To ask if you are one of those people who has bought far more food and supplies than they need

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Because you are killing the elderly and vulnerable. Stop it!

My friend out shopping for his elderly neighbour last night could not find the basics to buy him!

I have a lot of stuff and am on my own. It's nothing new, I always bought in bulk, mainly because it was cheaper and more convenient to do so and it's paying off now because it's so difficult to get hold of essentials. I have shared with a couple of people though and will do so again and emailed the local foodbank people to see if anyone passes my way and can pick up a box. Please note, I am not 'stealth boasting' or whatever Mumsnet calls it, just stating a fact and I'm anonymous on here anyway, I wouldn't be telling anyone in real life.

The situation doesn't frighten me for me, I will muddle through somehow as long as I keep reasonably well (you never know what might happen, you can become ill not with Covid-19), but I know how hard it is for others, especially those with children and some elderly (which I am), more elderly than me who may have health problems.

I am afraid your mistake was trusting everyone to leave you something

I did stock up but weeks ago when I saw what was happening in China and just knew that our Gov would not do anything to protect us. The scenes in Italy terrified me and I have been adding slowly to my stock ever since.

People need to wake up and think for themselves and take some responsibility for themselves and their families. No-one else will.

Agree op they are the scum of the earth I'm sorry to say. Selfish.

I always keep full cupboards. Not as much as some! But I rarely run out. there is always rice, pasta, 4 or 6 tins of tomatoes, chick peas, coconut milk, etc. If I make a curry and use the coconut milks I put it straight on the shopping list.

When I open the last 32 or 64 pack of dishwasher tabs, I make a note to get another couple of bags.

I still need milk and bread every few days!!

We stocked up 4 weeks ago, colleagues were dismissive and accused me of being a crazy prepper (like that's an insult).

Several people have told me this week they wish they had listened to me.

Small local shops may be a good bet.

Had to go to the dentist yesterday for a broken filling and a small shop nearby still had well stocked shelves - even several packs of loo roll and I’m pretty sure there was baby milk, too. Loads of all sorts of tins.

loo rolls /tins packets a few weeks ago obv!

@stuckinthemiddlewithtwats I read on another thread that if you contact the number on the back of your milk some suppliers are able to send milk directly to you -worth a try.

People who are saying I did it weeks ago so it’s not me. Well that’s what STARTED the fucking panic

I’m in isolation. I can’t now get food for my elderly mother who is also in isolation. I can’t get a delivery slot for either of us. I don’t care if I eat baked beans and porridge.

I care that my mother doesn’t have fresh veg. Or fresh things in general. She’s 90

So thank you people. You’ve made it EVEN more stressful for a 90 year old. I am desperately trying to see if there is someone near her who can pop to the shops for her.

Selfish cunts

It's impossible to know in advance how much/ what you are going to need. No one knows if they will be self isolating tomorrow, or whether there will be more stringent conditions next week. Everyone is just doing their best to plan and manage in completely fluid and unprecedented circumstances. I'm sick of other people's arrogance - as if they know better than anyone else, as if they are allowed to decide what other people think and feel and how they behave. I'm following government and health advice. I don't know if I've got 'too much' because I cannot predict what I am going to need.

That isnt true onemore its supposedly for america however im dubious

You can still go to the supermarket in Italy. Even if we have lockdown it will still be allowed.

But the ELDERLY and unwell should not be out searching the streets for basics because some perfectly healthy family have taken all the basics and booked all the delivery slots.

Ok... I'm going to be 100% Honest.

I've bought more than normal, (for me (pregnant) and my husband) but I really dont feel I've been selfish and I certainly don't plan to buy anything for at least another week.

I have bought

• 1 pack of toliet pack ( 6 rolls)
• 4 large jars of pasta sauce
• lots of chocolate
• baking stuff (to make hubby's B-day cake)
• 1 kg pasta (although I bought that last week before the panic really started)
• 10 cans of soup
• 8 cans of beans.
• 1kg of chicken breast
• 500g of mine
• 500g pack of dried noddles
• 6 large eggs
• 1 white loaf of bread
• 6 bananas and apples
• 4 small bottles of premade newborn milk (emergency back up incase I fail at breastfeeding.)
• 3 boxes of 30 cans of diet coke (we love diet coke)

And of course I have more stuff in my fridge/freezer that I bought way before everyone started panicking.

My husband and I have agreed we are not buying anything else until next week.

Especially now in Scotland all the schools are closing this Friday so parents will probably be in the shops.

I dont envy the shop staff.

Where are you @staringatonewall? See if we can help you out on here?

