To think not allowing 'small shops' is silly?

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Popped to the shop earlier to get bread, milk, eggs and a few bits of fruit, I can manage on this for a week as have some Brexit supplies in the cupboard, so working my way through that and not buying more than we need for the week. I was told that the new directive is that no one can do a 'small shop', and ended up having to get a small trolly load of stuff which is ridiculous. I'd already been queuing to get in for a while and don't have a car so would have had to get a bus to another shop. I know I could have survived without them, but as I was already there seems stupid.

AIBU to think that this is a stupid policy, and completely goes against stockpiling for some? Also with the restrictions on tins etc you end up either buying crap you don't need, or going elsewhere which means you will have made 2 journeys to 2 shops for a few items. Not forgetting those who live hand to mouth and cannot afford a big shop. I get the idea, that it 'forces' people to buy more and so go shopping less, but as it doesn't seem much common sense is being applied to it; do we think it should be rolled out everywhere?

Home baked bread from the breadmaker is only possible if you can get the flour and/or yeast. Assuming you have a breadmaker in the first place, that is.

I wonder if some of the people yammering on about milk, bread and eggs shelf life know how many people on the planet don't consume one or all of these products?

I'm not saying people should be over-zealous in policing baskets fwiw, but I do find some of the hysteria about bread and bog roll (seriously, most people will not die if they have to have a pasta salad or a few boiled spuds on the side instead of a sandwich) as bad as the idiots policing the sale of easter eggs.

@hobnobsaremyfave why do you keep posting on the thread then?

www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/03/who-should-wear-a-face-mask-30-march-who-briefing/

Try reading some proper science written by the WHO
Instead of some random fuckwit on an Internet forum

Laiste it’s a global pandemic. Sarcastic hyperbole on mumsnet is what’s getting me through.

Because scaremongering idiots need to to be challenged

@hobnobsaremyfave I've admitted I should have thought more before posting, but what I have said in my OP happened to me earlier, I didn't make it up to try and spread fear, I should have just thought it through first and realised some people might take it that way though. You aren't posting anything that is adding anything useful to any sort of discussion.

Wouldn't be sensible for us.

We've always kept stockpiles since the ebola outbreak in 2014 which while it obviously never made it to our shores was enough to make us think what might happen if something like that got here. Then we stocked up even more because of the uncertainty over Brexit.

Now all we really need in the shops is bread, eggs, cheese, butter, fresh fruit and veg and milk. We do buy other things we want (as opposed to really need) but as far as possible we've been trying to leave stuff on the shelves for those that need it over the last couple of weeks. If we can't get fresh fruit and veg we have tinned and frozen.

Foolish to push people into buying things they don't need when other people may really need them.

YANBU

This is to stop people going out frequently.

Don’t you all get it, we are supposed to stay in and limit going out.

There were reports on the news today of people popping out for a chocolate bar, if some can shop once a week then so can everyone.

The can’t know what you have in your cupboards so one rule for all.

@hobnobsaremyfave another really useful post.

Whilst I don't agree with this policy on the part of the supermarket, it is perhaps a matter for personal conscience how often you go for food shopping. I try not to set foot in the virus soup of a supermarket more than once a week for a big shop - however I wouldn't like to be told that I have to do this

I've tried not to go out & shopped in the supermarket at the weekend but wanted to bake.

Why are eggs so difficult to buy at the supermarket or on my online delivery which is now a thing of the past.

I've not had any problems getting eggs?

I am not disputing that others have, its just interesting how it varies. Got some from Waitrose on Sunday and they have them at the local Nisa

The advice is to shop as infrequent as possible for essentials not who defines that .

Some people who don't drive will perhaps shop daily before all this so now may go every 3-4 days that doesn't make it wrong . If you only need to shop monthly/ fortnightly/ weekly then good for you but not everyone can .

@AGoodPodcastAndANiceCupOfTea
It's absolutely not "the law" - not even Boris can make up bonkers legislation like that. Rely on reputable sources for your information.

It's an odd thing to police. Although to be fair, my theory is that shortages may have been caused by people repeatedly popping in for 'just a few more things' when passing by than by people piling up trolleys to bursting point (of which I've seen very little). So I can see supermarkets maybe wanting prioritise people doing a full shop and push people towards corner shops for those little top-ups.

This is the guidance. Any interpretation beyond what is set out is making things up. It’s vague because they don’t want to be too prescriptive – they’re Tories and they don’t really believe in nannying people and assume we can all act reasonably sensibly without having to be told in minute detail what is classed as "food" or what is meant by "as infrequent as possible".

You should only leave the house for very limited purposes:

<strong>shopping for basic necessities, for example food and medicine, which must be as infrequent as possible</strong>
<strong>one form of exercise a day, for example a run, walk, or cycle - alone or with members of your household</strong>
<strong>any medical need, including to donate blood, avoid or escape risk of injury or harm, or to provide care or to help a vulnerable person</strong>
<strong>travelling for work purposes, but only where you cannot work from home</strong>

There were reports on the news today of people popping out for a chocolate bar, if some can shop once a week then so can everyone.

No, they can't. Which is why the guidance is not prescriptive. The Government recognises people will have a diversity of needs and abilities. Can you link to the news reports of people popping out for a chocolate bar?

www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-outbreak-faqs-what-you-can-and-cant-do/coronavirus-outbreak-faqs-what-you-can-and-cant-do

Now I want a chocolate bar

LimitIsUp You are a disgrace. Chocolate is BANNED. You must sit at home in the dark and eat only sawdust.

I've tried not to go out & shopped in the supermarket at the weekend but wanted to bake.

"Wanting to bake" is not an essential reason to leave the house. Jesus.

Limit you will not get your chocolate bar until you have sat in your house for 745 days and have precisely 77 items in your trolley
Until such time you will sit at home and subsist on water and the sniff of a lettuce leaf daily
You will be shown a square of toilet roll
Once a week
And once a month your front door will be opened and you can see the sky for 0.5 seconds
At that point you will truly understand how to
DO QUARANTINE PROPERLY

Rubbish!