Panic buying again!

I’m sorry to say it..but threads like these give people the idea to rush out and stockpile! Herd mentality.....

I’m truly not being rude or wishing to offend anyone but what we are doing on here is adding to the panic just like the newspapers etc. For everyone that mentions the possibility of panic buying there will be someone who hears it and goes straight out for extra groceries, loo rolls etc. My own daughter mentioned a problem in her area at the weekend. Why haven’t the supermarkets immediately set a limit again on what people can buy! Let’s hope it doesn’t all get as crazy as it did before, especially for people who have genuine difficulties with shopping etc.

And bold fail. I give up.

Sorry again, quote fail!

Sorry,*Teacheranne*, I wasn't very clear.
It was meant for people such as yourself (and myself) who can't go shopping in person.

EllanVannin

Imagine rolling up in a 4x4 buying up all the £1 t.rolls. How selfish and greedy is that when they can clearly buy the expensive ones ? One thing laughs at another really.

Further away from me are large houses turned into flats/bedsits with a lot of unemployed people who rely on the cheapest of everything and you have these sharks coming along. It makes my blood boil as you can see.

The same thing happened in March with people you've never seen before, coming out of town snapping up everything they could to avoid restrictions/queues in supermarkets.

While I disagree with shelf clearing, just because someone can afford a more expensive version of something doesn’t mean they have no right to a cheaper version

Teacheranne, I do the same as growstuff except I pay monthly though by direct debit. £8 every 4 weeks.

PS. I got the price wrong. It's £47.94 for six months. All Tesco deliveries are now £4.50, no matter what day or time. So you can have two deliveries a month for less than booking two deliveries individually.

Teacheranne

growstuff

I've done all my grocery shopping since April from Tesco Online (apart from meat, fruit/veg and fish, which I buy from local suppliers).

I have a subscription, so it's no problem, but I have noticed that certain items are now limited, so maybe they have learnt their lesson.

Did having the subscription help with getting a slot? I use click and collect so the delivery offer is not a saving for me but if it gives me priority booking I might consider it.

It works out to about £4 a week, so is cheaper than some of the slots available. Minimum spend is £40. I have two cats and buy paper and printer ink for work, so I do spend that.

When I go to book a slot, there are four weeks available, instead of the usual three, so it gives priority booking for subscription holders. Even at the height of the lockdown, I didn't have a problem getting a booking as long as I booked in advance.

When I book four weeks in advance, I just put one item in the basket to reserve the slot and then add to it during the month. I buy meat, fruit/veg and fish from local suppliers, but haven't done any other grocery shopping at all.

Since lockdown started, I've only filled up my car twice, so I'm saving on petrol. It's worked for me and I'll probably carry on when this is all over.

I've probably got enough toilet rolls to last a few months too. I live on my own, but have three toilets in my house. Each toilet has a roll on the holder and two spares. I only really use one toilet, so that's six spares. I buy jumbo packs of 24 a couple of times a year and took delivery of a pack last week.

Unless I have a tummy bug or something, I'm not intending to buy any more rolls until next year.

Well, what a fascinating topic for a late night thread!

growstuff

I've done all my grocery shopping since April from Tesco Online (apart from meat, fruit/veg and fish, which I buy from local suppliers).

I have a subscription, so it's no problem, but I have noticed that certain items are now limited, so maybe they have learnt their lesson.

Did having the subscription help with getting a slot? I use click and collect so the delivery offer is not a saving for me but if it gives me priority booking I might consider it.

Nellie098

Yes people have gone mad again. Apparently yesterday there were long queues outside a local Aldi. Today is my normal Sainsbury's shop as Monday is usual quiet but apparently people had been queueing at 7.30 a.m. When I went in at 10.30 it about three times as busy as usual. Thankfully everything I needed was on the shelves, including bread flour which I have still found difficult to find. Yes people were buying big packs of toilet rolls but thankfully I have enough from the last time. Still I hope we don't have a second lockdown.

Goodness me, you must have bought a lot of toilet rolls to last six months without needing more!

FannyCornforth

I urge everyone to sign up to as many shops that offer delivery as possible.
Also get a milkman. Milk and More were accepting new customers recently.
I see that Morrisons are advertising their food boxes again, which is very ominous.

That's a bit selfish if people are able to get to the shops themselves, my point is that some people, like me, who rely on online shopping are going to get squeezed out again.

Tesco tell me when I've reached a limit on items ie 'offer complete' even if it's not a special offer.

Callistemon

Yes, they really should be a limit on the amount people can buy.

Maybe they'll go back to the restrictions of no more than two of each item (Sainsbury's) and a limit on items at the checkout (Tesco)

I've done all my grocery shopping since April from Tesco Online (apart from meat, fruit/veg and fish, which I buy from local suppliers).

I have a subscription, so it's no problem, but I have noticed that certain items are now limited, so maybe they have learnt their lesson.

What's wrong with people? Utterly stupid and utterly selfish. I hope shops take the lead if it's the case and ration people. There's no need to stockpile like that.

Shops need to be proactive and limit the number of certain items per customer. You're right *JenniferEccles" you can't stop "selfish individuals from going from shop to shop" but steps can and should be taken to mitigate this idiotic and totally selfish behaviour.

Yes, they really should be a limit on the amount people can buy.

Surely shops should be prepared this time and make sure that limits are in place.

Of course that won’t stop the determined and selfish individuals from going from shop to shop.

I think we all remember the awful picture of the elderly gentleman looking so sad in the supermarket.

Dorsetcupcake And the nurse who came off shift nursing COVID patients to find the shelves had been cleared and she could buy nothing for her dinner.

I ordered kitchen rolls last week but Waitrose failed to deliver them last Friday.

However, I see they charged me for them! They also had another, more expensive item unavailable - but they still charged me for it!

Do check your bills when online shopping

Hope baking supplies won’t dry up.....the family rely on me now for cakes.

There are certainly anal tendencies on GN....all those recent threads on bowels.?

Ha ha! Nice one!