Panic Buying

[Daffy]

My son phoned. He works early shift stocking shelves in a non-food shop. He finished work this morning and he's not been able to buy basic food for himself

Bring him herm

 

[becs]

Bring him herm

I've offered that but he starts work at 6am and can't get there from here at that time of the morning. His flat is 5 mins walk from work.

 

[Frijj]

Menu

Bog Roll Baps
Bog roll soup
Chicken surprise (bog rolls in batter)
cream of celery soup

I’d be avoiding creamy bog roll.

Cars with odd years reg 17/67 allowed in supermarket car parks one day, even reg 18/68 the next. Won't completely solve but might help.

I wonder if ANPR cameras could issue fines to those using car parks on days they’re not allowed

 

[Makem57]

Out for early morning walk, walking past morrisons at 7.15 noticed it was open, we went in as we have been away for 3 weeks,and need some fresh veg, we both had a basket and got what we need didn't buy anything just because it was there, pleased to see they were enforcing the 2 item limit, talking to a lass in the que to get served and we both felt that if you just did your normal shop,there would be enough for everyone and the shops would have time to restock, beer seems to be the latest panic buy.

 

[Botchie]

Same here really , I think what we’re seeing is people who usually only have a day or so worth of food who might eat at work etc suddenly doing a big shop. Things like toilet roll , baby milk and nappies people will inevitably stock up on as they’re essentials. Huge swathes of society advised to social distance for 12 weeks too adds to the desire to stock up

I reckon there's a lot of people these days who don't do the weekly shop. There's a hell of a lot of folk who live on takeaways and MacDonald's. I've just been down the shop at the bottom of the street with the bairn and they have pretty much everything apart from netty roll.

I've offered that but he starts work at 6am and can't get there from here at that time of the morning. His flat is 5 mins walk from work.

I would get him to play his free self isolating card.

 

[T S Garp]

Cars with odd years reg 17/67 allowed in supermarket car parks one day, even reg 18/68 the next. Won't completely solve but might help.

When can I go with my personalised number plate?

 

[Nicky Winterwasp]

Yes.

I’d take away the trolleys tbh

Good suggestion

 

[Qwerty]

When can I go with my personalised number plate?

Take ya second car.

 

[tenpins]

Our limited food stock is diminishing rapidly. For the last 10 days or so we have isolated ourselves away as we are both in the vunrable class (Im 65 with COPD & Asthma & our lass (no) is a Insulin dependant Diabetic). But we need to venture out and re-stock. We are going to take advantage of Sainsburies policy of 8-9 pm opening for the elderly and vulnerable. Thankfully, Go North East now allow us to use our bus passes before 9.30 so we are will see how it goes this coming Monday.

Good luck, hope you get sorted.

 

[bonsai]

Went to my local McColls earlier everything there as usual as it has been all during this pandemic, you don't have to shop at the big supermarkets to get what you need.

 

[keybuk]

After trying all week I finally got half a dozen eggs from M&S.

 

[Rokeroar]

Bloke boasting to me yesterday that he had put contents of his kitchen in spare bedroom and then refilled kitchen from supermarket so had two rooms worth of food.

Hope it all goes off and stinks the house out

 

[Charlestonian]

Durham Arnison Centre this morning was exactly the same. Huge queues outside M&S and like Christmas Eve morning at Sainsbury’s.

Blokes jostling for slabs of lager!

Utter madness.

At this rate if the government really want to clamp down on social gatherings the supermarkets should be next. Not sure how they’d do it but it’s farcical closing cafes and then having hundreds of people in close proximity jostling with each other for the last few cans of beer / loaf of bread.

Says a lot about their intelligence that grown men may not be able to go without a beer for a few days like, so depressing this country just now.

 

[dangermows]

Shelves bare but Chinese snacks all still there ffs

 

[Rokeroar]

Good luck, hope you get sorted.

Stay safe mate, all the best.

 

[scraff]

Went to lidl to do my weekly shop as i always do every Saturday morning about 8:15. People were leaping out of their cars and actually sprinting into the shop like they were on f***ing supermarket sweep or something

f***ing hell

Shelves bare but Chinese snacks all still there ffs

Went in Sainsburys yesterday freezers stripped bare apart from a mountain of f***ing parsnips

 

[EDGE]

Shelves bare but Chinese snacks all still there ffs

Any bats?

 

[dangermows]

Any bats?

Yep. Dishing them out at the door to people keep the scratter stock pilers at bay.

 

[Wilfy]

Cars with odd years reg 17/67 allowed in supermarket car parks one day, even reg 18/68 the next. Won't completely solve but might help.

That’s me and the missus covered, I drive a 55 plate, hers is an 18.

 

[Keyser Soze]

I think people need to think about the difference between ‘panic buying’ as the media love to call it and people ‘stocking up’ on essentials in case of any potential lock down?

Totally agree there are some selfish twats who are clearly hoarding more than they need, but there are plenty of people just getting prepared too and buying sensibly? We live in a rural location with a number of elderly neighbours, and this situation has brought out a great spirit in people in our area offering to get extra shopping for neighbours - previously strangers - who can’t get to the shops themselves.

So don’t always be too quick to judge everyone ?