It's easy to panic buy...........

It reminds me of Jamaica during the IMF problems in 1978/9. I had queue for cheese which came in a tin , it was a strange orange colour and tasted odd. However I was very pregnant so glad of the calcium. The empty shelves were filled with tins of Milo ( a type of cocoa. ) .They knew the meaning of shortages!!!

(No shortages of wonderful fresh fruit of course.)

The lady at the check out told me that people are buying loads more than usual. Bulk buying pasta, rice and tins, and even buying flour to make their own bread if necessary. Ridiculous! I did a normal shop but did buy an extra packet of pasta as our son has allergies and almost lives on this.

No shortage at Aldi today apart from hand gel. To lighten the mood - quite a lot of years ago there was a loo roll shortage in the Midlands - can't recall why - and a bread shortage in Cheshire. We went on our usual day visit to my cousin from Brum to Poynton with a quantity of bread for her in return for several loo rolls. Her husband said he would think of us when he had a sandwich and I said how much nicer that would be than our thoughts when using their contribution!!

I have to top up my pain relief patches with paracetamol, but there was none to be had this morning in Morrisons.
I have noticed for a while, that it has been difficult to get anyway. Our Lidl had been sold out, the last few times I was there.
I don't ask for it on prescription, as it costs the NHS a fortune to prescribe and I feel guilty about how much I personally cost already in medication. However, I may have to request it.
As I'm no longer able to drink alcohol, there is a stash of wine in our garage. I may be able to barter it for toilet rolls, if necessary.

I went to do an Ocado order this morning and found the next available slot was Tuesday! I don't know if more people are ordering, or if they are holding back stocks.

I also heard on the news that people were buying tins and toilet rolls. "As though there were no tomorrow" , which didn't seem quite right.....

My fear is that people will start stockpiling gin to use as hand sanitizer

No panic buying here - but I have seen shelves in my usual supermarket empty of liquid soap and hand sanitizer.
With only two people in our household, our usual amount of toilet rolls will last us a month, and I can't imagine that we will use up four bars of soap either!
We live in a rural area with no shops - the supermarket is four miles away, but we shop each week. I keep a (small) extra freezer in the garage, which usually has a few rolls of bread, and a sweet pastry type pudding, in case of unexpected visitors. We keep tinned food in stock anyway, just so that we could eat that if I don't want to cook a "meat & veg" type meal.

Just done a supermarket run and the loo rolls we prefer were only available as a pack of 24. As there are only two of us (though three loos) we should be able to keep the neighbourhood going for a while. Excess buying forced on us!

My daughter lives in Australia
And she was saying it is because they rely on their toilet rolls being imported from China and as nothing is coming out of China
That is why they are buying up all the toilet rolls

Good grief.

Not panic buy but buy extra in case I have to self isolate. I don't want to be hungry as well as lonely !!!

Diagnosed virus figures have gone from 51 on Monday to 163 today. I am not going to overbuy, but I will make sure we have what we normally keep in stock.

I’ve just read that someone has been stealing antibacterial hand gel from Northampton general Hospital. From patient’s bedsides and the large bottles as you enter wards , apparently. How low can some people stoop?

Just been to Waitrose, no dried milk which we use in our bread making, the assistant said that people had been buying large amounts of it, wierd! Lots of loo rolls though!

There are no shortages in my local supermarkets except for Paracetamol in Tesco’s and hand gel.

My daughter dictated that I should stock up on tins of baked beans for the apocalypse so I bought a couple. I had to laugh. She never eats humble food ever and when I offer her beans on toast instead of avocado on sour dough with siracha I want to see her face!

Following on from my earlier post, listening to the news on R4 tonight, the supermarkets have said that no one from the government has been in touch with about increase delivery, despite what Matt Hancock said last night. They dont have the capacity to suddenly be able to supply people who are self-isolating, all they could do is get Christmas levels of home delivery. Seriously you couldn't make it up. The government thinks that by saying something it makes it true.

Some toilet paper is imported from China to Australia but most of it is manufactured in Australia.
It was just a panic-causing rumour!

If you notice, many of our toiletries are manufactured in China too
Do not panic! Apparently we wash our hair far too often, according to a hairdresser I know.

I wonder if the Brexit hoarders are adding to their stash.

People are going mad. Just stopped by Waitrose on the way home, needed a chicken for dinner and a loo roll. Chicken was ok but not a loo roll in sight. So ended up buying a kitchen roll. Why the hell are they stocking up on loo rolls, I just don't understand the reasoning. Anyway I looked in the freezer its full and we have loads of bake beans and sardines in the cupboards so we won't starve.

I bought extra loo rolls, yeast, and gin. Sorted.

Not panic buying here, but in the event that self isolation was necessary, I will be getting a few extra staples when I shop tomorrow
We have our fruit and vegetables delivered, so that wouldn't be a problem, if they left it at the front door
I truly believe that supermarkets should impose a maximum buy on items
It's just not fair that people can hoard,while others have to do without

I find it hard to believe that Australia doesn’t make its own loo rolls, as whatever you buy there seems to say ‘Proudly Made In Australia’

Why are people hoarding pasta? What does pasta achieve?

I was in two very large stores yesterday: the Range and Home Bargains which are side by side in Stockport. They were bringing out huge quantities of toilet rolls and there didn't seem to be a shortage of anything else except hand sanitiser. I was able to stock up with Paracetamol in both shops and no doubt if Id bothered to try Wilco which is next to Home Bargains, I'd have found some there. Today a big branch of Boots was out of Paracetamol. I've just taken delivery of a box of loo rolls from 'you know who', not because I'm hoarding, but because I'm almost out of the previous consignment!

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The assistant in Sainsburys told me supermarkets have been stocking up extra for nonths and the only thing that might run out is fresh food.