Stock piling , panic buying.

Popped into Morrison's to get milk and fruit for work. The usual stuff was still missing but the other shelves were more normal and the shop itself was relatively quiet. I spoke to the lady on the till and she said that today and yesterday were noticeably quieter. Maybe in my town the idiots have filled their bedrooms now and we are starting to get a bit of shopping normality back again. On the plus side, 1 litre of Baileys was down to £12, a price normally reserved for Christmas only. Thanks Morrison's ?
 
Went to Tesco for the NHS slot this morning, the queue was ridiculous, maybe half a mile long, with very little in the way of social distancing. We turned around and walked away.
 
need_my_wedge said:
Went to Tesco for the NHS slot this morning, the queue was ridiculous, maybe half a mile long, with very little in the way of social distancing. We turned around and walked away.
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As of tomorrow, I believe, Morrisons are introducing a dedicated NHS hour from 7am to 8am monday to Saturday and you have to show ID
They may be getting some of our business
 
Lord Tyrion said:
Popped into Morrison's to get milk and fruit for work. The usual stuff was still missing but the other shelves were more normal and the shop itself was relatively quiet. I spoke to the lady on the till and she said that today and yesterday were noticeably quieter. Maybe in my town the idiots have filled their bedrooms now and we are starting to get a bit of shopping normality back again. On the plus side, 1 litre of Baileys was down to £12, a price normally reserved for Christmas only. Thanks Morrison's ?
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Think it's down to timing. Go in after they have had a delivery and replenished the shelves and you'll generally be OK. Go in after the morons have panic bought anything in a tin and less good.
 
Imurg said:
Food for thought...pardon the pun

https://twitter.com/x/status/1241507154030473216
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The man is a prat. Our own eyes can work out if people have been panic buying. Maybe he hasn't been to a supermarket recently, seen the queues, empty shelves etc. The extra buying is on certain products, not every item. Gets the bloke some publicity though and journos like that ?
 
Lord Tyrion said:
Popped into Morrison's to get milk and fruit for work. The usual stuff was still missing but the other shelves were more normal and the shop itself was relatively quiet. I spoke to the lady on the till and she said that today and yesterday were noticeably quieter. Maybe in my town the idiots have filled their bedrooms now and we are starting to get a bit of shopping normality back again. On the plus side, 1 litre of Baileys was down to £12, a price normally reserved for Christmas only. Thanks Morrison's ?
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Tesco's doing the same. Got mine in...along with 1 litre of Brandy and whisky. Weeeell you gotta be prepared. Bargin Booze running out of.....well....booze. Not much beer in Tesco. Plenty of wine though.
 
MegaSteve said:
Not sure us 'oldies' should be considering eating any eggs other than fresh ones...

Really would like to know why the shelves are being cleared of eggs mind... By the time they hit the supermarket shelves they'll already be a week old...
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Eggs are easy to test. Jug of water, if they stay at the bottom they are fine if they tip up a bit but remain on the bottom, use them next time, if they come to the top, leave them alone and throw away. Easy.
 
Doon frae Troon said:
Mrs Sensible bought our two daughters a land line phone yesterday. Both don't have one.
Also bought us a couple of extra mobile phone power packs.
Good idea to buy before the prices soar and Amazon stop delivering all stuff except food.
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Why on earth would you want a landline in 2020?
 
backwoodsman said:
Went down our local market to buy some veg. Plenty on the stalls but by crikey, they haven't half hoicked up the prices. I'm guesing its all about 50% more than last time we went down. Ok it's ridiculously cheap normally, but looks to me like profiteering.
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On a similar theme there was a post on our town Facebook page this morning. It was from a local butcher who had been getting grief from customers as chicken prices had increased. He commented that his wholesale price had increased and he was only passing that on. This got me thinking. Same as your veg, the actual cost of producing these products right now has not changed. The only difference is demand. No extra costs, just demand alone.

You are absolutely right then, people are profiteering and that is immoral right now. We don't quite know who in the chain it is but someone is and that is pretty shameful. I wasn't angry about this yesterday but I am now.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
On a similar theme there was a post on our town Facebook page this morning. It was from a local butcher who had been getting grief from customers as chicken prices had increased. He commented that his wholesale price had increased and he was only passing that on. This got me thinking. Same as your veg, the actual cost of producing these products right now has not changed. The only difference is demand. No extra costs, just demand alone.

You are absolutely right then, people are profiteering and that is immoral right now. We don't quite know who in the chain it is but someone is and that is pretty shameful. I wasn't angry about this yesterday but I am now.
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Going to get worse, agriculture going to be short of 60,000 labourers from Europe come harvest time apparently. Maybe older schoolkids and students can do the farm graft like the old days..............hmmmm?
 
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