Page 35 | Looking at the 'stockpiling' threads..

EinsteinaGogo · 2020-10-04T18:05:03+00:00

Is there genuinely ANYONE who ^could^ afford to get a couple of weeks shopping into the house, who hasn't? And if so, WHY?

TheFridayFeeling · 06/10/2020 22:55

Thanks @Janevaljane
They’re both great but admit they’re just really bad at the food bit!
I do all that it in exchange for vacuuming, diy and even ironing as we all need to do the bits we are better at! Buying fruit and veg on way out next to the consultants, nurses etc. was surreal as I wasn’t fully awake and ok. just wanted to get away from the ward and hospital as there were only 2 of us left in that were negative and they’d moved the other 4 out overnight (positive) DH had showed me what was happening in the news when I came round ( Costco queues and the like) so I knew we’d be ok with just a few fresh supplies 😂

gamerchick · 06/10/2020 23:39

DH and DS have never mentioned the stash again and are now in full support of being aware/keeping on top of things

I've had exact the same from my household. All piss taking has stopped dead. They've also got their own group of things to get on top of now.

Amazing how things change.

Glad that you're all better now.

ChavvySexPond · 07/10/2020 00:00

ThatFridayFeeling. God that must have been an awful time. So glad you're on the mend. Thank the lord for full freezers eh?

My friend was out of work for most of Lockdown and she tells anyone who will listen that her full cupboards in readiness for Brexit properly saved her bacon. She says she can't pay her bills and eat on £74 a week.

ChavvySexPond · 07/10/2020 00:55

@Janevaljane

Ah ok. There's 5 of us. 6 months of loo roll would be a lot of loo roll.

I usually have a 9 pack open plus a back up in reserve. The first two weeks of lockdown we burned through 16 rolls with all five of us at home!

StanfordPines · 07/10/2020 06:22

@Janevaljane

It's not selfish, but it might contribute to empty shelves as apparently it was people buying ' a bit extra' that caused this last time. I did it myself (bought 2 x of things) so no judgement from me!

But this is missing the point. People who keep a well stocked cupboard didn’t buy a little extra last time, they didn’t need to shop at all. They had bought the little extra years before.

oiboi · 07/10/2020 06:35

Ooh goody this thread has been like one of those questions where your mum tries to catch you out. Fun.

However it has been informative and I will take the lessons on board. Grudgingly, kicking the skirting board on my way out.

SuperCaliFragalistic · 07/10/2020 07:05

It has been a very good thread - everyone convinced they are the mostly saintly of shoppers and heaping scorn on people who shop differently to them. It does seem to be the non-stashers who have been the most unpleasant to the stashers however, using insults to get their point across.

Janevaljane · 07/10/2020 08:04

But this is missing the point

No, it was replying to a pp who added one or two extra things every time she went shopping (as I say, no judgement, I did the same). It was widely publicised that that was the cause of the shortages, rather than the loo roll shelf clearers.

Janevaljane · 07/10/2020 08:09

SuperCaliFragalistic, to be fair, I've never ever considered whether my shopping habits are saintly or not. The thread was started to judge people who didn't have a full two-week supply of food in their house with a bossy demand that they explain WHY. People have replied indignantly and given reasons - one of the main ones being that they have a support network. Thay was then absolutely rubbished by preppers as selfish and dangerous, which is clearly a warped way of looking at families, friends and community groups. I suppose proper prepping means relying on anyone isn't In The Spirit as they'll all be dead in the Rapture or whatever.

NoWordForFluffy · 07/10/2020 08:12

@Janevaljane

But this is missing the point

No, it was replying to a pp who added one or two extra things every time she went shopping (as I say, no judgement, I did the same). It was widely publicised that that was the cause of the shortages, rather than the loo roll shelf clearers.

That depends on when they did this. If it was before the issues started, while the supply chain was robust, then it didn't contribute to the problems.

Janevaljane · 07/10/2020 08:17

So do you never actually use your stockpile? What happens if you use something in it? Don't you then replace it?

NoWordForFluffy · 07/10/2020 08:22

Once you have a stockpile you buy normally and have a stock rotation system. The new stuff is added to the store and the older stuff used. You don't add to it ad infinitum else you would eventually fill your house to the rafters!

Janevaljane · 07/10/2020 08:24

Ah I see. So you've done your extra shopping earlier. It's a matter of timing! Thanks. I did do some stockpiling during the Brexit threads but it was never needed so I ended up using it all.

Janevaljane · 07/10/2020 08:25

I mean, it wasn't needed because there weren't shortages and I could shop as normal, so it gradually got put into the mix.

