A winter of very expensive heating and little food?

And.....panic over.

For now. Our pigs in blankets are saved.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58641394

What is everyone’s problem with Fortnum & Mason? There are other Food Halls in central London equally as good if not better.

I once won a Fortnum and Mason Christmas pud in a raffle,
It was very disappointing, not a patch on the Tesco one.

I don’t think anyone need panic at all ( although it’s a favoured pastime on GN)?

GrannyGravy13

What is everyone’s problem with Fortnum & Mason? There are other Food Halls in central London equally as good if not better.

Harrods gets my vote!

I see that Kwarteng has struck a deal to start CO2 production again.

I wonder how much that has cost us?

But good news though.

Alegrias1

And.....panic over.

For now. Our pigs in blankets are saved.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58641394

If a Gransnetter (or anyone else for that matter, disability’s excepted) is not capable of wrapping some bacon round a chipolata sausage I would be amazed…

Josianne I have a soft spot for Selfridges, Harvey Nicks is good for Australian chocolate/sweets

GrannyGravy13

Josianne I have a soft spot for Selfridges, Harvey Nicks is good for Australian chocolate/sweets

I've never been to HN's.

Walthamstow market is equally brilliant and good value.

lemongrove

I don’t think anyone need panic at all ( although it’s a favoured pastime on GN)?

I think the favourite pastime is yours lemongrove. There was no talk of panic until you arrived. People were just discussing the situation.

Alegrais Our pigs in blankets may be saved but will we be able to cook them?

(*Lemongrove*, the above is what is generally called a question - not panic)

PippaZ DH likes to BBQ, I am sure a Turkey and a few pigs in blankets will not be a problem. Plenty of room for veggies also ?

Well one thing I have just learned; Lemongrove does not share her home with a cat.

Isn't co2 produced from natural fermentation in wine? Just open all your bottles and harvest the gas to cook with. No panic.

Josieanne ?

GillT57

Well one thing I have just learned; Lemongrove does not share her home with a cat.

It’s a well known fact dogs have owners cats have staff

Blackcat3

Put another jumper on…..eat less…..we will survive….look at the tiny war time rations…..there was no starvation…..in fact it could be said we were healthier for it…..be positive!
But yes there is some truth in shortages…..but the scaremongering in the press will exacerbate it! If everyone just bought what they needed and didn’t stock pile…..goes without saying……mind you how many still have their lockdown 1 stockpiles…….?

I’ve got a friend who still has a tinned food stockpile from the fear of The Millennium Bug, she believed the hype that the whole world would almost shut down!

And back to the 1970s we go!

Aveline

Just been shopping today. Absolutely no shortages noticed in any departments. Lots of veg. I was tempted to buy more than usual and get the soup maker out.
Problems must be local?

No problems near me in Stockport, Greater Manchester either - or at least not in the food items that I usually buy. If the CO2 shortage affects meat distribution then it will affect me but I’ll just adapt my meals for a while. I don’t usually have much in my food cupboards or didn’t pre Covid but now I use click and collect for my weekly shop, I had built up a supply of extra cans.

However, I went through my cupboards last week and donated a couple of bag fulls to a local charity which supports the homeless so my cupboards are pretty bare. But I think the people being helped by this fantastic charity need the food more than I do.

I wonder if there are shortages in some lines, but not others. I buy hardly any tins or processed food. I rarely eat rice, pasta, bread or anything made with pastry and never eat cake or biscuits. I eat very few root vegetables or "exotic" fruits such as pineapples. The shops could be full of those items for all I know, but I won't buy them.

Incidentally, the other half of this thread is about rising fuel bills. Has nobody else had their standing orders increased?

Whitewavemark2

I see that Kwarteng has struck a deal to start CO2 production again.

I wonder how much that has cost us?

But good news though.

Nonsense! There was never a problem in the first place - according to some GNers. Why is he wasting tax-payers' money on a non-problem?

growstuff

Whitewavemark2

I see that Kwarteng has struck a deal to start CO2 production again.

I wonder how much that has cost us?

But good news though.

Nonsense! There was never a problem in the first place - according to some GNers. Why is he wasting tax-payers' money on a non-problem?

Silly me.

Well the Government was never going to please everyone regarding the CO2 issue.

They had two choices, keep their fingers crossed that the shortage disappeared, I can just imagine the outrage on GN in that scenario.

Now the Government has come to an agreement with the largest fertiliser facility in the U.K. to restart its production and it’s how much I that going to cost the taxpayers

*I should be is

We really need a sarcasm emoji, don't we?

No we need to know how a Countries economy differs from a households.