Stock piling , panic buying.

We always buy the big 18 pack of loo rolls anyway thanks to my youngest 2 daughters being like Human andrex puppies the pair of them easily go through nearly a role in a day depsite trying to educate them otherwise.. So we've not bulk anything but then I haven't seen anyone else doing so either, yet according to my social media all the local shops are empty, so either I shop inna different place to everyone else living near me or they're simply just regurgitating what they're seeing on other people's status updates.
 
How do you panic buy paracetamol?

There is a legal limit on how many packs may be bought in one go to reduce the risks of suicide which very often fail but which have serious liver damage risk.
 
I have a cunning plan.
I am going to stockpile Vitamin C tablets - if everyone has to go into a house- bound lockdown for a long time then scurvy will be the next big ailment.
Plus E45 cream - all that high alcohol hand gel will dry out their skin, and everyone will be looking for moisturising hand cream.
Result - first million on the way ?
 
jim8flog said:
How do you panic buy paracetamol?

There is a legal limit on how many packs may be bought in one go to reduce the risks of suicide which very often fail but which have serious liver damage risk.
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Just go from shop to shop or go back in to same shop and use different tills or self checkout etc.
 
No loo roll in our local town centre (small) Sainsburys - but stacks of kitchen roll. Go figure.o_O

Also noticed this morning that one of our town centre pharmacies has had it's front window smashed and it's boarded up. Guessing they have limited paracetamol today...pathetic and worrying:(
 
I think a lot of the big shops are being targetted by the panic buyers but our local Home Bargains has plenty of loo rolls.
Mind you the girl on the till said a bloke came in and cleared the entire stock of hand gel before they realised there was going to be a shortage. He tried it a second time but they stopped him. Obviously buying to sell on at a profit.
 
No loo rolls at Lidl today and very little pasta - why? Does it give you the trots? No. Does pasta help you ward it off? No.

Weird.

But...it just snowballs. HID said to me last night "shall we get some loo rolls tomorrow as everyone else is buying them so perhaps we should and perhaps they know something we don't"! I said no...none in stock anyhow!
 
Just back from Costco Gateshead, plenty of everything apart from........

Toilet Rolls:):)

Thankfully didn’t need or want any, but still can’t get my head around it.

On the upside Unleaded was only £1.13p per litre
 
pauldj42 said:
Just back from Costco Gateshead, plenty of everything apart from........

Toilet Rolls:):)

Thankfully didn’t need or want any, but still can’t get my head around it.
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Pretty simple really....

What individual item would you most regret not being able to get if (just) it wasn't available?

Btw. Plenty available at my local Waitrose (last place I shopped), though some gaps in the range.
 
No loo rolls, no pasta still.
But, weirdly, plenty of pasta sauces......
Makes you wonder what these hoarders are going to put on their pasta...unless, as I suggested earlier, we are switching to a durum wheat based economy...
 
And all loo roll gone from my local shop. What is it with people. I'm not aware that this gives you the trots...you might struggle with your breathing - but you won't be having the world fall out of your bottom.
 
Imurg said:
No loo rolls, no pasta still.
But, weirdly, plenty of pasta sauces......
Makes you wonder what these hoarders are going to put on their pasta...unless, as I suggested earlier, we are switching to a durum wheat based economy...
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Think I said before not sure but for me their buying the wrong stuff

I'd be buying fresh meat like double what I normally buy to freeze incase I couldn't get out

Some ready meals to freeze
 
pauljames87 said:
Think I said before not sure but for me their buying the wrong stuff

I'd be buying fresh meat like double what I normally buy to freeze incase I couldn't get out

Some ready meals to freeze
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When I bought extra a couple of weeks ago, pasta and rice was high on the list. Dry products.
re pasta sauces. No chance, passata, tomato puree and tinned tomatoes. Make your own base sauce with no salts or sugars. Add your own herbs and veg. Watch this space tomorrow for another Tash survival tip. ?
 
Foxholer said:
Pretty simple really....

What individual item would you most regret not being able to get if (just) it wasn't available?

Btw. Plenty available at my local Waitrose (last place I shopped), though some gaps in the range.
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Not toilet roll.
 
pauldj42 said:
Just back from Costco Gateshead, plenty of everything apart from........

Toilet Rolls:):)

Thankfully didn’t need or want any, but still can’t get my head around it.

On the upside Unleaded was only £1.13p per litre
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Sadly the price at the pumps may sound like a good thing but it could be a worrying warning of economic issues to come.
 
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