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'Stocking up' section in Morrisons

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ChildofCastor · 24/02/2019 18:05

I was shopping in Morrisons earlier today and the aisle which is usually filled with seasonal tat now has a section called 'stocking up' - loo rolls, multipacks of chopped tomatoes, big boxes of washing powder, etc. Has anyone else noticed similar?

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Flurgle · 24/02/2019 18:06

Yup
And lots of stuff like noodles etc on offer...

WhereBeThatBlackbirdTo · 24/02/2019 18:07

Don't they usually do something like that every Spring?

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ChildofCastor · 24/02/2019 18:11

Ah, maybe, I haven't noticed it before (but usually walk round in a bit of a daze!)

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pointythings · 24/02/2019 18:14

It's a bloody good idea while JIT supply lines are still working. Sensible people can stock up. Supermarket can plan without risking empty shelves. Supermarket makes money. People have cheap grocery bills if it turns out their stockpiles aren't needed and end up being gradually consumed over time. Win - win - win - win.

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ChildofCastor · 24/02/2019 18:19

Agree (I've been stockpiling for months - loving the feeling of being ahead of the bills). It's the first time I've seen it being a thing in the supermarket, although take Blackbird's point it might be an annual thing.

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BlackeyedGruesome · 24/02/2019 18:25

They usually do Ramadan type offers in spring, so rice, lentils, beans chopped tomatoes,dates, etc. This takes up part of the seasonal aisle along with Easter eggs and gardening. Garden toys and barbeques follow after Easter, then back to school and student stuff to take them up to Halloween goods then Christmas. I think they start the year with either valentine's or spring cleaning

Stocking up is a variation on the Ramadan /spring cleaning combo.

SwedishEdith · 24/02/2019 18:26

I'm surprised more supermarkets haven't cashed in on this.

BlackeyedGruesome · 24/02/2019 18:26

I usually bulk buy tins of beans and chopped tomatoes and lentils in their Ramadan season.

glamorousgrandmother · 24/02/2019 18:28

A few weeks ago my local Morrisons had plastic underbed type boxes in the entrance next to baked beans and soup on offer. I think it was a hint.

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ChildofCastor · 24/02/2019 18:32

Gruesome, I'm very impressed with your observational skills, I really must improve mine! Edith - they were certainly cashing in - all the things in this section were branded, very expensive!

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BlackeyedGruesome · 24/02/2019 20:03

Just been around many many years!

HollowTalk · 24/02/2019 20:04

I don't think any of this is going to come off.

WilkoBrandCleaner · 24/02/2019 21:03

What do you mean? Any of what is going to ‘come off’ how?

BlackeyedGruesome · 24/02/2019 21:23

"I don't think any of this is going to come off"

Is what I normally say when scrubbing ds's school shirts.

everythingisginandroses · 24/02/2019 23:59

I noticed this in my local branch today. There is no Asian population to speak of here - I'm familiar with the Ramadan/Diwali aisle in the other branch I frequent next to my workplace in another city, but never seen anything similar here before...

HennyPennyHorror · 25/02/2019 02:41

Sensible people can stock up

I worry about the sensible people who'd LIKE to stock up but can't afford it. Plenty of people out there barely feeding themselves as it is. No chance for them to stock up.

Broken11Girl · 25/02/2019 03:50

Yup, I noticed this recently, the aisle that you see first in my local Tesco that has 'seasonal' crap had tins, packet and pot noodles etc. Of course it's now full of Mothers' Day tat Hmm but there are still 'stocking up' displays. It's not even subtle.

bellinisurge · 25/02/2019 06:06

@HennyPennyHorror sensible people on tight budgets who are on MN have been advised for months to start a steady buildup of extra foodstuff at home. Tin by tin . A slight add to each shop. for a buffer of 3 days. As a "better than nothing " suggestion.
If people have refused to do it for "patriotic" reasons, that is poor judgement on their part.

HennyPennyHorror · 25/02/2019 06:23

Bell that's sensible advice I'm sure but there's a massive group of vulnerable people who aren't on MN and who don't have access to similarly useful resources.

They're going to struggle badly.

bellinisurge · 25/02/2019 06:41

I agree. But at this point, after all this time, an individual's priority is their own household.

bellinisurge · 25/02/2019 06:43

If people were informed to vote on this tricky subject they are informed enough to consider the consequences.

MaybeitsMaybelline · 25/02/2019 07:00

Our Tesco also has a range of stocking up stuff when they are running a food bank week. So you can throw in your trolley suggested items and drop them in the food bank trolley on the way out.

All marketing tactics, whether it’s spring cleaning, Ramadam or Brexit, it doesn’t mean you actually need to buy them.

KenDoddsDadsDog · 25/02/2019 07:04

They’ve done it for years . I always get things like washing powder. It’s just a normal seasonal thing. Asda also do it .

Janedoe5000 · 25/02/2019 07:19

"Sensible people can stock up"

Translation: "paranoid lunatics can panic buy, resulting in the shortages that otherwise wouldn't have occurred".

bellinisurge · 25/02/2019 07:21

Panic buying happens when people buy at the last minute. Not when they buy extra bits in their shopping over time.
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