To ask if / what you are stockpiling for Brexit

[Mammylamb]

DH thinks I’m a bit mad: but I stockpile most winters in case we have an awful
Winter. All of the food gets used though eventually.

I’ve stockpiled loo roll, kitchen roll, toothpaste, soap and washing powder.

A freezer full of meals (Mac cheese, bolognaise, various stews, soups and curries, apple crumble (we have apples from our apple trees needing used), 10kg pasta and rice, flour, tins of tomatoes, beans/lentils/chickpeas, tinned fruit and veg. Oh and some UHT milk

Am I missing anything? Are you stockpiling?

This three day thing. I do a weekly shop and might go out for fruit during the week if we run low, maybe. Don't most people do that? Are there really people with families - not talking about very low income families here obviously - but MNetters who have the time and inclination to be on Brexit stock pilling threads, who don't generally have more than three days worth of food in the home?

BirthdayDreamer - it's interesting that you mentioned WWII rationing. I just read this article about it and it's quite fascinating, worth the read and I'm now thinking about buying powdered eggs...

www.thedailybeast.com/jack-drummond-invented-the-world-war-ii-diet-that-saved-britain

The basic takeaway is that the health of average Brits improved under rations!

It is the stockpiling that is likely to create the shortages.

No, for the millionth time, panic buying coupled with disrupted supplies causes shortages.
Steady stockpiling doesn't!!
For those saying rationing leads to a healthier nation, you are not looking closely enough. Many people died of starvation in the war.
@CarolDanvers, 3 days of everything you might need is a good way to help people work out how to plan a stockpile. It's a minimum.

No I haven’t but I might start. I’m lucky I have no need for medication (repeat prescriptions) I feel for the people who do & I am worried for them. I think we will always have food/essentials but it’d be more expensive so if your on a budget maybe start stockpiling.

"Are there really people with families - not talking about very low income families here obviously - but MNetters who have the time and inclination to be on Brexit stock pilling threads, who don't generally have more than three days worth of food in the home?"

Yes, of course there are.
And as for "I have the time ", I make the time to try and be helpful and play down the panic so people don't shove their head in the sand.
I have a bit of knowledge because I am older than most people on here and I am a general prepper.
You don't want it, you can jog on. That's your choice. Or you can wait for the government to give you advice beyond current advice about getting an international driving licence. Because that is the only advice available right now from the government about keeping your kids fed.
If you had bothered to listen to us on here several months ago, you would have tweaked the way you buy stuff and slowly got extras in (as per your budget, needs and storage capabilities) . You could have asked for advice, as well. And the prospect of No Deal wouldn't be as scary.

I can't stockpile anything at the moment as moving house - going into storage on 3rd October and sofa surfing until 1 November when I go into my new house! I'm going to be stuffed aren't I?

Tinned and jarred staples we don't produce here that might go short: tomatoes, sweetcorn, tuna, sun-dried tomatoes etc. And I'm thinking pasta, too. We won't starve! Keen to add what others think might go short...

Yesterday I got DH (a leaver who pooh-poohs Yellowhammer as projeect fear) to put in a new deep strong shelf in the understairs multipurpose cupboard to turn it into a larder. I can stow months' worth there now. I waited a couple of hours to tell him what it's for - he never even asked before he built it, bless him.

He went a bit quiet, but he'll be glad of it if things go pear-shaped. At that point it will have been his idea all along, of course.

When does it stop being stockpiling and start being panic buying?

just got a kilo of coffee, 5 jars . It's dated til 2021 so ill be ok in day wine at night, just need chocolate now and I'll be fine

bellinisurge

But do really want to be anywhere near the shops to "make do with what's there " if it is kicking off.”

This. I don’t want to be anywhere near the shops for at least a month if we leave with no WA. If people will punch each other in the face at Asda for a tv on Black Friday, imagine what they’ll do if they’re threatened with no dinner. In such circumstances, our noble nation is unlikely to cover itself in glory.

