| Are supermarkets really running out of food? 13:19 - Jul 22 with 6818 views | Illinoisblue |
How bad is it in Ipswich? Or is this just media hype? |  |
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| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 15:01 - Jul 22 with 1408 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 14:09 - Jul 22 by The_Flashing_Smile |
You jest (at least I hope you do) but I remember several on here during lockdown one admitting to bulk buying loo rolls when it wasn't necessary (and subsequently proved so). |
By proved unnecessary, are you talking about the very first lockdown when loo rolls became like gold dust for a period of about 4 weeks? |  |
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| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 15:07 - Jul 22 with 1396 views | WeWereZombies |
| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 15:01 - Jul 22 by C_HealyIsAPleasure |
By proved unnecessary, are you talking about the very first lockdown when loo rolls became like gold dust for a period of about 4 weeks? |
Are you going commando when you sit on that throne in your avatar? |  |
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| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 15:08 - Jul 22 with 1392 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 15:07 - Jul 22 by WeWereZombies |
Are you going commando when you sit on that throne in your avatar? |
I really should update that at some point, Lord Chaplow is just a touch out of date!! | |
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| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 15:09 - Jul 22 with 1390 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 15:01 - Jul 22 by C_HealyIsAPleasure |
By proved unnecessary, are you talking about the very first lockdown when loo rolls became like gold dust for a period of about 4 weeks? |
Depends where you were I guess. Supplies got low here but we were never in danger of not getting any.
And the low supplies were caused by the panic buying - a self-fulfilling prophecy.
I resolved not to be a sheep and panic buy - and was fine. |  |
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| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 15:13 - Jul 22 with 1381 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 15:09 - Jul 22 by The_Flashing_Smile |
Depends where you were I guess. Supplies got low here but we were never in danger of not getting any.
And the low supplies were caused by the panic buying - a self-fulfilling prophecy.
I resolved not to be a sheep and panic buy - and was fine. |
It’s almost like every area of the country isn’t London and doesn’t have 7,645,368 shops
In fairness toilet rolls just about sorted themselves out around Ipswich, nappies were the biggest issue | |
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| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 15:14 - Jul 22 with 1372 views | factual_blue |
| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 13:48 - Jul 22 by Leaky |
Your to late bought them all ready to sell on ebay. |
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| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 15:21 - Jul 22 with 1366 views | Lesta_Tractor |
Wife works at Sainsbury's, they've not had flour in for 2-3 weeks now |  |
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| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 15:26 - Jul 22 with 1346 views | Blue_Moses |
I just popped to the local co-op on Fircroft Road and the only thing they had run out of was ice creams. Nothing to worry about here, although I did fancy one. |  | | |
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| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 15:27 - Jul 22 with 1343 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 15:21 - Jul 22 by Lesta_Tractor |
Wife works at Sainsbury's, they've not had flour in for 2-3 weeks now |
Ah yes, baking stuff was a nightmare before too
And on a current note, Mrs Elswood pickles seem to have vanished off the face of the Earth of late 😩 | |
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| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 15:41 - Jul 22 with 1322 views | Keno |
| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 13:20 - Jul 22 by ElderGrizzly |
No. They simply don't have the staff to fill shelves in some locations due to the self-isolation issue.
Of course, the media showing empty shelves will prompt people to panic and create more of an issue. |
Perhaps we could ask people from Europe to come over and help out with our staff shortages ..... oh...... |  |
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| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 16:41 - Jul 22 with 1256 views | factual_blue |
| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 15:21 - Jul 22 by Lesta_Tractor |
Wife works at Sainsbury's, they've not had flour in for 2-3 weeks now |
No frozen blueberries today in Waitrose, so they were substituted in my click & collect order for frozen mixed berries. The latter are £1.75 dearer, but one gets charged the lower price. | |
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| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 16:56 - Jul 22 with 1252 views | Ryorry |
| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 15:21 - Jul 22 by Lesta_Tractor |
Wife works at Sainsbury's, they've not had flour in for 2-3 weeks now |
Whilst some people obviously enjoy baking, flour is hardly on most families' routine weekly shopping list is it? If that's running out, it suggests some people *are* panicking & stocking up on what they see as "just in case of apocolypse" products. [Post edited 22 Jul 2021 16:58]
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| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 17:22 - Jul 22 with 1212 views | vapour_trail |
| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 15:21 - Jul 22 by Lesta_Tractor |
Wife works at Sainsbury's, they've not had flour in for 2-3 weeks now |
That was a massive pain 16 months ago.
It seemed to take much longer than any other product to come back into stock as well. |  |
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| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 17:27 - Jul 22 with 1207 views | Bad_Boy_Mark |
| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 15:21 - Jul 22 by Lesta_Tractor |
Wife works at Sainsbury's, they've not had flour in for 2-3 weeks now |
That's a little odd - we have good amounts of flour available. |  | | |
| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 17:32 - Jul 22 with 1189 views | Bad_Boy_Mark |
| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 15:27 - Jul 22 by C_HealyIsAPleasure |
Ah yes, baking stuff was a nightmare before too
And on a current note, Mrs Elswood pickles seem to have vanished off the face of the Earth of late 😩 |
If it's of any help, we have the sandwich slices cucumbers and the sweet and sour cucumbers in stock.
