Stock piling , panic buying.

[MegaSteve]

Our village has joined together to buy free range eggs from a local guy who rescues ex battery hens. The orders have grown and grown and now the chickens have gone on strike and stopped laying!

I used to get eggs from a guy that ran a pets corner in a local park... One day he asked my age and on advising him I was just past 60 he said he couldn't let me have eggs anymore... His 'ladies' weren't certificated and deemed, therefore, as not safe for old folk! Not sure whether I was more disappointed at not being able to have his eggs or being deemed as "old folk"...

 

[Jamesbrown]

Hold on.... Costco do pizza pockets??

Yes they do at the one near me at the moment. And if it’s your thing, mac n cheese croquets by the kg bag.

 

[ScienceBoy]

Heard somewhere once you get one slot you can then get them often

Highly doubt that is true unless you are on a vulnerable persons lists.

I think this is probably something just said to help them feel better, maybe a touch of guilt about getting a slot that could have gone to a more vulnerable person.

IMO they shouldn’t feel guilty about it if they choose to use it, the shop should be ensuing vulnerable people get the slots first.

We are getting slots every now and again, just by checking often and bagging a slot when it comes available then filling the basket as the week goes by. We have got used to shopping for the week after next now.

 

[Slab]

Yes they do at the one near me at the moment. And if it’s your thing, mac n cheese croquets by the kg bag.

What genius is behind that idea. I may have to move back to the Uk if only it wasn't for this pesky virus

 

[Jamesbrown]

What genius is behind that idea. I may have to move back to the Uk if only it wasn't for this pesky virus

Dominos did them around 4 years ago and I’ve seen some beer battered ones in morrissons lately but wildly expensive for a few bites. Must be something that snuck in from trump-land.

 

[AmandaJR]

Highly doubt that is true unless you are on a vulnerable persons lists.

I think this is probably something just said to help them feel better, maybe a touch of guilt about getting a slot that could have gone to a more vulnerable person.

IMO they shouldn’t feel guilty about it if they choose to use it, the shop should be ensuing vulnerable people get the slots first.

We are getting slots every now and again, just by checking often and bagging a slot when it comes available then filling the basket as the week goes by. We have got used to shopping for the week after next now.

Likewise. I think Tesco release slots held for vulnerable people when they're not taken. So usually released for the coming week and nothing too far in advance.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Highly doubt that is true unless you are on a vulnerable persons lists.

I think this is probably something just said to help them feel better, maybe a touch of guilt about getting a slot that could have gone to a more vulnerable person.

IMO they shouldn’t feel guilty about it if they choose to use it, the shop should be ensuing vulnerable people get the slots first.

We are getting slots every now and again, just by checking often and bagging a slot when it comes available then filling the basket as the week goes by. We have got used to shopping for the week after next now.

I know you can call up and tell them your vunerable (if you are ofc) and they enable the slots to be shown on your account

Wouldn't surprise me if true though, since getting my first click and collect I have zero trouble getting a slot now. Once a week click and collect

Will either pop to a petrol station or if parents are going ask them to Pick up bread and milk 3 days after the slot to cover until the next slot

 

[Hacker Khan]

Did my weekly shop in morrisons today. They organised it very well outside but inside it was carnage. Loads of people filling shelves so little room get by them, they let far too many shoppers in, families wandering round with 2 small trollies blocking aisles, seemed most had given up on social distancing inside.

I really don't want to do on line food shopping as I am not vulnerable, NHS or old and the slots should go to them. But they are not overly encouraging me to go in store. I'll stick to sainsburys next time as they control the in store experience a lot better from my experience.

 

[Imurg]

The size of the shop definitely makes a difference.
We have a huge Tesco and a big Tesco
We have a medium Morrisons and a small Sainsbury's
Morrisons just about has room for 2 to pass down one aisle, Sainsbury's doesn't
Both tesco have plenty of room.
I go to Tesco....

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Did my weekly shop in morrisons today. They organised it very well outside but inside it was carnage. Loads of people filling shelves so little room get by them, they let far too many shoppers in, families wandering round with 2 small trollies blocking aisles, seemed most had given up on social distancing inside.

I really don't want to do on line food shopping as I am not vulnerable, NHS or old and the slots should go to them. But they are not overly encouraging me to go in store. I'll stick to sainsburys next time as they control the in store experience a lot better from my experience.

Have you tried click and collect? Very well done. Leaves the delivery slots free for those who need them most

I've got my next one Thursday after My night shift keep the journeys down to a minimum

 

[larmen]

Did people see this?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3rtl415QGp5fbS7LcKRmkXg/life-under-lockdown-in-numbers
Only 6% of all households were panic buying and stock piling!

It surely felt a lot higher, didn’t it?

We moved from buying every other day to a weekly shop, maybe a lot did just that and that was what the shops adjusted to by now?

And on a positive note, we finally got baking powder ;-)

 

[backwoodsman]

Did people see this?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3rtl415QGp5fbS7LcKRmkXg/life-under-lockdown-in-numbers
Only 6% of all households were panic buying and stock piling!

It surely felt a lot higher, didn’t it?

We moved from buying every other day to a weekly shop, maybe a lot did just that and that was what the shops adjusted to by now?

And on a positive note, we finally got baking powder ;-)

As did I yesterday - I can make myself some nice fluffy cheese scones again ....

 

[Fish]

Still no corned beef in Sainsbury’s ?

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Still no corned beef in Sainsbury’s ?

That's probably because it's vile

 

[Fish]

That's probably because it's vile

Better than Jellied Eels ?

 

[Imurg]

Better than Jellied Eels ?

Old car tyres are better than jellied eels

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Better than Jellied Eels ?

Agreed, but jellied eels also are something they shouldn't exist

 

[ScienceBoy]

I went to the supermarket just before it rained (Thanks Dark Sky App) and there was literally no queue when I arrived as people had retreated to their car to shelter. I just wore waterproof jacket...

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Still no corned beef in Sainsbury’s ?

Or ASDA Or Tesco, found some in a Heron’s now B&M store. Try them if you have one near.

 

[MegaSteve]

Point of order... Jellied eels are right at the top of the food chain! Just behind oysters?...