When will shelves start going bare?

[BrieAndChilli]

I don’t have loads of spare cash but have managed to build up a decent size amount but it’s mainly stuff we currently use alsthohgh have stocked up on some bits we don’t.
I need to stock up on things like UHT milk and stuff we don’t normally have in
When do you think these sorts of things are going to disappear from the shelves? Can it wait until next month after payday or do I need to prioritise this weekend before Tuesday when things may become more publicised?
Also I’ve convinced DH to buy a small cheat freezer as we currently have a 3 drawer on its last legs small freezer. This won’t be until pay day so will I still be able to stock it then with meat/frozen veg/butter etc??

Anyone know about petrol supply chains? Does our petrol come from the north sea or is it imported, in which latter case, supermarket deliveries (if not electric cars) will be affected. Or do we have oil pipelines, like we do for gas? Is the oil then processed in the uk? I am realising how little i know about how our daily life works behind the scenes.

Fuel is fine it's refined in the U.K., it's all the other oil products that are not, and nothing runs with out, just like your car needs engine oil so do planes and ferries, and many other oil based products. But so does everything else need it, machinery in factories doesn't work with out a lubricant, neither does it work in power plants. Many products have oil related products in them, from toiletries to mdf. So it's not so much rhe fuel, it's everything else.

During the 2000 fuel protests. shelves started going empty after 3 days of disruptions. Supply chains are so tight that I won't be surprised if this occurs again. No harm in stocking food that you would normally use just in case. If it's done now at least shops have time to restock. If you decide to do it with everyone else on the 29th of March that is what would cause problems.

Obviously you will and ones like you will cause a shortage of some products simply by stocking up

Hare. Where on earth do you think oil comes from ? I’ve yet to see a oil field in Europe bar the North Sea oil which is already pretty much running out.
And Norway which is not part of the EEC anyway

Just buying extras now while everything is moving normally AND shops themselves seem to be acting to build up their stock reserves just in case is not causing shortages.

Where I am nothing is in short supply; I've filled my cupboards. All is good.

Think all this stockpiling talk a bit ridiculous tbh. There wull be empty shelves if everyone panics. Then everyone will be moaning as they've no room in their house from storing goods for the supernarkets! It's prob them starting all this and rubbing their hands together whilst they re- stock!

Which is why people have been doing it for a while to avoid panic and last minute numpties.

Wouldn’t waste my time

Nor money

True, Now!

I've definitely helped Aldi on the tinned aisle.

Odd that the only ridiculous thing to you in this situation is people getting a buffer of food in because they don't trust the government to fix it and they are trying to do it sensibly and in a budget friendly way.

I'll spend less at some point when I run the stocks down. I also have been going round doing more price comparisons so that has offset it a bit.

Really it's down to personal psychology. If it makes people more comfortable to have a full cupboard of food and it isn't depriving anyone else I fail to see the harm.

Here we go again 🙄 more posters who think that every item available for purchase ever was brought here in 1987, and every time you buy a tin of beans, a big counter somewhere clicks down, and that’s one less tin of beans available to put on the shelves.

It's hardly causing a panic to buy things you are going to use anyway, but a few months in advance. Also you aren't spending more overall. Worst case you just use it as you would normally, and maybe even save a bit in bulk buying and transport. Best case is you avoid Black Friday type riots if everyone decides to go shopping on the same day.

Can you imagine if this was over necessary food items rather than unnecessary electrical toys?

It's interesting. I have smoke alarms, carbon monoxide and heat detectors wired in and on battery; fire blanket in kitchen and fire extinguisher; an exit plan and keys in easy locations for smoke, taught my 5 year old to dial 999; wall attached fire gaurd on flame and I am considering an upstairs roll ladder. I dont have any fire paranoia issues I just have taken what I personally consider reasonable risk mitigation steps.

While people may consider me a bit dull and Norman like I dont have people going ooh waste of time and money, people like you cause fires, and getting critical about if I have an online discussion with someone on the best window roll ladder on a topic which is labelled preppers. (And before we rinse and repeat, purchasing items slowly and steadily before supply chain issues whatever they may be caused by is not panic buying ).

Small autistic boys do not respond well to a change in the shape of Weetabix never mind to a different cereal. My usual supermarket has discontinued his favourite Weetabix so I bulk buy from elsewhere. If he refuses to eat it with dried milk then I will be eating it and giving him the pasta.

As for dead spaces, most of those are already full with stored items. When under beds and back of sofa. I never finished cutting up the kick boards in the kitchen though so that is being utilised, just right for tins of beans and tomatoes and bottles of water. I have one deadspace left. The top of the bookcase, that will store something.

people like you cause fires

Exactly falcon or people wearing seatbelts causing car crashes.

Also, even if it were true that - the number of tins being a finite number from 1987 - each extra tin of beans bought in January is directly causing one less tin in March (note new Brexitannian definition of Panic incorporating a 2-month delay) - wouldn’t that mean that the person with the extra January tin wouldn’t be buying their March bean allocation, thereby causing no net difference to the Bean Balance Counter?

Indeed elements... if they were following one of the pieces if advice always repeated on here which is only buy forward what you use anyway... no waste of time, money or change to the great bean counter. If they decide to go mad and buy 100 tins of oysters they never normally eat then they haven't been read8ng enough prepper threads

Petra. Did I have coffee with you this morning? We were discussing the exact thing

The ironic thing is that Preppers (as in prepared) don’t panic buy and cause empty shelves because we don’t need too.

I’m a low level Prepper and have been for many years before the Brexit word ever existed, and will be long after it’s gone (hopefully!). I buy a few extra bits when I can afford it; maybe £5 a week or so.

Also preppers don’t have 200 tins of tuna and 3 bags of sugar, because we plan (you know, prepare).

I have well stocked cupboards for financial/health/weather reasons: I don’t stockpile.

I don’t think Brexit will lead to empty shelves as such. But I also think Britain needs a reality check: countries across the world have face economic crash throughout history that has led to major shortages and serious crisis situations (Venezuela anyone?). We seem to think we are immune to this ever happening to us, and I think that’s a very arrogant attitude to have.

I have three bags of sugar . But in my defence I rather like making jam.

I remain astounded by the number of people who really can’t comprehe modern restocking systems.

I think I've got five bags of sugar of different kinds for baking...I don't even count that as prepping as they're all open! In my head somehow it's not a stockpile if the packs are open.

Oh god before even thinking about prepping 3 bags of white sugar (plus caster/icing and all sorted browns) lived in my cupboards......as a student in the late 80s I had at least 3 types of sugar in the cupboard!!

Is anyone stockpiling cocaine?