Panic buying of loo roll

Callistemon, that really made me laugh out loud! DH too when he asked what was so funny ??

Certainly won’t - it was hideous stuff

I'm not recommending that you buy it, Lucca!

Bronco - does anyone remember that?

”It is wise to be stocked up enough for a couple of weeks but any good housekeeper has always done that”

Oh dear. That’s not me then. Nobody could accuse me of being a good housekeeper.
I’ve got loo roll and a few tins, soap, washing powder aNd some pasta but what else should I think about buying?

Haha Cunco I had forgotten the horror of Izal ?
Even squares of cut up newspaper on a string were better than that.
SueDonim yes, the psychology behind the loo roll panic buying is an interesting one.
The makers and suppliers will now be working flat out to provide more to fill the need.....it’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good.

So, anyone on here, or who knows someone who seccumbed to panic buying of anything -and has storage problems, please do pass things on to Food Banks who are having even more than usual problems at present.

On the news they showed one factory turning out millions of rolls a day. No shortage. The only shortage will be storage in people's houses maybe.

The supermarkets here in sw are well stocked, there was no sign of panic buying yesterday. It is wise to be stocked up enough for a couple of weeks but any good housekeeper has always done that

I agree calendargirl The super markets should regulate buying for a while.

Joelise

I’ve mentioned this before, (a few times!) but I blame Tesco et al for ALLOWING any customer to order such huge quantities of loo roll or anything else, the supermarkets are fuelling the panic.

I'll look out for him sneaking out of the church. I think I could describe him to the police.

This?

Foodbank, not feedback!

Yes, I've heard a lot of people justifying their shopping. Everyone was boasting about their Brexit stashes, but the same people are now making excuses for having 251 packs of loo roll and 53 family bags of fusilli.

I dropped off some loo roll at the local foodbank collection point (in a church) and was told that people had stolen theirs from the cubicles. That's pretty disgraceful, isn't it? I'm going to go back tomorrow with some more, and give that to the church for the community centre to keep rationed.

I can understand people wanting a couple of weeks' supply of 'things' in case they need to isolate, and pasta is easy to cook and digest, plus it will keep if it doesn't get used immediately, as we don't know how long this thing will last. I don't understand the loo roll thing, though.

We always have loads of it, as we get it from Costco in giant packs, so I haven't needed to think about it, and can spare some for the feedback and the thieving churchgoers .

On the other hand I have heard of people who because of all this media attention to panic buying are now embarrassed to buy toilet paper when they actually need it. They fear people will see them and judge them and think they are panic buying when they aren't

My DD here in Australia places her Woolies order on line & it’s delivered the next morning. Now, she’s lucky if it’s delivered within 8 days. She’s having to think ahead especially with a family of 6 to feed (& bottoms to wipe/noses to blow?). We ventured to the Mall yesterday to stock up on essentials. The place was all but deserted. Very weird

I’ve seen some interesting psychology into this. It’s partly because we’re worried and we’re trying to get some control over it. We don’t have any control over the virus itself so we look to see what we can control. Loo paper is the answer! That’s because it’s relatively cheap and it’s bulky, so seems as though it might make a good defence (maybe D Trump could build his a Wall with it?).

There’s also the impetus of seeing someone else taking some which makes it seems appealing to you so you grab some too. It’s totally irrational but then humans aren’t very rational beings! It’s just a way of trying to get control over a situation in which you’re otherwise powerless.

Never mind loo roll! Plenty of that at Asda online. Quorn is nearly completely sold out in every variety (and there are loads of types).

Hahahaha Cunco, nobody would be buying many packs of that. It was like using sandpaper.

We had our normal Tesco delivery this morning , the young man delivering, told us that he’d just dropped off shopping to a customer which included five packs of loo rolls, each pack having 24 rolls !

lemongrove No, anarchy breaks out when the government announces we all have to use Izal toilet roll. It's when the younger generations learn how hard it used to be.?

I’m going to rebel and cut up an old sheet!

Asda only had a few boxes of tissues on the t.roll shelf. No pasta ( what's that about ?)

I imagine the toilet rolls will come in handy seeing as the baked beans shelf was also empty.

I visited my local Sainsbury's early this morning and, once again, found few customers, mainly elderly, and most shelves well stocked. Toilet rolls were available in smaller packs but it looked as though the larger multi-packs had gone. Among other things, I bought soap, tissues, pasta and kitchen roll.

I imagine people are stockpiling in case they have to go into isolation for a period. A friend told me yesterday [Tuesday] that the earliest slot she could get for a delivery was Friday. If the worst happens, the wait for a delivery will presumably lengthen.

Once people have stock piled, one assumes the shelves, now empty, will be re-stocked. The question will be whether many of us will be willing or able to get to the shops.