Really, anyone who wants to begin to stockpile having looked at op yellowhammer (which some experts do believe to be a better-case scenario of no deal) need to consider how not being able to get food from or via Europe will impact us. Currently we produce approx 40% of the food we eat.
So logically, even anything produced here is likely to be in short supply. You cannot rely on it. This is why Bellinisurge recommended looking at what you need for 3 days, and then multiplying that for however long you would like it to last
Also add in the potential that there might be fuel shortages, and that further increases the problem.
Consider all the things you normally eat and make sure you have those or adequate replacements. A stockpile needs to contain what you need for a balanced diet.
Unless, of course, you have total trust that our government are making reasonable plans. If you believe that what the experts are saying is scaremongering then that's up to you.
Personally I don't care to take that risk.

Are there really people with families - not talking about very low income families here obviously - but MNetters who have the time and inclination to be on Brexit stock pilling threads, who don't generally have more than three days worth of food in the home?

Yes I do. I understand that mine comes from a place of not wanting to ever have my kids in the situation I was in as a child, but I think it’s just sensible anyway. If things go wrong, I’m covered. If they don’t go wrong, I’m covered. It hurts no one as the amount I’m buying actually hasn’t changed over the years. I always have UHT in for when DH’s huge family descend with no notice and I have to make 16 cups of tea that need topping up every hour.

I won’t stockpile petrol though, that’s going a bit far because of the fire risk. If I had a farm or land, maybe I’d consider it, but I have a plan if we run out of petrol... and it’s called a push bike!

We have 21 million more people than in 1940, and a lot less farmland.

Candles and matches?!

When does it stop being stockpiling and start being panic buying?

Brexit Eve when there's no bread on the shelves but the people buying 20 loaves have nowhere to store them before they go bad.

Are there really people with families - not talking about very low income families here obviously - but MNetters who have the time and inclination to be on Brexit stock pilling threads, who don't generally have more than three days worth of food in the home?

I know there has been a general theme of 3 days so that people don't worry too much but the reality is that disruption it is likely to last for more than 3 days. So I would aim for at least a week's worth personally.

Each to his own though (just don't expect any of mine if you haven't bothered to take care of your own family).

@Wibblewobble99 sorry I didn't see your reply before. I don't know either. I have stocked up on long life milk so I can avoid shopping if things do get frantic.
I think we do produce a lot of milk here, but at the moment a lot gets exported to Europe for turning into other products like you said, before coming back again. Not completely clear on this tbh.
I think the logistics of getting even home grown things to the right places at the right times could be a problem. What I sense from the things I'm reading is that individually, many of the no deal problems are surmountable, but put it all together and things could get chaotic.

I normally have a full freezer and cupboard full of tins so apart from extra loo rolls I am not stock piling. I have got enough to mange on and If I can't get an odd ingredient we will do without. I shall fill both cars up with fuel and also fuel containers but if fuel shortage it won't last long. I do believe there has been a lot of no deal planning since the Yellow hammer worse case scenario document from August 3rd. Amber Rudd said up to 90% of all planning was for no deal Brexit. No reason not to believe her.

Amber Rudd said up to 90% of all planning was for no deal Brexit. No reason not to believe her.

90% of nothing is, well, nothing.

I've been slowly trying to build up extra meds for ds by getting his prescriptions a week or so early. Still haven't got much, maybe an extra month's worth. I'll be getting extra tinned food and filling the freezer and maybe some extra diesel in the garage.

I always try to keep a bit of food in stock all the time - normally tins and pasta and rice etc.
I filled it a bit fuller in the Spring with a wider variety of tinned goods (more fruit and veg mainly), and cartons of juice.
I will start to fill it up again over the next few weeks - I would normally fill it for winter anyway, just in case.

I'm in Ireland and I've a good stock pile started.

Loo roll
Kitchen paper
Pasta
Rice
Tea
Coffee
Sugar
Beans
Spaghetti
Flour
Sugar
Noodles
Stock cubes
Dog food
Meds
Cereal
To name a few.

Regardless of a deal or no deal Brexit prices will rise, suppliers here have been filling warehouses with stock and of course the price will be sent into the customer. If Brexit is delayed again or article 50 is revoked, it just means I'll have a few weeks cheaper shopping!
I believe the effect will be immediate, alot of trucks won't chance landbridge for the first few days.
I wish either way, this shitstorm was over with

So say you stockpile for 3 days..or a week or two or whatever, if it all goes tits up, what happens when your stockpile runs out??

^ genuine question ^