NoWordForFluffy · 07/10/2020 08:51

Brexit proper hasn't happened yet. It's January when that will hit! You may wish to consider that in the coming months. (And it's why we haven't run our stocks down.)

Janevaljane · 07/10/2020 09:03

Yes, I do know that! Wasn't there some Brexity reason to be stockpiling a year or so ago? That didn't actually impact us at all? Seem to remember prepping threads about it.

pointythings · 07/10/2020 09:11

Janevaljane a year or so ago, Boris signed the Withdrawal Agreement, which meant the UK went into the transition period. Had he not signed that agreement (which he is now breaking ), we would have gone straight into No Deal Brexit on the 1st of February. Supply chain disruption would have hit, shops would have been empty, you would absolutely have needed your Brexit stockpile. You would have been impacted.

Right now we are gearing up to No Deal again, largely because Boris doesn't want to adhere to a treaty he signed a year ago. The risk of full on supply chain crash is very real. I for one intend to be prepared for it.

Scarby9 · 07/10/2020 09:30

The weekend before lockdown, when we could see it was coming, I took my parents
A shop of tinned and packet store cupboard food - tins of soup, stew and vegetables, packets of pasta, biscuits, crispbreads, long life and dried milk.

When lockdown happened, for the first month and a bit of we couldn't get an online delivery for them as they shielded 2.5 hours away. I was relieved to know they were cushioned against starvation, despite the panic over lack of bread, milk and trifle.

When I finally was able to drive to their house, almost all the tins and packets had gone. Not eaten by them, but put into a box down the road where a neighbour was appealing for donations for the local food bank.

'We don't tend to eat tinned soup or vegetables, and we already had some pasta. We don't like long life milk'.

They eat fresh or frozen, and could not, and still cannot, see that having tinned and dried stuff tucked away in case of an emergency is a) sensible b) a possible option that could be eaten in dire circumstances.

I haven't been into their house since this started, but I am sorely tempted to break in and store some tins under what used to be my bed so that if the worst ever happened, I could direct them to them.

Janevaljane · 07/10/2020 09:34

Ha ha, I'm with your parents!

Seriously though, they sorted themselves out and donated the food. What's the problem?

9toenails · 07/10/2020 09:41

Trade deal or no trade deal, we can be sure French wine will not be cheaper come next January. So it makes sense to stock up now , at the very least with vintages that may be ready in years to come.

Luckily, we have a half-decent cellar for storage. I wonder, though, if any of you think we are irresponsible stockpiling wine? Are there those who could stockpile wine but who choose not to do so because it is unfair on those who may not be able to afford to, or do not have proper storage facility?

Janevaljane · 07/10/2020 09:49

If I have more than four bottles of wine I'd have a party! Seriously that hasn't crossed my mind but if you can afford it then do it.

Bayleaf25 · 07/10/2020 09:52

I'm not sure it's necessary. I've just booked a normal delivery for Saturday - no problem getting slots where I am. I've probably got quite a buffer of random tins and jars in the back of the cupboard that I could make do if I have to. I just don't think I need to massively stock up - supermarkets have improved their systems since March.

gamerchick · 07/10/2020 09:55

@9toenails

Trade deal or no trade deal, we can be sure French wine will not be cheaper come next January. So it makes sense to stock up now , at the very least with vintages that may be ready in years to come.

Luckily, we have a half-decent cellar for storage. I wonder, though, if any of you think we are irresponsible stockpiling wine? Are there those who could stockpile wine but who choose not to do so because it is unfair on those who may not be able to afford to, or do not have proper storage facility?

You're comparing wine to food? I dunno about you, but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't suffer with a lack of vintage wine..

gamerchick · 07/10/2020 09:58

@pointythings

Janevaljane a year or so ago, Boris signed the Withdrawal Agreement, which meant the UK went into the transition period. Had he not signed that agreement (which he is now breaking

), we would have gone straight into No Deal Brexit on the 1st of February. Supply chain disruption would have hit, shops would have been empty, you would absolutely have needed your Brexit stockpile. You would have been impacted.

Right now we are gearing up to No Deal again, largely because Boris doesn't want to adhere to a treaty he signed a year ago. The risk of full on supply chain crash is very real. I for one intend to be prepared for it.

Yeah, these thoughts occupy my head as well. It's going to be well shit if it goes that way.

gamerchick · 07/10/2020 10:05

one of the main ones being that they have a support network

The irony of a no deal brexit, it'll be the the ones who did stock up who will be bailing the 'support network* people out when the lorries of food are stuck somewhere and can't get to the supermarket shelves.

It's a simple 1+1 thing. If people can't see it then that's their problem. Makes no odds to me.