Rather than panic buying

[megga]

My wife was worried we might not have enough food in for the self isolation, so I just got a pen and paper, and made an inventory of everything in the cupboards and freezer, plan the meals, and its surprising how much we had in. It may not be what we fancy at the time, but we wont go hungry. I would urge others to do this.
People on very low income most likely don't have the luxury of this, and have to live from week to week, all we would have been doing is taking precious resources that they need so much more.
So before you go to the shops, just check what you have in. Personally I would hate for someone to go hungry just so I had a bit more.
Lets stick together through this

 

[Andy HB]

Absolutely agree.

Mind you, I have a well-stocked larder (I wonder why houses mostly don't have larders? They are brilliant! In winter we can even store normally perishable goods in there because it probably gets colder than our fridge).

 

[Robin]

Yes, I did that a few days ago, so that with a bit of planning we wouldn’t just be down to dry goods by the end. I tend to stick any bits of leftover food in the freezer, and I always boil up the bones for stock, though, so I have several little bags of leftover meat and stock that can be stretched into a risotto, or lentil soup etc, to intersperse with the other stuff. This is our normal diet, anyway.

 

[Eddy Edson]

Nothing I want to stock up on seems to be on anybody's panic list - nuts, seeds, soy milk, greens, coffee - so I don't feel bad about building up a little hoard.

 

[Robin]

Its interesting seeing what people won’t touch. There was certainly a whole stack of spiced parsnip soup in Sainsbury’s on Monday, standing alone in the middle of the wasteland that had been tinned soups and veg. And the co-op was out of frozen veg last week...except for broad beans and broccoli.

 

[Northerner]

Its interesting seeing what people won’t touch. There was certainly a whole stack of spiced parsnip soup in Sainsbury’s on Monday, standing alone in the middle of the wasteland that had been tinned soups and veg. And the co-op was out of frozen veg last week...except for broad beans and broccoli.

Just been for a haircut and to the local Co-op - Co-op was almost cleared out, couldn't get anything on my list apart from cheese No eggs, fruit, vegetables (except parsnips and sprouts?), bread or milk. Plenty of bacon, but no meat of any other variety Hopefully I will be able to get them online from ASDA. What are people doing with these? Unless everyone hoarding has substantial spare freezer capacity they are going to end up chucking an awful lot away I've got enough other stuff, but don't have space for extra milk and bread so usually only get it when I need it. I think the total lack of milk was the big surprise. There were a few pensioners in there, looking very lost and bemused Well done you greedy, selfish, stupid idiots 😡

 

[Eddy Edson]

Just been for a haircut and to the local Co-op - Co-op was almost cleared out, couldn't get anything on my list apart from cheese No eggs, fruit, vegetables (except parsnips and sprouts?), bread or milk. Plenty of bacon, but no meat of any other variety Hopefully I will be able to get them online from ASDA. What are people doing with these? Unless everyone hoarding has substantial spare freezer capacity they are going to end up chucking an awful lot away I've got enough other stuff, but don't have space for extra milk and bread so usually only get it when I need it. I think the total lack of milk was the big surprise. There were a few pensioners in there, looking very lost and bemused Well done you greedy, selfish, stupid idiots 😡

The head of one of the big supermarket outfits here described the current panic-buying as like "being pushed to feed 50M Australians a week". And the PM today said "Just. Don't. Do. It". Firm words which will have zero effect, I expect, because everybody thinks he's a noddy.

 

[Robin]

Unless everyone hoarding has substantial spare freezer capacity they are going to end up chucking an awful lot away

That is what concerns me. Will people who have bought up masses of fresh stuff (daughter found her local co-op was devoid of fruit and veg and bread yesterday) just chuck it all out and start again next week. Having watched the BBC Eat Well for Less series, that was full of households buying way more than they needed,( because they’d no idea what they needed) and chucking most of it out.

