Stockpiling?

Reminds me of the shortages caused by the 3 day week back in the 70s. That's when I gave up using sugar, couldn't be bothered to queue for a bag of the stuff.

That explains why the supermarket profits were up at the end of 2018.

I do have extra meds though because I need them to survive and the doctor asked me if I wanted them. Wouldn't have happened when the pharmacist was in charge of what I had and when. He wouldn't have let me have more than I need.

Yup! Stockpiling here! The Government is, as is M & S and Tesco so following their lead I will not be out of the essentials of life ie tea and coffee. I personally think it's going to be mayhem but my major concern is medications.

Not at all, it's all scaremongering nonsense imo.

Do tea and coffee come from Europe Telly?
Didn’t think so nut am prepared to be wrong!

I was reading an article in the paper last week about a shortage of toilet rolls. The journalist (a brexiteer) went on to say that as we would all be starving we wouldn’t need them anyway. Sums it up IMO?

That would be but not nut!

I shall just buy local and what's in season. Job done ! :-)

I do a 'big' shop for basics: tinned goods, cleaning stuff, flour, rice , pasta, tea, coffee etc. every 6-8 weeks or so anyway. I stack it away in cupboards and buy fresh goods on daily need basis. I have just done a big order for Monday delivery.. maybe I should go back and double it.. I have until 2:15 to amend the order!!
I do think some things will eventually be in short supply post Brexit. We will just all learn to readjust or pay higher prices and look back in tears to come on forums and say do you remember the good old days.....

Freudian slip! YEARS not TEARS !!!

Pamela surly we grow our own tea and coffee? ?

I am thinking more about giving the shops a miss, I think it is the deliveries that will be a problem.

Woolton Pie, anyone ?
What if we run out of Wooltons? ????

Currently many(most?) of our imported goods are imported based on trade agreements with EU. Like any economy of scale if 20 people want to buy from the same supplier they can negotiate a discount and get priority. If I want to buy the same thing, but just me, I have to wait for the bigger order to be fulfilled. As I am just little me I do not get discount either! Negotiating with World Trade Organisation will take time and again we are a small consumer so not so important! Is how I read it anyway!

Telly
I think you need to educate yourself as to where your tea and coffee come from.
It might put your mind at rest.

Wot no pie? Fresh out of Wooltons?
Waldorf salad then? Don’t tell me!

And Ceasers have been hard to come by for a while

Budge up maw it’s getting a bit crowded in your B****t cupboard!

Only concerned about meds - making sure nothing on repeat prescription is about to run out.

Wish our surgery would allow stockpiling of Mr C's medication. Vital for his wellbeing, could be ambulance unwell without it. The pharmacist explained from whence it came and yes, there could well be supply disruption. Our surgery won't agree to an early repeat prescription so we will just have to hope. As Mr C says, worrying won't change anything.

Tea and coffee????don’t tell me you haven’t got a tea tree in the garden Telly or a coffee bush thought everyone had one

Remember the Millenium Bug (Brexit)? All the world's computers were going to collapse on the stroke of midnight on 31 December 1999 ( all systems will break down on 19th March 2019) and we would (will) descend into crisis with food shortages, medicine shortages, failure of all Emergency services.

What actually happened (will happen)? zilch, nada, nothing

I wasn't aware of this trend for stockpiling, except for meds, until earlier this month. I've seen a suggested list which included such arcane items as 2 x packs of stuffing and 2 x trifle kits!

If the situation ends up that dire, I doubt I'll be faffing around making trifle.

As we will be staying in the EU, no point fussing. I have consulted my crystal ball and it has never been wrong- watch this space. I do not charge much if you want to know anything.

janea have you tried British organic cold-pressed rapeseed oil?
It has a higher 'smoke point' than olive oil too

#poshtotty

Remember the toilet roll shortage of the ?1970s (a manufactured shortage apparently)?

I intend to stockpile all DH'S magazines ready to cut into squares to hang on a hook on the lavatory door [smug]