna fish steak in tins and chopped tomatoes as they are v handy and have long expiry dates. Likewise a few blocks of coconut are lurking in my cupboard.

There is a lot of 'I'm holier than thou' types on this thread. Maybe just let other people have an opinion? No one said you are forced to do the same thing 🙄

Yes if it’s a co2 shortage issue as the meat section will empty out. To counter the look of empty meat shelves though, the shops will expand the dairy and similar sections into more space where possible, and will shutter fridges with ‘out of order’ signs otherwise to make it look like a technology issue.

I’m -over the next few weeks - building up a stock of my dogs food.
Shes raw fed, get most of it from Tesco.
I do her 14 days worth at a time and freeze it in containers of one portion, so on day 1 there’s 13 tubs in freezer and one in fridge for her tea.
I’ve decided to build it up to 30 days supply becuase she has never eaten kibble and I don’t think a sudden change would be beneficial to her.
I buy trays of tinned sardines (24 tins per tray) at a time for her breakfast and 8 always have a full tray and a ‘using’ tray.
Im going to get another so I have two full and a ‘using’.
I don’t see this as panicking- as plenty of others on the thread have pointed out I’m more of a prepper.

My grandma lived through the war.
All through her life when I knew her she had a massive pantry , very well stocked. She was terrified of running out of soap (they had during the war).
When she died we found a massive blanket drawer upstairs stuffed with bars of soap.
When my grandad died 10 years later he had barely made a dent in them.
It took my mum about 18 yrs after tht to use them up -I got given many too.
My husband blames my (wonderful)pantry on my grandmas somewhat irrational fear of soap deprivation.

Please remember - I’m not advocating panic buying. I’m asking what people re gently stocking up on due to incoming price rises.
The shortages we will get will be fresh food so there’s very little I can do about that apart from make sure my doggy is ok!

Neither am I

Oh silly me.
I should have told h8m to go and buy a bidet!
Now why didn’t I think of that??

Maybe gradually introduce a little kibble over a period of weeks.

Well according to some posters here that doesn’t make a difference, it’s still panic buying and you’re depriving someone else 😂

Obviously this is not a Dutch website but as a data point: a year or so ago, the Dutch government asked us all to have 3 days of food and water in the house, cash, and a wind-up torch and radio, along with a few other emergency items. We’ve also been asked to prepare an emergency plan eg a location where family members will meet if the shit hits the fan and there’s no means of communication. It’s all been done very calmly but the underlying message is clear.

I just see it in the same way as having insurance in case the house burns down (possible but thankfully unlikely), but it IS a bit scary. We also bought a little camping stove so at least we could have a cup of tea and a hot meal if the power was off for a few days. Hopefully it won’t happen but it HAS happened here and there in the UK and Germany in the last year or two.

Oh that’s another thing we’ve been told to keep in mind - extra pet food!

I tend to buy a lot at a time and then forget about it until we’ve nearly run out, so I’ve been trying to make sure I keep some in reserve.

Haha you’re like me. No worries if they drop the bomb, I won’t have to go out for washing detergent for at least a year!

In reality it just gives me the rage to run out of things like loo roll or shampoo, so I make sure that won’t happen. And if I’m tired and want to put together an easy dinner I don’t need to pop out for basic pasta ingredients because we always have them. I’m just lazy and don’t like to have to think too hard!

OK can we have a quick salad talk please?

I have a lovely big parsley plant on my balcony. I used to have chives but had to ditch them as the cat wouldn’t leave them alone (and they’re poisonous to cats). Sob.

What else could I grow that might be nice in/on a salad?

loose leaf lettuce, cress, mustard, rocket. loads of things can be sown as cut and come again in a small pot. you can buy seed mixes with a variety or sow individually and they're generally available as a mix in the shops too. Generally you should get a few harvests from each plant. You can also grow spring onions from the root section of a used spring onion. Literally just plonk it in water and it will re-grow.

It's chocolate. Who wouldn't panic-buy reduced chocolate?😂

Besides, I've eaten the evidence now.😎

This was in Lidl. The woman was probably buying every last tin they had on the shelf. God know what for. In our house we get through tinned mackerel at about the rate of one tin every five years.

Every time someone doesn't need to go to the shop in a time of emergency it helps those who haven't prepared (since there is more available for those people).
No because those panickers ‘prepping’ now would be be elbowing everyone out of the way at that time /that is the nature of the panickers.

Tbf I went through a period where I had baked potato, mackerel and salad almost daily. If I was still doing that and the threat was that it’d be discontinued, I’d stock up too in order to avoid having to think about changing the menu for a while…

people who make sure they have a well stocked pantry, vegetable garden, stocks of household items and medicines are the opposite of panicked.

I've restocked my pantry cupboard. Tinned goods. Dry lentils and pasta . Flour. Toilet roll.