To be surprised that some friends are buying extra food because of Brexit? part 2

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Here is a new thread

Link to old one: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3472089-To-be-surprised-that-some-friends-are-buying-extra-food-because-of-Brexit?pg=1

Ingham with two young children and a need to stay out of stressful situations for my daughter's sake I will be aiming for a week I think.

*minimum

Depends on whether we are leaving with no (fucking) deal or leaving under the WA.

If we are crashing out then I'd aim for 3 weeks if you can.

At this stage I am just make sure my non-perishables are in slightly higher supply. Lentils for example can be easily jazzed up, and are a great source of protein. Dried soya mince is along the same vein.
I've also got a tub of powdered milk in the back of the cupboard for just in case.

I don't have any kids though, so my partner and I will just have to eat a slightly more boring diet if necessary.

The potential for power outages does worry me though, as our flat is electric only, and if we get a March like last year could be freezing with no power for heating or cooking

I am really pleased that there are people like JellyBears in the UK... people who have no understanding of supply chain issues, and, more importantly, who don't even want to understand them. It makes things slightly easier for those of us who see the sense in having a small stockpile if there is less competition and gives us more choice.

I've noticed no one quotes my username in the lifted newspaper quotes. Fuck off Daily Mail.

Very disappointed we are 5 pages into the new thread and no one has mentioned the Millennium Bug yet. Ffs Brexits, you're slacking.

Can anyone actually believe we have these shitehawk fuckfaces (swearing for the DM) in government that instil not an iota of confidence or reassurance or safety in those who are not hard of thinking? I'm just constantly staggered by the level of incompetence.

I think she will lose the vote tonight and they will ramp up the fear of No Deal and bring it back again to Parliament. Just runs the clock down a bit more too, No Deal ticks ever closer.

Did the citizen website go live today or are they saving that for tomorrow?

I have sourced fresh locally grown tomatoes in April. And NO I'm not telling you where!!! They are MINE.

I like rhubarb, but I need sugar for that. Lots of it.

DH has finally noticed where I've started stashing things as I'd moved stuff around. Only a week late.

I haven't seen the website. Googled a few times.

I have a comfortable 3 weeks worth. Could easy stretch it though

Thank you. I've only got a few extra bits in at the minute!

I think people would be mad not to prep a bit tbh.

I haven't seen the website yet. Perhaps they are waiting 24 hours

So are the options now are no deal or no Brexit after Teresa May lost the vote?
Or is there another option the Tories will be making up?

BBC saying they’re going back to renegotiate new agreement

The only option on the table at the moment is no deal. Other options may be suggested, but it is the EU's gift as to whether to allow them.

Here is an excert taken from a report published by the government on 2018.

. Fruit and vegetables could be particularly vulnerable to price rises and lack
of availability, because of the UK’s dependence on EU imports: around 40%
of vegetables and 37% of fruit sold in the UK come from the EU.147 For
this reason Professor Tim Lang, from the Centre for Food Policy at City
University London, described horticulture as “the most fragile of all the
industries”.148 The level of price rises that will follow Brexit will of course
depend on the trade agreement that is concluded between the UK and the
EU. The highest price rises would likely result from a ‘no deal’ scenario,
with all food imports being subjected to tariffs at WTO levels. The Food
Foundation stated:
“WTO tariffs being applied to European imports, combined with
changes in the value of the pound and increasing labour costs, could
raise the price of purchasing enough fruit and veg for a family of four by
£159 per year. The impact of this would be felt the most by households
in the lowest 10%, for whom almost half (46%) of their entire food
budget would be taken up with fruit and veg costs. These price rises
would come at a time when fruit and veg consumption is already far
below recommended levels”.

Here is a link the the report but it is a downloaded pdf

I'm just going to start adding extra pasta to our weekly shop. Those huge bags one can buy.
If all is well, we won't have to buy pasta for ages. No harm done. I hate the stuff but it's a bona fide favourite in our house.

Pain killers and looks roll.
Pasta as the main bulk of the meal we could see what else there is to go with it.

TheElementsSong
drive-by empty-slogan-spritzers

Loving your contributions here.

Thanks also to bellinisurge, RedToothBrush, brexitdestruction, cloudtree and all the rest of you who know who you are.

(from Europe) all round.

Sooooo glad I bought an extra 10kg of rice last week.

The only option on the table at the moment is no deal. Other options may be suggested, but it is the EU's gift as to whether to allow them.

Revoke might not be on the table but it can be decided and implemented by simple governmental decision with no role for parliament or the EU. It is the easiest option of all as it requires no costly government planning (except for EP elections in May but they can do that easily enough).

But surely the people stocking up -in case panic buying clears the shelves- can see what’s going on here?

I’m genuinely confused and not sure whether I should be buying extra too!

Best advice is probably buy extra if you can afford it and you'll use it anyway. Don't if you can't/won't.

Best advice is probably buy extra if you can afford it and you'll use it anyway.

Yep. Do not under any circumstances buy 576 tins of preserved pickled sea urchins, however good an offer they seem, if you do not eat sea urchins. Otherwise in decades to come, you’ll be remembered as that “mad Aunt CandyMay who had hundreds of tins of preserved pickled sea urchins under her bed”.

This feels a bit like when it snows. Everyone panic buying bread and milk like they'll never see it again which inevitably leads to the people who don't panic buy, but genuinely need it a day later, right up the creek. It's a bit selfish TBH.

^^