Stock piling , panic buying.

[Hobbit]

Mrs Wolf went alone this morning so as I could avoid the moronic panicking as I have a low tolerance for selfishness.

She said there was no rice, pasta, toilet roll or handsoap. Yet there was loads of washing up liquid and shower gel so she just bought those instead to wash hands with. If this carries on we're gonna need to reintroduce rationing.

Small supermarket, probably around 15 shop floor staff, in the next town is doing assisted shopping. Only 5 shoppers allowed in at any one time and are chaperoned by a staff member. Larger supermarket about 10 miles away is doing the same thing.

Both supermarkets have also advertised free delivery to pensioners - they don't normally do any deliveries. They've also offered to collect the prescriptions and, within reason, their general shopping list that includes purchases from elsewhere.

 

[Wolf]

Small supermarket, probably around 15 shop floor staff, in the next town is doing assisted shopping. Only 5 shoppers allowed in at any one time and are chaperoned by a staff member. Larger supermarket about 10 miles away is doing the same thing.

Both supermarkets have also advertised free delivery to pensioners - they don't normally do any deliveries. They've also offered to collect the prescriptions and, within reason, their general shopping list that includes purchases from elsewhere.

That seems like the most sensible way of doing it and keeps things fair for every one

 

[Old Skier]

Played golf today with our local Sainsbury's manager, they are already £50,000 above target for the month.

 

[ScienceBoy]

Played golf today with our local Sainsbury's manager, they are already £50,000 above target for the month.

The old story after 1987 storm comes to mind.

Tree surgeons had a bumper year clearing up after the storm, managers very happy and targets for the year hit early and then exceeded.

The higher ups saw the numbers and raised the targets for the following year...

 

[AmandaJR]

I've succumbed - 2 large bars of Dairy Milk and family packs of crisps...sorted.

 

[chellie]

Went to Lidl for youngest DD (see random irritation thread re fridge/freezer) They had tin upon tin of tomatoes.

 

[Imurg]

I've succumbed - 2 large bars of Dairy Milk and family packs of crisps...sorted.

So what are you going to have for dinner..?

 

[AmandaJR]

So what are you going to have for dinner..?

David has scoffed 2/3 of a bar before even sitting down! It's his birthday on Tuesday so we'll be stocked up on the important stuff again - phew!

 

[Imurg]

David has scoffed 2/3 of a bar before even sitting down! It's his birthday on Tuesday so we'll be stocked up on the important stuff again - phew!

I blame you..the thought of chocolate...had to go and acquire an amount of fruit and nut...

 

[Hacker Khan]

Spoke to a lady in Sainsburys today and she said they did 30K over budget yesterday (and this is a not a big Sainsburys) and it was busier than Christmas. Seems people have gone a bit mad.

 

[SocketRocket]

Alternative to loo rolls might be sponges. The Romans used to use them.
So start stock piling before the idiots get hold.

When I was a kid we had a broken bottle hanging on a piece of string

 

[larmen]

Now if we could get people to stockpile <enter the product your company is selling here> then we would all be laughing ;-(

 

[Jacko_G]

Wife is just back and said their was no washing powder at all in Asda. No beans or cereal, very little fruit and veg left.

The store she went to is one of the major ones (big) in the area!

 

[Dando]

Popped into Tesco at sidcup on the way home from the caravan and we laughed at how empty the aisles were

 

[need_my_wedge]

Went to Morrison's about 5 tonight. Nearly all prepacked meat was gone. Along with pasta, biscuits, bleach and beans, but there were a few loo rolls and kitchen rolls left. Checkout man said there was a queue waiting at 6:00 this morning when the store opened. And it's been manic all day. We did manage a normal shop though.

 

[Robster59]

I hope they don't run out of my Marmite Easter Eggs

 

[SocketRocket]

Are there still Mars Bars left to fry?

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I hear that the major supermarkets are jointly putting out big newspaper ads essentially telling us to stop panic buying. The warehouses are full and deliveries to stores continue - we are making things more difficult for ourselves than we need to. That said I was in our local little Sainsbury's yesterday evening and it was well stocked except for loo roll and anti bacterial hand wash.

Sadly but not unexpectedly I suppose, all the bottles of anti-bacterial handwash that my church had put out in our toilets have been stolen. How stupid of us to be so trusting ?

 

[Hacker Khan]

Surely the supermarkets can stop people buying more than x number of bog rolls etc by just implementing a ban at the checkout. Most supermarkets know our buying patterns more than we do as we use the reward cards so they will know when someone is buying much more of certain items than they normally do. Just say people are restricted to what they normally buy and don't try and get loads more.

 

[need_my_wedge]

Surely the supermarkets can stop people buying more than x number of bog rolls etc by just implementing a ban at the checkout. Most supermarkets know our buying patterns more than we do as we use the reward cards so they will know when someone is buying much more of certain items than they normally do. Just say people are restricted to what they normally buy and don't try and get loads more.

Morrisons were restricting loo roll at the checkout to two packs per person yesterday.