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Are you experiencing big gap in the shelves in your area?

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Kali2 Mon 09-Aug-21 22:03:41

What are your stories and anecdotes about the current shortage on some shelves?

Alegrias1 Wed 11-Aug-21 14:41:14

Nobody will go hungry, despite the endless scaremongering going on.

People in this country go hungry every day. Ask Marcus Rashford. This will make it worse.

If your comment about food shortages being beneficial to some is meant to be a backhand comment about people's size, that's very uncalled for and very insensitive.

Camelotclub Wed 11-Aug-21 14:49:22

Yes, Sainsburys pretty empty. I did a click and collect for £40 worth and ended up with £17 worth! Plenty of stock in M&S though.

MawBe Wed 11-Aug-21 14:57:47

Hooray! The milk fairy came wink
I hate to disillusion you … … but ?‍♀️? No. ?

Alegrias1 Wed 11-Aug-21 14:58:25

MawBe

^Hooray! The milk fairy came^ wink
I hate to disillusion you … … but ?‍♀️? No. ?

Aw sad

Ro60 Wed 11-Aug-21 14:58:29

Yes gaps here of bread & veg in our local convenience store - & meat - but that may be down to the local shop-lifter.

Mamma66 Wed 11-Aug-21 15:01:53

Loads of gaps in our area (North Nottinghamshire). Silly things like tinned tomatoes, bottled water etc

Janetashbolt Wed 11-Aug-21 15:14:25

local large tesco fine, the one they do all the picking for online shoppers is a bit bare

MawBe Wed 11-Aug-21 15:17:22

Alegrias1

MawBe

Hooray! The milk fairy came wink
I hate to disillusion you … … but ?‍♀️? No. ?

Aw sad

However ??? for the tooth ?‍♀️ and ?

clareken Wed 11-Aug-21 15:51:13

Asda only had orange squash on Friday, odd gaps in other places.

Hil1910 Wed 11-Aug-21 16:01:01

Had to do an online Asda shop in Co Durham on Monday as we’re self isolating and couldn’t get fresh chicken, celeriac, strawberries, blueberries, and broccoli.

Clevedon Wed 11-Aug-21 16:03:36

I'm in Bristol and Sainsbury's is awful, lots of empty shelves! However Tesco is fine ?. I don't know if it's staff problems are delivery to store

Kamiso Wed 11-Aug-21 16:09:12

Our Tesco was fine but apparently Sainsbury’s has some empty shelves. Lidl doesn’t seem to have any problem either.

They’ll all be making space for Halloween and Christmas soon.

Rosina Wed 11-Aug-21 16:23:52

A practically empty beer aisle in Waitrose, and a few shelves not full in Sainsbury's, but otherwise everything available.

katy1950 Wed 11-Aug-21 16:24:08

No shortages in west Lancashire

NannaGrandad Wed 11-Aug-21 16:40:25

Just back from the New Forest and shelves were pretty empty in the supermarkets there.

Polarbear2 Wed 11-Aug-21 17:00:44

I guess a thought here is what’s happening to all the food that’s not being delivered? Is it being thrown away?

Bea0802 Wed 11-Aug-21 17:06:57

Shortages are to do with people isolating. Products are not being produced in the quantities they usually supply. Hopefully will be normal soon.

CarrieAnn Wed 11-Aug-21 17:11:11

No cauliflower or broccoli, no bread,no green beans at our local Asda,Iceland Co op,Spar,Nisa or Morrisons this weekend,there were several items missing from my last order from Asda but I can't remember them all

SueDonim Wed 11-Aug-21 17:34:20

My small Coop today had a sign today apologising for shortages but the only shelf that seemed to be empty was one with a promotion for cheap crisps.

Silvertwigs Wed 11-Aug-21 17:35:38

No milk in Tesco tonight!

Vetnry Wed 11-Aug-21 17:50:11

Cod in Butter Sauce AWOL for several weeks at our Sainsbury’s - I’m desolate - with creamy mash and peas creamy mash it’s genuine comfort food. Up there with home made rice pudding or bread and butter pudding

GillT57 Wed 11-Aug-21 17:52:17

JenniferEccles

Doesn’t all this highlight just how fussy we have become with our food now we have become completely accustomed to large supermarkets giving us such a huge selection of everything?

Take for instance bread and milk. We are so used to there being dozens of variations of those two basic simple food items, so if we are presented with even a slightly limited selection we feel shortchanged.

Nobody will go hungry, despite the endless scaremongering going on.
We only have to look around us to see that food shortages would actually be beneficial to an increasing number of people.

How condescending and judgemental are you!

JaneJudge Wed 11-Aug-21 18:07:44

When I was a kid I ate snails from the hedge

lemongrove Wed 11-Aug-21 18:12:06

Jennifer...how right you are.?

Jane how very French of you.Did you eat them raw or put them in your pocket to be cooked later??

nanaK54 Wed 11-Aug-21 18:29:30

JaneJudge

When I was a kid I ate snails from the hedge

Damn - I knew I shouldn't have used slug pellets, really don't think our snails would be safe to eat grin