Tips for getting hold of chopped tomatoes!

[littlemixarerubbish]

Thanks to DH loving a bulk-buy from Costco pre - CV, we've still got enough for the next three weeks. But I haven't seen a single tin in the supermarket since the craziness began. I can't get a home delivery slot. We rely so heavily on tins of chopped toms for meals.

Any bright ideas for what to do once we've run out?!

I found some in a local Kwiksave. Try the less well used shops - everyone goes to the big supermarkets over the smaller places like Coop etc.

I saw some today in M&S. I think most things are starting to reappear. Even saw a couple of lonely packets of pasta today.

I saw some yesterday in Sainsbury’s. The actual tin aisle was gone in it’s entirety but there are a lot on the end aisles where they put the special offers usually that people just walk past

We've taken to going to less frequently used places like B and M and Lidl. We've been holding off, so had to do a big shop and no issues getting anything except flour and the inconvenience of going to 3 shops.

Not so bad when the main supermarkets nearby have long queues outside even at quietish times.

Plenty in Aldi this morning, limited to 4 cans per customer I think.

Our ALDI on Monday had pallets of the things. I was impressed with how well stocked the store was actually. I think things are started to settle down food/shopping wise.

I haven't seen baked beans for weeks! I agree, I think small shops might be the place to find them.

Catering companies online do the massive 2.5kg tins in singles or in cases of 4 or it maybe 6 actually. Good for batch cooking and freezing.

Try looking for plum tomatoes - sometimes those are available when chopped are out of stock

Home bargains had some today

My local heron had baked beans and a few cartons of tomatoes.
I need pasta soon, please come back!

Our Lidl has them.

Farm foods had some earlier in the week and also a local store.

Why is there no flour?! I mainly wanted it for papier mache and will now feel bad if I do get some.

Aldi had a full stock of them today. I think finally those people who stupidly overbought a few weeks ago are now ploughing through their years supply of food meaning people like me who can't afford to stockpile are finally able to do a normal weekly shop.

Lots of fresh tomatoes in too if you can’t get tinned

Canned plum tomatoes seem to be out of favour just get them and squash them
Down. If you've got three weeks worth I really wouldn't be worried about it now.

How many weeks worth did you buy in the first place? That's the mentality that got us in this mess.

My Lidl had tinned tomatoes, pasta, rice, most things actually.

Dh and I couldn't get any so we bought some toms and cooked them down into a sauce to portion up and freeze. We are rapidly running out of all food. My dad got us some milk and cat food today. I am offically out of self isolation Monday so am gonna try and do a big shop and hope I can get food that I normally buy or else be creative. Am really hoping for flour. We are almost out of every kind and sugar I normally always have baking stuff in but it's all slowly been used.

Try some local corner stores. We have a lot of ME shops and they have all sorts of tinned and fresh food.

You’ve still got THREE WEEKS’ WORTH IN.

Please start thinking about this in two weeks time.

FFS, you have enough tomatoes for three weeks.

We're in self isolation and working through our two week stock - I've allowed us one tin of toms per week as I know everyone wants them. Just leave the tomatoes for now, and think about those who can't stockpile 3 weeks worth...

Lots of pasata and cartons today in smallr sainsburies - it won't take long to filter through but remember most of them come from Italy....

Perhaps some seeds...

To be fair @inwood, she did get them from Costco, it’s designed for bulk purchases. Buying two months’ supply in one go from Tesco, that’s shit behaviour.