Do any of the people who laughed and rolled their eyes at those of us stockpiling six months ago care to comment?

[StealthPolarBear]

I seem to remember some rather scathing comments. I wonder how many are quietly buying a few extra bits each week and smugly congratulating themselves on being prepared. Forgetting the scorn and contempt.

So people have been stockpiling for weeks/months to ensure that they have only enough food for perhaps a week-2 weeks post Brexit?

I haven’t actually said how long the people are planning for. Btw, if there is panic buying, it would actually be the week or two BEFORE Brexit. So you could be talking about a few weeks. But don’t worry, the food banks will be extremely grateful for any stuff that will be passed into them, if it all goes smoothly. Personally, I abhor shopping so I’ll be glad to not have to traps around them for a few weeks.

I don’t understand the fear regarding stockpiling due to Brexit. We could have a disruption at any given point to our food and medications, does that mean that you always have and always will have a stockpile?? Other problems can happen other than Brexit

Still laughing at you OP! Carry on digging your trench though if it makes you happy! 😂

that makes me think some people are relishing the idea of an actual crisis.

Oh yes. As someone with a disabled child who relies on medication, I’m practically giddy with anticipation.

But Stealth - what do I need? Everyone keeps saying "tinned goods". What you mean tomatoes? that's all I would miss from tins. Is that what I meant to get? I don't have a big freezer so once there are a couple of pizzas and some quorn mince in there I am replete.

I was a child of the 1970s and I remember being sent to the Co-op to queue for bread; I told the teacher once that was why I was late! I can't remember why we were queuing for bread - 3 day week? You only got electricity for x hours a week? Will it be like that?

Medication I can understand completely, that must be a big worry.

We always have a good 3 months worth in anyway. Anything could happen anytime. Who knows

news.sky.com/story/brexit-crisis-govt-analysis-suggests-chaos-at-dover-in-event-of-no-deal-departure-11800263

How are people managing to stockpile medicine?
My gp is strict about only supplying 2 months worth and if I try and order to early the receptionist will tell me I can't order until it's due to run out.

Silenceissilver

Having lived in Zimabawe, i'm surprised you aren't still there as you obviously think rationing is great!

However, the EU can still trade with the UK and their producers will still want to sell to us, the issues are with price rises (profiteering) and fresh fruit and veg being delayed at customs both on the UK and EU sides, plus we are going into winter, so we import more.

The far bigger problem is food price rises and industry moving to EU, e.g car industry, airbus and FS, so we'll have less money to buy food.

I generally just get bulk stuff from Amazon when it’s on one of the deals that’s seem to be the easiest way

I've run out of small words to say this in but for the hard of thinking: buy a few extra bits in the next few weeks. Stuff you eat anyway so it won't go to waste. Buy it now while your local shop can easily order a replacement.

Every tin you have in stock at home before Brexit leaves a tin in a supermarket for those who don't have the money, space or common sense to buy until the disruption has begun. It is actually the most sensible and patriotic thing to do. It shows actual genuine 'blitz spirit' - being prepared and not being a burden on your community. Not being in a mob fighting for the last tin of beans.

Not all this guffawing like a loon, chortling about the good old days of rationing! Do you think ANYONE would choose to live under rationing? If you're some great Brexiteer harking back to the good old days then actually BE like the people of that generation. Don't wait till shortages begin and then wail that people should save you. Be a grown up. Hope for the best but prepare for the worst.

I can eat practically anything.

What was the point of the stockpiling you did 6 mths ago? Do you yourself think it was worth it?

Yes it was worth it. We’ve eaten some of it over the summer and have stocked back up again a few weeks ago.
If all goes well and Brexit is seemless, we will just eat the food, and also give some to the local food bank.

So no panic buying, no running round like a headless chicken, no waste, just a big cupboard full of tins/ rice, pasta etc.

I really don’t see an issue with it.

I bet none of the 'hoarders' gave anything to the local food banks

@tensixtysix I built up a small stash prior to March and intend to do the same this time. I give my local.foodbsnk most weeks. I didn't donate my stash to the food bank because it consisted of food we actually eat, so all we did was eat the extra stuff instead of buying new.

We always have spare stuff in the garage as we live rurally. When we had the fuel crisis a few years ago we had very little in the house and it was a nightmare. I've always had spare tins etc since. We also have a. lot of power cuts so we have stuff I can easily prepare on a camping stove.

The shortages will be for fresh goods with a shelf life of less than a week. You can't stockpile for that.

But you can stock up on substitutes. I have a cupboards full of tins jars and packets of fruit and veg that we like.

Jars of peppers, loads of passata, pesto, pasta sauce, tins and packets of beans, pulses etc, dried mushrooms, nice herbs, tinned peaches, pineapple etc, dried apricots and raisins etc etc.

You struggle by on rations if that's what you want to do. I want my growing kids to continue to have fruit and veg in their diets, and for us all to eat food we enjoy.

It's not only fresh food that'll be in short supply btw.

Hopefully there won't be any shortages and if so great. But even if that happens, prices will go up anyway so having a cupboard stocked with food we like bought at pre Brexit prices certainty isn't going to hurt. But if there are shortages it will be invaluable.

This government doesn't give a fuck about your welfare, have you not worked that one out yet? Their ideological austerity policies cost 100,000 people their lives. What did they do about it? They made it harder to count them and ploughed on with their policies.

Don't rely on them to feed your family.

1FineDane if you're going to drag in other threads it would be polite to mention I agreed I was being unreasonable and said it would change.
Don't you think?

And everyone else has said it better than I can. Understand the difference between panic buying and stocking up please people.

One of my theories is that people voted for Brexit because we have become decadent. We have had peace and stability for so long that we don’t understand what genuine difficulties are like. This thread confirms it. WTF is this stuff about rationing? Rationing was shit. Really really shit. People were malnourished. Grow the fuck up you assholes talking about the blitz spirit.

I think it's too early for the laughter from certain quarters to have stopped. But I do think that as time passes and we lurch ever nearer to the deadline, some of those currently laughing will start to feel a twinge or two of anxiety that will keep growing and may turn into the irresistible urge to quietly start getting extra supplies in, but will they admit that? No of course not! They will bluff and state that OF COURSE they would never stockpile (whilst being incredibly glad they are seated behind a computer screen and no-one can see that nervous shuffle!)

YobaOljazUwaque

The shortages will be for fresh goods with a shelf life of less than a week. You can't stockpile for that

You haven’t read the thread and you don’t know anything about Stockpiling, do you?

Haha (roll-eyes).

I’m still laughing.
Worst case scenario would be rationing.
Been there, done that. Not a big deal really. We won’t starve no matter what happens!

Rationing would be a big deal Silenceissilver. Also, the last time we had rationing, the UK was a very different place. People are less compliant and used to a very different lifestyle. And wasn't there a huge black market last time.

I've actually lived with partial rationing in another country. Food not on ration was hideously expensive. It was shit. Absolutely fucking shit.

this isn't the playground and we're not six
But there's a definite air of 'ner ner ner ner ner' about your post