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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?

OP posts:
ArmchairTraveller · 25/02/2019 07:23

Janedoe, preppers don’t panic buy, that’s a given in the name. At the moment, people are free to buy what they want and the shelves will be refilled.

BlackeyedGruesome · 25/02/2019 07:25

Many people have been stocking up for months to get their three day, (or longer) buffer.

Those starting now will find it more difficult, but as the just in time supply chain is still working, it should not result in shortages.

@TheElementsSong

dictionary needed please.

BlackeyedGruesome · 25/02/2019 07:27

I have to wait until Thursday to do a big shop as DD is ill and I have an appointment tomorrow and Wednesday.

It will be the cornershop until then.

ZenNudist · 25/02/2019 07:28

News yesterday makes me more optimistic this wont be needed.

bellinisurge · 25/02/2019 07:31

Which news is that @ZenNudist ? The suggestion about a 2 year which I am pretty sure Kippers and ERG won't like.

anniehm · 25/02/2019 07:39

They do this from time to time - not the first time. As do Asda

TheElementsSong · 25/02/2019 07:40

@BlackeyedGruesome You called? Grin

Dictionary

Updated definitions in the new Brexitannian English Dictionary:

PANIC : taking gradual action, in January, for an event in March (see also: HYSTERICAL).

SMUG: having taken gradual action in January (see also: HYSTERICAL).

SHORTAGES: something that will definitely happen in January, when supply chains are not disrupted, due to PANIC (see above), but somehow will definitely not happen in March, when supply chains are disrupted.

CAUSATION: people who buy smoke alarms in January cause fires in March.

BLITZSPIRIT: something apparently very good and quintessentially British, a highly desirable state of the nation, which will come about in March (but not in January) due to the SHORTAGES (see above) which are not going to happen in March (but are in January).

OBESITY CRISIS: an undesirable state of the nation, caused by European strawberries, and which will be cured by the SHORTAGES which aren’t going to happen, or alternatively by a patriotic government mandate for the thin people to eat slices off the fat people.

ARMY: SMUG (see above) group who are UNPATRIOTICALLY PANICKING (see above).

BELITTLING: asking basic questions of someone with whom you are in conversation in order to identify whether you are both proceeding from the same level of comprehension of the relevant issues.

STOCKPILE: simultaneously
(1) a hoard of essentials literally taken from the mouths of proper ordinary people by posh elites who have pushed prices up and CAUSED (see above) SHORTAGES (see above),
(2) a hoard of luxurious irrelevant fripperies like caviar and au pairs, that only posh elites care about thus irrelevant to proper ordinary people,
(3) a vast load of stodgy unappetising inedibles, not proper food, that no proper ordinary people would want anyway, and which will end up being thrown away and wasted thus destroying the environment thanks to posh elites.

CRESS: Level of agricultural and food distribution expertise required to assure everybody not to STOCKPILE (see above).

CRYSTAL BALL:
(1) A Heisenberg quantum device permitting Leavers to accurately predict that “it” will be “FIIIIIINNNEE” after a “short term” of “some adjustment” but which, when asked for measurements of “fine/short/some” ceases to exist.
(2) A device that Remainers definitely don’t have, which is why they PANIC (see above) and CAUSE (see above) SHORTAGES (see above) without any evidence for their actions.

STARVATION: an often-fatal and previously undesirable condition. Due to BLITZSPIRIT (see above) anything less severe than this is no longer deemed worthy of discussion. (See also: MAD MAX, ARMAGEDDON, END OF THE UNIVERSE).

GULLIBLE: keeping, for unapproved reasons such as Brexit, a STOCKPILE (see above), however keeping a STOCKPILE (see above) for approved reasons such as “just because” is FIIIIIINNNEE especially if you use a euphemism like “Why, I always keep months of food in my shed, isn’t that normal?”. (See also: MASSIVE HYPOCRITE).

FLAT-EARTHERS:
(1) people who think that a No Deal crash-out Brexit might result in supply chain disruption
(2) NOT people who believe that a No Deal crash-out Brexit will produce no discernible effects on anything whatsoever, or even attract golden unicorns.

