To ask if anyone is considering stockpiling

[Ninoo25]

Just that really, given that the government asking industry to stockpile food and medicines has been all over the news in the past week, I was wondering how many people are planning on stockpiling themselves and if so what are you going to stockpile and how much?
TBH my main concern is long term medication that I’m on, but as it’s only available on prescription and Dr wouldn’t let me order more than I need, so there’s nothing I can do about that anyway!

scrubthedecks I think it is but I suppose people have different ideas, I think if you can get through a week without your usual grocery shop you have a stockpile. Obviously some people will stockpile for months, I think longer than 6months goes from stockpiling to prepping/preppers big that’s just me.

Whoever said if the government are stockpiling food then we won’t need to because this government are excellent at organising stuff for the good of the country. That made me chuckle

When things start bottlenecking at customs and rotting on lorries, prices will rocket on the non-imported equivalents.

There will be food on the shelves, but it will be expensive.

Not everyone will be able to deal with the price hike so yes, some people will go hungry.

rainforesttreeswing
I started this thread. Are you trying to make out like I have something to do with ‘project fear’???? Wtf I’m just a normal person who has become a bit concerned by what I have seen in the news recently and thought it was probably a good idea to be buying a bit extra and putting it away just in case. I came on here for other people’s opinions as my DH made out that I was mad for even suggesting it. However, looking at the majority of posts it looks like most agree with me that some sort of modest stockpiling would be a good idea just in case of a blip in food availability and/or large price increases. It seems to me like you are the only person with an agenda here, not the other posters, who I’ve actually found really helpful!

Glad you can see what everyone is doing rainforesttreeswinging. Yes you are right Brexit is unlikely to work, unless you have considerable personal worth and insider dealing knowledge (Rice-Pudd style).

Have you read the white paper released this week? It is a bit wishy washy, buying time stuff. Might have been a good first draft (pre article 50). But a tad disappointing for this far into the negotiating.

Nowt wrong with having plan D in place, which includes a few days food to ease the transition. Given this year's wheat harvest, it is going to be a tough winter already.

Let's face it most people in the country could do with eating less any way.

How about those who're barely eating already? Nevermind eh!

Vegetables and fruit from British farms will be available, as soon as some of those Brexiteers stir themselves to fill the labour gaps

www.ft.com/content/13e183ee-c099-11e7-b8a3-38a6e068f464

www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/06/06/fruit-picker-shortage-leaves-british-farmers-accepting-anyone/

www.theguardian.com/business/2018/may/27/uk-farmers-strawberries-migrant-workers-crisis

We need to be mindful of the great Kentucky Fried Chicken Outage. Caused by one glitch in the delivery / distribution system.

How about those who're barely eating already? Nevermind eh

That's not a Brexit issue, it's a shitty government issue. Just yesterday Jack Monroe had to do an appeal on behalf of the food banks running low.

And the January courgette crisis.

Not a chance. It's scaremongering. The remoaners love to do that.

Maybe some rice and red lentils, dried pasta, a few tins of tomatoes, etc. Stock cubes. Don't have much cupboard or freezer space. . Dh stockpiles the coffee we like anyway, when it's on offer. Not bothered about Danish bacon/any other EU meat/chicken/butter, etc. since I only ever buy British anyway. Ditto veg as far as poss.

There was already a thread on this somewhere does anyone have a link?

Remember when it got a little bit snowy last winter? And shelves in the supermarkets rapidly emptied, then tended not to refill? So there was very little available? That's what happens when just in time meets a minor blip in transport of goods. That was only really a matter of days...

I bet 90% of those who say they won't stockpile a single bean because it's 'scaremongering' end up stockpiling just like the rest of us. The other 10% will be the ones buying eleventy-million loaves of bread.

This success led a few dimwits to imagine there had never been a problem and it was all a fuss about nothing.

Very true.

Judging by this thread though, there are quite a few dimwits.

The reason that there are shortages is because of people panicking! Saw that in the winter. People with trolleys full of bread.
Have they not heard of baking?

I’m in NI. We’ve just had a shopping centre flood and part of their roof, cave in. We’ve also had a big supermarket flood. It really wouldn’t take much for difficulties to arise, on top of, even a small amount, of panic buying, when Brexit kicks in.

Think of what happens when they give a severe weather warning. The supermarkets are full of people buying more than usual. As an earlier poster mentioned, it’s not difficult to imagine things combining to create the perfect storm.

Omg. I missed the January courgette crisis

Smurf... don't know where you are, but here the baking supplies went too!!

OK, coffee is not something I am prepared to leave to chance and there is no acceptable substitute.

My stockpile begins.

But my coffee comes from Columbia

@Chrisinthemorning - I doubt "dry up" is the word. More a hiccup and then more expensive.
I have powdered milk and some boxes of nut milk. But I'm a prepper so, that's just me.
Veg box services will depend on petrol supply like everyone else. And people showing up for work.
I presume hiccups in service but they will need to keep their businesses going too. They will certainly have a harvest to sell and/or local supplier contracts to fill.

No, because it's pathetic scaremongering.

Yeah, pathetic for wanting to be sure your kids have food in when there's a realistic risk of a hiccup in supply . Honestly!

Tell me more ForTheTimeBeing how are ports going to cope if there is no deal?

@ScrubTheDecks , your lovely Columbian coffee relies on the UK's Just In Time food supply system to get to the shops. Long term you'll probably be ok - even if it costs more. But what if you run out just when there's a hiccup getting it to the store?