Don't go out, he says. Shop line, he says

I always shop online and have done for years. I normally top up a few extra fresh bits during the week. Not being able to get a slot booked at a time when we are supposed to be staying home is worrying. Even if I went to the shop, I don't have a car so can't carry much. Sainsburys should open an email contact as well as phone number to register.

Don’t know if you can read this from Imperial College but more than 40% and 70% of over 70s and over 80s respectively will need critical care if they catch the virus. I was shocked to read this.

So even more essential that they are given priority for online deliveries. Protect the NHS he said!

They are swamped with orders and unavailable here, just like all the others.

Looking on the bright (?) side, Mahatma Gandhi fasted for 21 days, three times in his life:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fasts_undertaken_by_Mahatma_Gandhi

I have seen on facebook that Morrison's are doing grocery boxes to be delivered next day. You can see the type of things included but may vary.. $35 meat eating or veggie enough to feed two people for a week.

I'm 72 and have Sjogren's Syndrome and Follicular Lymphoma and am due my final chemo cycle next Wednesday. I had originally planned to do a big shop tomorrow. I've registered with all the supermarkets for online shopping but am unable to get a slot with any of them. In spite of receiving an email from Sainsbury's, when I went online this morning, they said I wasn't considered to be vulnerable, but if I disagreed I was to call their helpline. I tried all day but the number was permanently engaged. Last Wednesday night I did manage to book a slot with Waitrose but it isn't until Monday 20 April! My Vulnerable Person text came through this evening. I guess I might have to send my slightly less vulnerable husband down to the shops later on to stock up with essentials as we need fresh milk and fresh fruit and vegetables as well as other food to last us through the week. I'm just hoping they don't cancel my next chemo session. I'm very stressed and can't sleep which is why I'm on here! Night night!

We don't have individual shops whete I live. We can hardly get anything in the supermarkets, let alone an online shop. We keep shopping to a minimum and if we have to go out, we are out once thats it. A relative of mine who has no health issues went to the supermarket and was shocked at how empty the shelves were. They couldnt get their usual basics.Yet the self centred ( not all) are still out there panic buying, geez have folk not got enough groceries yet? This has been going on for weeks now.

And if we can't shop online then what?

My Tesco website only shows slots until 12 April. How are people booking slots later in the month?
However I have found out my local butchers bakery and vegetable shop are working hard to feed customers and are offering free delivery. They will have my loyalty in future.

We’re registered with Sainsburys and Waitrose, but no hope of slot so relying on village shops and milkman who will deliver dairy products and bread. Should survive.

Isn't it only something like 7% of the population who normally shop online? They are going to have to have a lot more slots if they are going to have everyone doing it.

He said ‘shop on line if you can’

GGMK3 Can you do me a favour and tell Sains they have missed me out.

Not on age but I am very vulnerable and they won't let me book a delivery.

Not sure how long without food is a good idea?

You're lucky GG, Sainsbury's haven't emailed little old me!

Interesting. Sainsbury's keep emailing me to tell me I am a priority customer. They must have asked me my age at some point. I don't do online shops with them and haven't for some time. The email also gave me a number I could ring.

On the other hand, I haven't been able to change my slot on Morrisons. I have always ordered every ten days but with them limiting items I will have trouble getting enough of the gluten-free items and other free-from ones I normally rely on to last me for ten days although, if I could order every seven days I would be fine. It will all sort itself out eventually, I expect.

The letters they are sending out are expected to arrive from Tuesday if my memory serves me right.