TheElementsSong · 25/02/2019 07:40

Also, here are your Bingo cards:

Brexit Bingo

Y2K
Armageddon
Zombies
Obesity crisis
Scaremongering
Hysterical
Toughen up
Locally-grown
Eat something else
Not going to starve
Panic
Posh elite
Apricots/avocados/asparagus/foie gras/Tomatoes/lettuce
FIIIIIIIIINNNEEE
Crystal Ball
Echo chamber

bellinisurge · 25/02/2019 07:43

Hooray for @TheElementsSong !

BlackeyedGruesome · 25/02/2019 07:45

thankyou!

BlackeyedGruesome · 25/02/2019 10:50

talking about eating something else... (top left corner)

ds has now decided he is going to eat cornflakes not the fifty billion square cornered weetbiscs that I have in for him. I now need to rush out and panic buy (middle row right) lots of cornflakes. I wish I had a crystal ball (top row second from right) to predict whether this eating cornflakes will be a long lasting eating phase or not) so I know how much to panic buy. (getting slightly agitated as if this turns to be the only thing he will eat for breakfast and I do not have them then the consequences are an almighty autistic meltdown) (oh and middle of bottom row)

breakfasts for him can be so like the year y2k (lots of preparation behind the scenes, nail biting and crossed fingers that the exact consistency of cereal is achieved) in fact I hope it is like y2k (runs smoothly because of preparations) (is that bottom right sorted now?) rather than armageddon in the form of a meltdown. (top right)

dd will eat up the square cornered weetabakes with her chopped apricots (top row, middle)

now have we helped along the bingo cards?

RedToothBrush · 25/02/2019 13:17

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

Supermarkets deliberately run promotions on 'stocking up' which presumably mean they have plenty of stock available of those things to sell as much as possible.

And people who buy them are participating in 'panic buying'

How come it's not referred to as panic buying on every other supermarket campaign or promotion.

Oh look Tesco have a panic buying promo on Easter eggs. Morrisons are encouraging panic buying of pancakes batter and jif lemons and eggs.

Quick we all need to panic buy cos they are gonna run out.

I love the idea that supermarkets are not monitoring seasonal dates and deadlines, sales and stocking themselves accordingly for Brexit but are for every single other event or weather forecast you can possibly thing of.

Hmm
mum2jakie · 25/02/2019 13:48

Thanks for the tip off. I've been to Morrisons - PG Tips back down to £3.50 for 240. Seabrook's crisps 22 for £3.

Managed buy one of each but I've got 6 boxes of tea bags already. Surprised the UK hasn't run out yet with this level of 'panic buying'. (I started buying extras in January - shops still seem to have stuff left!)

SalrycLuxx · 25/02/2019 14:00

Damned I’ve clearly missed a lot given how the dictionary is coming along!

TheElementsSong · 25/02/2019 14:26

The dictionary is always looking out for new definitions SalrycLuxx Grin

tellmewhenthespaceshiplandscoz · 25/02/2019 14:42

Not RTFT yet but elements I think I love you ! Grin

ContinuityError · 25/02/2019 17:00

@TheElementsSong

You might need to add:

PARANOID LUNATIC: Person who takes preparatory action in February for an event in March. Note: this does not include taking preparatory action in February for an event in May.

TheElementsSong · 25/02/2019 19:38

Continuity 🤔 I think I could include it as one of the synonyms for HYSTERICAL?

RedToothBrush · 25/02/2019 20:00

Supermarket promotion = encouragment of panic buying

should be added though

TheElementsSong · 25/02/2019 20:27

Duly added, and ready for posting when next I'm called Grin

AdoraBell · 25/02/2019 23:19

Haven’t looked recently but I have a triple points voucher for Nectar, so I’m going to Sainsbo’s at the weekend.

BlackeyedGruesome · 26/02/2019 11:06

I hope that DD is well enough for school tomorrow and I can shop. We have been eating our half term forward purchasing supplies for a day or two longer than expected. Ex delivered bread though we had enough part baked bread to manage another couple of days. Forward planning helps. Extra bread means that we still have a bit of a back up plan.

Notwotuknow · 26/02/2019 13:14

@bellinisurge, sorry, but what does ERG stand for?

pointythings · 26/02/2019 13:32

Notwot it stands for European Research Group aka Rabidly Pro-Brexit Headbangers who want No Deal and will make wodges of dosh if they get it.

bellinisurge · 26/02/2019 16:12

pointythings took the words out of my mouth. Although they were more polite than my words.Grin

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