General Chat

bring back the stocks and put them to shame

And throw rotten fruit at them(if any left of course.)

I did my regular weekly shop this morning and managed to get most of what I wanted. Plenty of fresh veg, fruit etc. meat and fish, bread, milk, cheese and eggs.. The shop was busier than usual but the things that had sold out were mostly stuff I don't buy.

The things that had sold out were pasta, baked beans, tinned meat and tinned fish (except tuna chunks, which are obviously unpopular!!) and there was a shortage of tinned fruit. Plenty of toilet rolls though.

Both The Coop and Tesco's were rationing people, and it seemed to be working.

tried to get my few bits on line todays as i am housebound but there are no delivery slots.
A friend is going to the supermarket so he has taken a list
fingers x
especially need food for my dog
why can't they set up a way for the vunerable to order bits and pieces
supermarkets need to co-ordinate deliveries, saves 3 different vans in a road at the same time but too complicated i expect

we went to our local Waitrose first thing this morning to see a few empty shelfs no loo rolls or kitchen towels , and at first no carrots ,or spuds , or salad greens, until all the girls apart from the ones on the tills began to restock, so in the end we got all we wanted....apart from a nice hot coffee and cheese straw ...the coffee shop was shut ,the girls were needed on the floor to help restock. iris

We got all we wanted at our small Tesco local store this morning. We went at 0915 and as we started looking they were gradually restocking the shelves, by the time we finished they had filled up quite a few shelves including meat, no eggs though. People seemed to be shopping responsibly but nearly everyone in there was over 60ish.

The staff in that shop are lovely, friendly and smiling and hard working.

friend back from supermarket, its almost empty but i did get my coffee. He tried the local corner shops, got some bits. He had a row with a shop keeper as eveything has jumped in price. Proffitering i call it

We went to Tesco about lunchtime, no eggs and very little milk, very short of veg and no potatoes. Stopped at smaller Sainsburys and got milk, bananas and they had put out some loose new potatoes. Zilch eggs.

I'm wondering if people are panic buying eggs so they can 'bind' themselves up, in case they can't get enough loo paper? ;-)

:-) :-) :-)

Daughter has just got in, after popping into a Sainsbury's. Just about every fresh food shelf was empty.
She says we have probably more cheese in our fridge than they have, although not a vast amount.
That's only because I bought cheese for a lunchtime function last week, which got cancelled due to the ongoing situation. It has long dates, so will be gradually used up or given to someone, if I hear that they can't get any.

Sister in Hampshire says she went to pay the papers bill in her little nearby shop and noticed they had toilet rolls for sale.She didn't need them, so left them where they were.
The shopkeeper says he has had people he's never seen before who have driven in from many miles away just to buy them.

Island
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Don't know whether to feel guilty or not but OH and I have just discussed what we might try to buy to see us through. We do a wholesalers card

it boils down to flour so we can make pastry, biscuits and some cake, sultanas, a tub of fat, some cheese if we can get it. Bread flour if we can get it and porridge oats so I can make some oat milk if milk runs out. That will need a few dates and I bet they won't be all gone. There is already pasta in the cupboard and rice in the tin because there always is and I can make something resembling pasta with the flour if we run out.

If we can get fruit and veg, I think we can survive because we already have a sack of spuds.

Maggie, my friend stocks up two or three times a year at a warehouse where loo rolls are sold in packs of 64.

Luckily for her she she shopped before she went away as she had thought of leaving it until she got back.

If she had waited there may have been shortages of everything in the warehouse.

JoyLouise, I understand that - but you and I both know some people are just stockpiling for the sake of it! :-(
Sister runs a campsite, and realised she was running out of hand cleanser for the site.
She normally goes into Lidl's and buys 20. She can't/won't do this now, but still needs hand cleanser :-S

Future generations will surely look back with incredulity on this unexpected historical uncertainty - or maybe not.

I used to do online Sainsbury’s shop occasionally when hubby was at home as he couldn’t be left safely

I have an online account with them so decided yesterday not to go shopping but to do an online shop guessing that delivery will be delayed

Well yes it is NO delivery spots for 3 weeks !

Did have an email this morning saying tomorrow over 70,s will have priority for the first hour tomorrow morning so guess it will be an early out as they open at 7am!

From Monday too they are giving priority to the over 70,s for online shopping

Maggie, will your sister's campsite be closed because of the virus?

Like me, my bestie is over 70 although she does not enjoy the best of health nor does her brave-faced OH.

Self-isolation means they will not have their grandchildren over Easter so they'll find their stock of stuff may last a bit longer - she believes it will see them beyond the time they usually stock up for summer holidays. Unlike me, they don't have a child living within spitting distance so I am pleased she shopped before they went away.

We are lucky that Dtr lives across the park from us and she has been a brick so far. Newspaper delivery and treats popped in the porch every morning after she drops Gndson at school - a few crossword and puzzle books this morning. She is also collecting OH's essential prescription items.

I've told her once they close schools (fewer than fifteen in Gndson's class yesterday) there is no need for her to drop a paper in as we can read online.

We sit each evening with a coffee or a drink while we Skype and chat for ten or fifteen minutes - probably so she can see that we are OK lol. :-D

My sister's not sure whether they can keep the campsite open or not.
First group are arriving this weekend - the next group aren't due until April.
They've suspended the DofE scheme.

In my opinion one of the greedier people around has got to be R Branson.

Fancy asking our govt for money for Virgin Air.

Has he asked Trump or the Dutch or French governments? (VIrgin Airlines is 49% owned by Delta Airlines and 31% by Air France and KLM.)

I'd love to hear Trump's response to such a request - the mildest I'd expect would be 'On yer bike mate.' :-|