The Brexit Cupboard: Part 3

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This thread is for those prepping for brexit and building up their family stores for the possibility of no deal and food shortages and/or delays.
Suggestions welcome on what to stash.

Original thread here:
Link to original thread:

DH and his Brexit cupboard http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/amiibeingg_unreasonable/3489905-dh-and-his-brexit-cupboard

I've got a Morrisons delivery coming tomorrow. It's a mix of our Brexit stash and food for the next couple of weeks. We already have a Brexit stash but I just wanted to add to it.

Neither my DM (a remainer) or my MIL (a leaver) think it important to stock up on anything so I'm also trying to think about them too. As cross as I am with my MIL I won't see her short of anything, but I will enjoy reminding her that she is lucky that we are looking out for her. Nah actually, she can starve for all I care...

I think I will try and do the last of my shopping tomorrow if I can. At least the long life stuff.

It's all starting to feel very real now and I'm conscious that we get through a lot of food on a daily basis!

I did another small top up yesterday and noticed various people buying multiples of things. The queues lidl were bonkers.

@mum2jakie it's mad how many snack things we go through in our house. 3 children, 1 adult. Eldest is 12 and always hungry. They can't manage bigger means though to try and cut down the snacks. I've tried stopping snacks and increasing meals but they can't eat a bigger meal. They are grazers like me. I just keep getting extra things each time I go to the shops.

Try not to worry @mum2jakie (I know that's a bit of a useless thing to say). No one has everything they need for every scenario.

I've already started getting my DC into a different mindset about snacking. I've been emphasising how if they're hungry in between meals they can have toast, cereal or fruit.

mine is happy to eat pasta, which is just as well as that is the only thing I can interest him in that will store.

he has just swapped his cereal preference, so my carefully stockpiled cereals are going to last a lot longer than expected. I need to get some more of the ones he has swapped to.

mumsnet HQ rather misrepresenting the tone of our threads on stockpiling on Radio 4

I'm quite cross. We are not in any way accepting that we are causing shortages!

Completely downplayed and made this out to be some sort of joke.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00035ty

The wilful misunderstanding of how supply chains work continues. The deliberate obfuscation will actually get worse I’m sure. If things get back people will need someone to blame. No-one thinks properly anymore.

Sorry that was a bit of a generalisation and doubtless untrue! When have any of us ever thought perfectly?! ☺️

Thanks @Cloudtree . What a pile of bollocks. Lightweight nonsense as is often the case with You and Yours. I was interviewed on it yonks and yonks ago in an unrelated topic and it was the easiest ride I ever had.

It was lightweight nonsense but it was MNHQ that I was really cross with. It misrepresented the tone of the threads completely.

Hehe I was one of the ones who said about utilising my own wind power

You and Yours should be a forum for careful consumer advice, looking at all the angles. Lazy journalism. Winifred Robinson had a reputation for being a smart journalist when she was on Look Northwest. I listen to it at lunchtime sometimes and she is really patchy these days.

I totally disagree with them saying we know we could create shortages ourselves by stockpiling. Not one single brexit prepper has said that on here that I'm aware of as we know how the supply chain works. It's only leavers and non-preppers that say prepping will cause shortages.

Again this whole "careful timely stockpiling well in advance " = shortages. Lazy lazy lazy thinking.
Panic buying brings shortages. Hence not panic buying in advance a few weeks or months before. But we are now in panic buying territory. Prepare to be blamed for being sensible.

Mum said Tesco was quiet today and a few empty shelves. Foil and clingfilm were in short supply.

I may also have mentioned wind...

We should go into a joint business venture

You would think RowanMN would have read the threads perhaps before going onto national radio to discuss them..

You would, wouldn't you. Probably too excited about being on national radio and too willing to go along with the narrative.

It was like Brexit bingo...

It will be fiiiine
We won't starve

One thing did come out though, that there was no evidence that there was an increase in buying from the figures, thus we can not be at the same time causing shortages.