Panic Buying

Bobsyeruncle said:
That is true, but panic buying is Eurowide, even in Italy.
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It is/ has been the same here in France including the village store which since Tuesday implemented a strict quantity control for each client.
This was implemented by the store management which IMO is sensible.
I am surprised ( and concerned) that much as govts are imposing social restrictions, enforcing limits on food purchases doesn’t appear to happening.
 
The wife and I went to Aldi last night to buy chocolate. As we stood in the queue to pay, a lady in front of us had 16 packs of ‘pasta in a bag‘ kinda stuff. The lad serving her on the till said ’Sorry, I can only put four of these through.‘ The Mrs and I were quite impressed until he said ‘I’ll have to put it through as four transactions.’ :banghead:
 
JasonPC said:
The Mrs and I were quite impressed until he said ‘I’ll have to put it through as four transactions.’
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That's helping then :rolleyes:
 
JasonPC said:
The wife and I went to Aldi last night to buy chocolate. As we stood in the queue to pay, a lady in front of us had 16 packs of ‘pasta in a bag‘ kinda stuff. The lad serving her on the till said ’Sorry, I can only put four of these through.‘ The Mrs and I were quite impressed until he said ‘I’ll have to put it through as four transactions.’ :banghead:
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Did you say anything?
 
JasonPC said:
The wife and I went to Aldi last night to buy chocolate. As we stood in the queue to pay, a lady in front of us had 16 packs of ‘pasta in a bag‘ kinda stuff. The lad serving her on the till said ’Sorry, I can only put four of these through.‘ The Mrs and I were quite impressed until he said ‘I’ll have to put it through as four transactions.’ :banghead:
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I am quite impressed that he could divide 16 by 4 without a calculator, especially as it involves taking both shoes off. :)
 
JasonPC said:
The wife and I went to Aldi last night to buy chocolate. As we stood in the queue to pay, a lady in front of us had 16 packs of ‘pasta in a bag‘ kinda stuff. The lad serving her on the till said ’Sorry, I can only put four of these through.‘ The Mrs and I were quite impressed until he said ‘I’ll have to put it through as four transactions.’ :banghead:
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FFS!
 
Just got back from Tesco, freezers were pretty much empty, as was fresh meat and alot of the veg. No toilet rolls, thankfully we don't need any. No tissues, no sanitary towels, I get through a couple of packets of mixed nuts a week, they were all sold out, had to buy two different packets of nuts instead, no chocolate other than easter eggs.
No eggs, very little jam, no cat litter, hardly any cat food, no washing powder or capsules.
I am intrigued to know if people have been out and bought additional freezers, or were they always empty before
 
nilagin said:
Just got back from Tesco, freezers were pretty much empty, as was fresh meat and alot of the veg. No toilet rolls, thankfully we don't need any. No tissues, no sanitary towels, I get through a couple of packets of mixed nuts a week, they were all sold out, had to buy two different packets of nuts instead, no chocolate other than easter eggs.
No eggs, very little jam, no cat litter, hardly any cat food, no washing powder or capsules.
I am intrigued to know if people have been out and bought additional freezers, or were they always empty before
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I had a similar experience last Tuesday, little or no pasta, rice, fresh meat.

Sales of freezers are up according to AO & John Lewis.....
 
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Strangely similar to here @nilagin save loads of nuts ( I don't really eat them)
Loads of sanitary towel type things ( Since passing the menopause I don't need them either)
Loads of laundry products .. yes I do use those but I had plenty anyway.

nilagin said:
I am intrigued to know if people have been out and bought additional freezers, or were they always empty before
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It seems there is a waiting list on these too.
I'm betting that a load of perishables will soon be ...
And of course they'll get thrown away and these locusts will restock :rolleyes:
 
Maybe the supermarkets should lock down all their big trolleys & only allow a single hand carried basket per person or a smaller trolley to be used? That would limit what people could carry away with them.....
 
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From The National Food Journal

13th. March 1918

The Government is endeavouring to see that every person has a fair share of food and it is therefore of the greatest importance that every member of the public should assist in maintaining a fair distribution of supplies. They should do this by refraining from buying more than their usual quantities of foodstuffs.
 
simon ess said:
...They should do this by refraining from buying more than their usual quantities of foodstuffs.
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As I posted back a bit.
Cobra said:
I was stood back to back with a woman and her I guess pre-teen daughter, them looking at one thing me looking at another.
Oh squealed Mum.. look 2 boxes of tea bags! Quick grab both of those before someone else does.
Still back to back I said in a stage whisper .. Yeah no point in sharing is there...
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The war time spirit is alive and well and living happily in MK dont cha know?
;)
 
nilagin said:
Just got back from Tesco, freezers were pretty much empty, as was fresh meat and alot of the veg. No toilet rolls, thankfully we don't need any. No tissues, no sanitary towels, I get through a couple of packets of mixed nuts a week, they were all sold out, had to buy two different packets of nuts instead, no chocolate other than easter eggs.
No eggs, very little jam, no cat litter, hardly any cat food, no washing powder or capsules.
I am intrigued to know if people have been out and bought additional freezers, or were they always empty before
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A friend of mine is a delivery driver for Currys and he said this past couple of weeks he’s lost count of the number of freezers he’s delivered.
 
i am pretty sure so much food is going to be wasted - by people buying too much fresh and also people buying other things which they may not ever end up eating and then just chuck out as they are not people who eat things past dated. I am very grateful of my army ration meals i had been buying over the last few months from the local market! i am very grateful that i shop in a sort of hoarding way anyway (buying things before i run out, and also the way home bargains and b&m are so sporadic, ill buy extras) as for the most part i've not needed anything urgently as i'd recently got most of the basic stuff. i would like a loaf and bread and some rolls in the next couple of days though!
 