Yes I did at the end of Feb . I read what was happening in China and then Italy so I did a big shop of cupboard stuff and stuff that won’t perish and booked my online shopping slots ahead . I also ordered enough pet food to last 2 months
I also got my parents to do a big Wiltshire food shop enough to last them 2 months.
They cant go out very much so they needed to do this . I’ve been getting them bread and milk for them and there neighbours as well
I’ve still been shopping for what i need as and when I need it though .

I will also add stuff to my baskets if I need to for other people I know.
So I’m not panic buying in the shops

Ah well. As long as the stockpilers did it unashamedly I guess it’s fine then.

Never mind the fact the most vulnerable have to go without. As long as the stockpilers are fine, that’s all that matters.

I'm not vulnerable and I'm a decent cook as in I could cobble a meal out of most things. I thought we'd be ok but there is literally no food available.

I didn't want to stockpile and now I wish I had.

The difference is that people who were quietly stockpiling a month or even longer ago aren't the people who have been emptying the shelves in the last week. Those are the people who either couldn't afford to prepare, were unable because they are elderly or vulnerable or who didn't think it was necessary, and now they're all fighting against each other. Some of the people posting on the preppers board got some quite disgusting abuse thrown at them about a month ago for being ridiculous for having any kind of stash or preparing, but if those who could have afforded it and were able had done so gradually when it became clear that this virus was going to become an issue in the near future, then the elderly, the vulnerable, the poor wouldn't be having to fight it out with everyone else in the shops because the supply chain wouldn't have been hit like it has been. We are able to just do skeleton shops for the next few weeks and leave the majority of stuff for others now because we made preparations previously.

People who stocked piled a while ago are part of the solution, not the problem. The problem is those who were totally unprepared and now panicking.

Like itsjustme I stocked up a couple of weeks ago when it became apparent that this was going to get serious. I have only been out to buy fresh items this week. It must be a regional thing as I found bread, meat, veg, fruit quite easily.

Everyone is being too reactive and not enough people are being proactive. Shops are putting rationing in place and shopping hours for the elderly but this should have happened straight away last weekend rather than letting it get out of hand.

It’s ok. I found a neighbour to do it. But she just wanted to not go through this stress and anxiety.
A Sainsbury’s shop would have been much happier for her

We have extra stuff but not because we panic bought etc, I’m due a c section in a week and a half and we have a 2 year old, I’ve been adding a pack of nappies and wipes here and there since I found out I was pregnant again, same with paracetamol since I am having a section. Mainly because after surgery I want to sit at home and do nothing for a while without having to make sure my husband buys the right nappies/wipes/sanitary items. He is very capable but will also be sleep deprived so didn’t want to challenge him with more than the basics.

We also buy food when we start our back up, and as it generally works out cheaper we buy the bulk bags, so coming into our home it might look like we just raided the aisles but in reality we live like this anyway.
We still do a weekly shop for fresh items but might only buy sugar every few months.
I’m supposed to self isolate as a pregnant woman, but if my husband goes to the shop outside the elderly and vulnerable hours and can’t find milk for our toddler I’ll be forced to go in the mornings, which does slightly defeat the point of self isolating.
I don’t understand the panic on milk, eggs and meat, having worked in the dairy industry and the beef industry I can tell you there is no way cows will stop being milked twice a day and they will still be sent for slaughter. The difference in price you can get for an animal if it is even a day over a specific age can be huge, and farmers plan this down to the day.

Blame the supermarkets who have been happy to cash in on it - Ocado for example has had their best ever sales in the last couple of weeks and now those of us who are just trying to do our normal weekly shop can't get anything!

How are we expected to know what to expect as individuals when it seems retail companies have only just woken up to the situation this week (bringing in purchase limits etc.), and the government keeps saying "oh we'll do this at some point in the future..." only to change their advice the very next day.

I had to get to the shop when it opened this morning as I went to 6 shops last night and couldnt get bread or meat anywhere. I bought an extra loaf of bread as with school closures I'm going to need more than before. Meat I bought less than usual because they just didnt have it, seems shopping will just have to be done over a few days now as and when I see food I will buy it. I did notice quite a few people with 4 of everything they could get their hands on though which is unnecessary, we have a tiny freezer I had to sacrifice the ice cream to get a few slices of bread for the kids in 😢 it's crazy!

last week i bought enough to last is 2 weeks. glad i did because supermarkets are empty now.

We did stockpile like 6 weeks ago. My dh told me too. I thought he was being ridiculous. I really did

He turned out to be right all along.