So now: no meat, no veg, no fruit, no bread....

[OnlyFoolsnMothers]

Live in London- must be 7 supermarkets within a 10 minute drive of me, I went to 3 today- no meat, no veg, no fruit, no bread- on top of no cleaning products.
What exactly are we supposed to do? I haven’t seen a restocked supermarket in weeks.
FYI I consider all preppers scum!

If your supermarket has stock, Where are you? What time are you turning up to shop?

It’s not preppers though it’s panic buyers, preppers have been ready for months

I’m SE London. No bread, eggs, flours anywhere. After mid morning.
But fresh stuff seems to be unchanged where I am, the odd thing out but loads of fruit and veg and meats.

My husband went at opening this morning to get our size nappies though.

You mean panic buyers... I'm prepped and have had to shop.

It's not panic buyers. They are about to tell all over 70s to be in for months. Loads of people are now self isolating for two weeks. People are largely just getting what they need for weeks or months.

Don’t blame the preppers. It’s not them.

Same here, butchers are out of meat too. Can't get lentils, pasta, chickpeas, black beans...nothing. Local supermarkets and corner shops out of milk alternatives and eggs. Am really starting to worry

Have NOT had to shop... Sorry stupid phone!

There was a reasonable amount of meat and loads of veg at the Sainsbury’s in my outer London borough. No loo paper or tins or flour.

Local shops are worth a visit

Preppers were organised and planned for Brexit times like this.

Panic buyers are the culprits.

I'm not a prepper at all but must point out it is panic buyers that are the problem.

Shops by me are pretty much fully stocked with the exception of loo roll and pasta, based in Bedforshire and went to the shops today around 14:0.

You need to go early morn to get the restock overnight

My local Tesco (zone 1) had almost everything at 8.30 this morning

It is really frustrating. But when it is so uncertain what the next weeks will bring it is hardly surprising. Older people are waiting to be told they have to stay home for weeks, families where the whole family would normally be out for lunchtime will now all be at home for all meals.

At times like this, it would take exceptional leadership to avoid this sort of environment of fear and confusion. And I don't think many countries can claim to have that right now

Call it what you like, if everyone shopped as normal there would be no shortage. All the people saying “oh I’m only buying a bit extra”= yes that’s the problem!
Spoke to my colleagues in China today they are utterly bemused by our self inflicted shortages!

Fine I’ll drive round 6 shops to buy 4 items but when I see the elderly and the disabled shopping the empty shelves too I’m utterly enraged!

Maybe the government need to make it clear then- even on a lock down there is access to
Supermarkets

If only you'd prepped months ago, you wouldn't have to be panicking now...

I bought a bit extra 6 months plus ago, that's having no impact on you now. Prepping and panicking are different.

However, semantics aside I wouldn't describe most people as scum. Just nervous people.

So to all preppers are you still shopping?

I went to the farm shop for meat, eggs and veg, and the health food shop for pulses. Nobody else appeared to have thought of that in our town- both were fully stocked and empty of shoppers.

Local shops are much better at the moment. Got lots of fresh veg at a farm shop earlier.

Go to north london or areas with large Indian / Middle Eastern populations as these places are still selling fresh fruit and veg and people aren’t panic buying to such a huge extent.

Ummm, how does one prep months in advance for fresh fruit and veg .

I'm a prepper and no need to go to shop now so no

Panic buying is the opposite of prepping.
I'm sorry you are having a tricky time.