 

[Northerner]

That is what concerns me. Will people who have bought up masses of fresh stuff (daughter found her local co-op was devoid of fruit and veg and bread yesterday) just chuck it all out and start again next week. Having watched the BBC Eat Well for Less series, that was full of households buying way more than they needed,( because they’d no idea what they needed) and chucking most of it out.

I've just been told that some people are actually buying extra freezers! 😱 Crazy

 

[Toucan]

Just a thought - although there is certainly a lot of selfish and anti-social behaviour about, some of the shortages will be due to genuine increased demand.
I have certainly found that since we have self-isolated and are eating every meal at home, the usage of our food supplies has increased quite a lot.
Many cafes and restaurants no longer have customers, so most of those folks will now be eating at home and increasing the grocery demands.

 

[grovesy]

That is what concerns me. Will people who have bought up masses of fresh stuff (daughter found her local co-op was devoid of fruit and veg and bread yesterday) just chuck it all out and start again next week. Having watched the BBC Eat Well for Less series, that was full of households buying way more than they needed,( because they’d no idea what they needed) and chucking most of it out.

My other half chucked out sausages he did not like the look of mid way cooking, I would have still had them, the skin had burst on them all. So he the
Threw them in the bin. Went around the corner to local shop find most things had been gone and paying 4 for a steak . Previous day said shop was quiet well stocked.

 

[Ditto]

One day our Nisa over the road was quite civilised and then the next day some of the shelves were empty. No toilet rolls of course. We shop week to week and sometimes I just do day to day with the shop being over the road. I do occasionally fill the freezer if I go into town to Farm Foods. I'm not mithering, if it's there we'll eat it, if it's not we won't. You can go three weeks without food and some of us :: glances in mirror :: can go a lot longer!

 

[Northerner]

ASDA Online isn't working currently, experiencing 'High Volume' I can understand a lot of people buying more than usual if they are planning to limit their trips into the wider world, but it would be interesting to know how long the increased food sales might be expected to feed the nation for. Also, it might be interesting in a few weeks time to see if sales actually slump - if they don't then the chances are people are chucking stuff away that they've found they couldn't get through.

 

[grovesy]

My other half said Ocado was saying it had 2 hour wait to get connected, I think he must have read that because we don't use it.

 

[Northerner]

My other half said Ocado was saying it had 2 hour wait to get connected, I think he must have read that because we don't use it.

Managed to book a slot for April 6th, which is about when I planned another online shop anyway, but weird to see al slots until then being taken 😱 Wouldn't surprise me if the same people emptying the shelves are booking up slots 'just in case' (although they do expire after a couple of hours if you don't place an order).

 

[Ralph-YK]

ASDA Online isn't working currently, experiencing 'High Volume' I can understand a lot of people buying more than usual if they are planning to limit their trips into the wider world,

You don't have to carry it home, so you can order more than you'd normally buy on a trip to the shops.

 

[Northerner]

You don't have to carry it home, so you can order more than you'd normally buy on a trip to the shops.

That's my main reason for shopping online, but only for the heavy or bulky items as I don't drive. For the day-to-day stuff I just shop locally - when their shelves aren't bare! 😱 🙄

 

[Northerner]

My wife and I did the same last night and she shopped this morning to top up. I'm not going anywhere unless I have to.

I think a lot of the buying is more to do with people wanting to have enough in the house so they don't have to shop for several days rather than being worried that they won't be able to get stuff that they'd normally buy day by day

Martin

I think that may be true in a lot of cases, but I also think a lot of people have no idea how much that actually equates to, so go overboard! 😱 🙄

 

[Northerner]

From panic buying to panic shoplifting... 😱

Man tackled to ground by supermarket staff 'as he tries to steal full trolley of food'

Video shows the suspected thief's car driving away as staff attempt to remove stolen goods from the car boot.

metro.co.uk

 

[nonethewiser]

Son works part time for Sainsbury while at Uni, 7am shelves were fully filled with toilet roll by 8 all gone with no more arriving that day, 2 packs per customer but some were going out then back in for more, selfish greedy sods.