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

Merlotgran.
You have sciatica .
Have you tried acupuncture?
I could hardly walk and couldn’t lie down and although I get the odd twinge now having had several treatments It is so much better .

I’m with you Doodledog.

I’m lucky enough to always have a good amount in. However, I’ve restocked a few items that I’d have normally waited a few weeks for, like rice.

I needed loo roll - down to my last 2 rolls. Could I get any? Shelves totally empty. Ridiculous. I'm with you gillyknits.

Now that we live rurally, I have built up a good store cupboard of basics. Since this winter has been so mild, it hasn't yet been needed but it is nice not to be popping into the supermarket every five minutes (and buying much more than intended!) as I used to. Cat food and cat litter are something that I do buy in, as he won't eat pasta, rice or chick peas!
Sadly, toilet rolls are on my list for the next big shop!

I'm finding it really irritating. I have to and want to take my dogs out a couple of times a day - I pop in regularly to the supermarket near park...late afternoon nearly empty, pick up what I need or fancy and newspaper (free Guardian Waitrose if you spend £10 - often worth it) Now there are people with trollies full of water and loo rolls and queues...bonkers.
good time to dig out those exotic soaps - olive and thyme, lovely - that you have been bought as gifts over the years.

No I think it's ridiculous to stockpile, my sons father in law went all round their local town buying up toilet rolls

Was in Asda Bournemouth yesterday. Definitely panic buying going on here.

Shelves literally half empty!
Absolutely ridiculous ?

Why hand sanitiser? A good washing of hands is so much better. Ok as a temporary measure but how much are people buying?

I had my shop delivered this morning normal shop, delivery driver said it was really busy one person had ordered 12 green baskets full of water why? ?

I don't understand it either. I am worried about buying my usual supply of milk however. Normally I buy enough to last a week and because I need it mix it with some supplements I am given to help sustain me, I buy about 12 pints. I am worried that people will accuse me of panic buying but this is my normal purchase.

I have been buying extra . Went into Lidl yesterday no empty shelfs . My daughter works in a supermarket and the only panic buying is on hand sanitizer , paracetamol and cold relief medication .

Sorry - their not there!

TBH I think we could live for a month on what I have in my store cupboards. I can make my own bread easily. Only things we may need is fresh milk & veg. I have 3 freezers that could probably do with being emptied & cleaned out anyway.
I went to Sainsburys for a normal weekly shop yesterday & as someone else said only thing not on shelves was hand gel & I had 2 bottles of that before this scare anyway- I have small GC who I insist use it. as a matter of course.
We get all our cat food delivered by Amazon on a regular monthly order as we have 4 cats & it is very heavy to carry.
If everyone just keeps calm it will be fine. I was amazed to see on an earlier post that a supermarket LET one person take ALL there hand gel. They should have got the manager to come & stop him & make a big song & dance about it just to show him up!
Just keep calm & wash your hands!

I can’t understand why we’d need extra kitchen roll and toilet paper. Has this virus some side effects we don’t know about!?

115 got the virus, someone just mentioned

how many, each winter, die of flu! how many dying daily of
other illness`s.. (?)

we are mostly, well not all, obese anyway.. what is it with toilet paper?

as I grew up during and after the war, I always keep a certain supply in anyway, so no, I haven`t been panic buying

HOWEVER,, confession time.. I have bought extra cat food and cat litter... well.......

I've just been to my local Sainsburys and there are hardly any toilet rolls??? Sorry I just don't get it. If people just bought their usual amount of shopping there would be enough for everyone. So selfish in my opinion. I got home and stupidly told my DH about it and straight away he said "I'm going to order from Amazon" This really annoys me ??

Tesco this morning. Pasta shelves nearly empty.

People over-buy at certain times anyway. Brexit, Christmas, this is no different. It'll all work out. I'll admit to always being rather a hoarder of loo rolls because I remember the old days of that hideous Izal loo paper and we'd often run out at home so it was all down to squares of the Daily Telegraph. I'm not going there again and tend to keep a stock of about 50 at any given time. I haven't gone mad and bought more than usual now though. I also think we are better educated now about what can and can't go down a loo. Definitely not newspaper!

I guess it might be a good idea to take care when buying unwrapped food like bread if people are coughing, maybe wait for the virus to have an opportunity to become inactive before eating - difficult with cakes in the coffee shops though, bother!

I think panic-buying is unnecessary and selfish. Also many of those buying up huge amounts are then selling them on eBay. I hope they get stuck with them all.

I was in Waitrose yesterday doing a very small shop - pasta and a jar of sauce and overheard a heated discussion between a husband and wife. The husband couldn’t understand why the wife was putting 3 packs of 9 toilet rolls and said they didn’t need them. The wife replied that they had to have them because everyone was doing it ?

Bought a multipack of toilet rolls-but I always do. Panic bought a bottle of vodka to fill up my Travel mini sprays and 2 tubes of handcream. Vodka will kill any germs on my hands and handcream will stop them drying out.
Must remember NOT to drink the vodka by mistake.???

I was unable to buy soap in any of the four shops I visited this week. I did manage to buy some online last week but they were just for me as I only use L'Occitane.
I always keep a well stocked larder of tinned goods. When I was first married shops weren't open on a Sunday or any evening, in fact the first supermarket had only just opened. I always kept enough to provide a couple of meals.

Panic buying is causing the empty shelf problem. Tesco had so soap whatsoever yesterday. A member of staff said it's still coming in but immediately being sold. I actually felt guilty buying a multi pack of toilet rolls but it's the same pack I always buy.

Stocked up my supply of Nespresso capsules on Wednesday: crisis averted.