If you still cannot locate a supply nearer to the 1st league game, please feel free to drop me a DM and I'll bring some to the game for you  | | | |
| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 17:40 - Jul 22 with 1184 views | Steve_M |
| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 14:37 - Jul 22 by Ryorry |
There are certainly some serious shortages of medical supplies, but that's been the case for months.
My regular tablets for gut problem, which have to be uncoated due to allergies, have been very hard for the chemist to source.
One of the essential ingredients to make supportive moulds for toes as protection against corns, comes exclusively from Germany, and my local NHS podiatry services haven't been able to get hold of any for 6 months. This probably sounds quite funny to anyone who's never had corns & spends most of the time on their feet ... |
Yes, I suppose the more specialised any particular product or ingredient is then the more fragile that supply chain is likely to be. |  |
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| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 17:45 - Jul 22 with 1172 views | HARRY10 |
"project fear.....baa baa......Fromage good, two eggs better......." | | | |
| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 17:56 - Jul 22 with 1162 views | Ryorry |
| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 17:27 - Jul 22 by Bad_Boy_Mark |
That's a little odd - we have good amounts of flour available. |
Yes - by coincidence I'd placed a Sains order earlier this a.m., so out of curiosity, just been back onto their page to have a look.
A quick search showed 30 bread flours, 16 plain flours, 9 self-raising flours & 6 gluten-free flours, all available! in sizes ranging from 500g-1.5Kg bags - a mix of ordinary, organic, specialist pasta mix etc etc. North Yorkshire. | |
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| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 18:34 - Jul 22 with 1135 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 15:13 - Jul 22 by C_HealyIsAPleasure |
It’s almost like every area of the country isn’t London and doesn’t have 7,645,368 shops
In fairness toilet rolls just about sorted themselves out around Ipswich, nappies were the biggest issue |
I didn't have to travel to different shops though, I just did my normal shop. I appreciate rural places with one shop must've struggled, but that's a small proportion of the whole country.
And I reiterate, it wouldn't have happened if people stayed calm and weren't so selfish. | |
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| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 19:19 - Jul 22 with 1113 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 17:32 - Jul 22 by Bad_Boy_Mark |
If it's of any help, we have the sandwich slices cucumbers and the sweet and sour cucumbers in stock.
If you still cannot locate a supply nearer to the 1st league game, please feel free to drop me a DM and I'll bring some to the game for you |
Thanks, but it’s the spears that this household is missing… | |
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| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 19:29 - Jul 22 with 1094 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 18:34 - Jul 22 by The_Flashing_Smile |
I didn't have to travel to different shops though, I just did my normal shop. I appreciate rural places with one shop must've struggled, but that's a small proportion of the whole country.
And I reiterate, it wouldn't have happened if people stayed calm and weren't so selfish. |
Yes but that’s because London has millions of shops, so gets the most supplies etc
And I’m not talking about places with one shop, supermarkets had a huge shortage on several products for a month whereby going 2 hours after opening meant empty shelves across aisles such as TP, pasta, baking, nappies etc, and only being able to get them if you went in just as they stocked the shelves
Unsurprisingly it might be worth thinking outside of your cosy London bubble for a change
Also whilst I agree with your last paragraph it’s also irrelevant; if others are panic buying and there ends up in a shortage people don’t really have an option but to look out for themselves (the very small minority stockpiling 6 months worth of supplies excluded obvs) | |
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| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 21:48 - Jul 22 with 1033 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 17:22 - Jul 22 by vapour_trail |
That was a massive pain 16 months ago.
It seemed to take much longer than any other product to come back into stock as well. |
The issue then was actually with the production of the bags. Some supermarkets ended up packaging it in all sorts of random bags instead. |  |
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| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 22:10 - Jul 22 with 1001 views | vapour_trail |
| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 19:29 - Jul 22 by C_HealyIsAPleasure |
Yes but that’s because London has millions of shops, so gets the most supplies etc
And I’m not talking about places with one shop, supermarkets had a huge shortage on several products for a month whereby going 2 hours after opening meant empty shelves across aisles such as TP, pasta, baking, nappies etc, and only being able to get them if you went in just as they stocked the shelves
Unsurprisingly it might be worth thinking outside of your cosy London bubble for a change
Also whilst I agree with your last paragraph it’s also irrelevant; if others are panic buying and there ends up in a shortage people don’t really have an option but to look out for themselves (the very small minority stockpiling 6 months worth of supplies excluded obvs) |
London bubble is such a w@nky expression. Reeks of jealousy.
Anyways, that aside, the panic buying of March 2020 was predominately people doubling up rather than racking up goods. | |
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| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 23:52 - Jul 22 with 967 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 22:10 - Jul 22 by vapour_trail |
London bubble is such a w@nky expression. Reeks of jealousy.
Anyways, that aside, the panic buying of March 2020 was predominately people doubling up rather than racking up goods. |
Nah, I love London. Dollers just often forgets that just because something is true of London doesn’t necessarily mean the rest of the country is the same
Yeah, think there’s some truth in that - or if not doubling up, taking the opportunity to grab things when they were there when they wouldn’t usually have been on the shopping list. Which is my point largely, that sort of ‘panic buying’ was proven to be justified as there were shortages | |
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| Are supermarkets really running out of food? on 07:26 - Jul 23 with 897 views | Pippin1970 |
Up here in Lancaster it's mainly seasonal stuff. All salads, bread items, all drinks, frozen food and fridge items. | | | |
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