This is the reality of the panic/shelfish buying. I'm sure it will bring a tear or two to the eyes of some, probably many as it's out there now and hopefully it will just make people think twice. I'm thinking of the mother and daughter mentioned by Cobra (his earlier1.55pm post ) telling us about when he was in his local Co-op and mom saw the last two boxes of tea bags and she said to her daughter "Quick, grab both of those before someone else does" Obviously she's not on her own in doing that as the shelves are empty of essentials.

The supermarkets are advertising for drivers ,the stocks are in the warehouses, the government has eased up on delivery restrictions, the country isn't short of these items that are being scooped up..bar the antibacterial gels possibly. It's just a matter of catch up.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwUCMD3E-2o
 
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JohnC6 said:
Obviously she's not on her own in doing that as the shelves are empty of essentials.
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All this just goes to prove what a selfish society we have become :(
 
Without trying to shift all the blame from those people who are obviously panic buying........

In normal circumstances millions of 'us' eat meals away from home; all of a sudden we are being told to avoid cafes, pubs & restaurants and as a consequence everyone is suddenly buying the ingredients to prepare meals at home. Add to this limited warehouse capacity at most supermarkets, just in time deliveries from distribution centres and limited numbers of staff to stack the shelves & you have the 'perfect storm' of food shortages?

Supermarkets usually anticipate this sort of behaviour at Christmas but that pressure only lasts a few days & we are facing months of social isolation......
 
What an idiot.

View: https://mobile.BANNED/brexitbetrayed/status/1240298550292025344
 
Wow - that's ridiculous - two pallets of apples - exactly how long does he think fresh apples last? i mean i know they're pretty long lasting but they're not in the fridge. what a huge potential waste of a lot of this stuff.

although the replies of "it's an asian family of course" aren't much better - "That is what mass immigration does & multiculturalism exacerbates it." *eye roll*
 
We are working on a refit at a supermarket, so we are starting early. At 7am this morning it was unbelievable to watch, pushing and shoving, nastiness.Some trolleys were that full they could hardly be pushed, enough food for weeks. These were the OAPs, only them aloud between 7-8am
 
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dan_yell said:
although the replies of "it's an asian family of course" aren't much better - "That is what mass immigration does & multiculturalism exacerbates it." *eye roll*
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Yeah, O only read the 1st reply, had no desire to read any further.
 
I have just had to resort to some panic buying. It was forced on me so please don't judge.
Today's announcement has meant the gym has had to close so I have bought myself a couple of sets of heavy duty resistance bands to see me through until the gym can open again. :(
 
I think I may have solved two problems in one here... City and town centre pubs and clubs have been shut down, as of this evening, which seemingly leaves properly trained and certificated/licensed door staff (bouncers) without current employment.

I think supermarkets should employ these door staff to help ensure people don't try to bulk buy, and remain polite and orderly if challenged/refused. Pub/club door staff (both male and female) are trained to defuse conflict situations and deal appropriately with situations that could otherwise get out of hand, and in how to use appropriate force if necessary.

So, stand half a dozen door staff by the checkout tills in large super/hypermarkets, and a couple more at the entrance/exit, and job sorted!

Night club door policy. Any nonsense, and the offender is escorted off the premises without any of their shopping.
 
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Mr Badger said:
I think I may have solved two problems in one here... City and town centre pubs and clubs have been shut down, as of this evening, which seemingly leaves properly trained and certificated/licensed door staff (bouncers) without current employment.

I think supermarkets should employ these door staff to help ensure people don't try to bulk buy, and remain polite and orderly if challenged/refused. Pub/club door staff (both male and female) are trained to defuse conflict situations and deal appropriately with situations that could otherwise get out of hand, and in how to use appropriate force if necessary. So stand half a dozen door staff by the checkout tills in large super/hypermarkets, and a couple more at the entrance/exit, and job sorted!

Night club door policy. Any nonsense, and the offender is escorted off the premises without any of their shopping.
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I almost entirely agree. Although I rather favour battle hardened Royal Marines.
 
simon ess said:
Exactly. My Dad was a Para and there wasn't much he couldn't "deal with."
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My friend and neighbour is a recently retired Para so, between the two of us, there's probably not going to be much 'mither' where we live!
 
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Both my daughters work in Health Care, by the time they can get to the shops they are empty :(
 
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