Anyone getting stocked up on food etc just in case?

PasturesNew

Charis wrote: »

T's bread flour went up from 48p to 75p just last week.

57p at Morrisons this week

Charis wrote: »

The T. 'economy' ranges were noticeably absent from some shelves last week and when I priced up economy porridge online it was dearer than their normal 'own label' stuff.

I noticed a few months ago that T Value butter was 1p dearer than proper Welsh butter.

Charis wrote: »

The price of cocoa as a commodity has apparently shot up (either today or yesterday), although that will not have hit the shops yet, and chocolate is bound to echo the price rises

I've got a big tub of cocoa powder.

ceebeeby

But where do you store everything????

I've got a 4 bed house, with 4 people living in it (plus various pets) and wouldn't know where to store 6 months food stuff!!!

nannaC

Icemaiden wrote: »

You do realise that there's going to be a influx of ladies from the 'Old Style board' giving you tips on the most cost effective way to stock pile;)

:rolleyes: WHO US:rolleyes:


OK GUV fair cop, but hinestly or even honestly we have already been there and done that and some of us have even posted fab pics to prove it:p

PasturesNew

ceebeeby wrote: »

But where do you store everything????

I've got a 4 bed house, with 4 people living in it (plus various pets) and wouldn't know where to store 6 months food stuff!!!

I live in a bedsit, I can make room for 6 months of stuff. I won't because I might be moving early in the new year .... but I could.

Sunflowers

I was collecting rice as I read somewhere that it was going to be in short supply, but then needed the space in the cupboard for the Christmas goodies!

sb44

space_rider wrote: »

My posts were due to half price pino grigio from Tesco:eek:

I must get some of that myself then!

funkyfunkymonkey

PasturesNew wrote: »

It weighs 632lbs (that is 12 large sacks of spuds).
It costs $620, which is £423.

I'd rather find and pick my own supplies at a lesser cost and weight.

Wot and miss out on those lovely shiny tubs?

They look so appealing...

You could stack them all the way to the ceiling, so storage wouldn't be an issue. And there must be a use/market for the tubs when they are empty.

FFM

Sylvan

davey9998 wrote: »

if you lose your job it doesn't stop you going to asda!!!!!!

Yes it does! It costs us £5 to get to Asda, even if we could afford to keep the car.:p

I've been stockpiling since the first time we were snowed in, 23 years ago. Every time we move it takes me about 6 months to use the entire stockpile. I'm currently building up again, post move, plus a little extra since DH will probably be made redundant in April and we'll only be going to Asda once every 2 or 3 months.

I've just ordered 120 seed potatoes...:rotfl:

fc123

!!!!!!? wrote: »

There are reasonable grounds to assume that food isn't about to go up in price in the short term and may even fall a bit. Many of the things that pushed the price up so dramatically (expensive oil and shipping) have got much much cheaper of late. Of course, anything imported will have upward price pressure as a result of the recent collapse in the value of the pound so we won't see the full benefit.

However, the notion that it's likely that we'll see a nirvana of super-cheap prices in the wake of deflation is little more than BS. I reckon a lot of 'luxury' stuff is about to go up in price and/or become harder to get. As will the costs of taking an overseas holiday. Food should get a little cheaper, fuel quite a bit so at least the essentials are OK. Mind you, should we suffer unexpected problems with food or oil (some sort of bad harvest or crisis) they could rapidly rocket so we are very much hostages to circumstance now.

Prepare for a lot of people having to adjust their expectations of standard of living downwards. And of course if you lose your job and are carrying lots of debt you are absolutely stuffed.


I wouldn't hold a full six months of savings as actual physical cash at the current time - one month is enough plus the other five in the best instant-access account you can find I reckon.

However, if the economic situation were to worsen with a resurgence of the banking crisis (entirely likely IMO) and the government puts interest rates down even more I would seriously consider withdrawing all my cash and stashing it in a safety deposit box. Better to have 'x' thousand pounds in cold hard cash stored somewhere secure than be owed the same x thousand quid by a bank that may go under with only a pittance in interest to compensate you for the risk.

:wave::wave: Hi !!!!!!......I hope you enjoyed your night out.

You have no idea how much I love the post above...and you know me...I am not being smartass or sarky.

I think we have concluded (in your absence......as you were out on the beer....or digging a trench maybe?) that 1000 kidney beans or a 1000 dead dogs (sans liver) or 1000 sheets of plastic will be far more use to human survival than £1000 cash...though the paper variety would be handy for fire lighting.
As for me, I'm going to dance my way through Armaggedon.:dance::dance: Do want to join me?!

neverdespairgirl

Generali wrote: »

Bacon in a piece perhaps. Sliced or diced bacon no.

Fresh pasta no. Dried pasta perhaps.

It was sliced bacon, and dry pasta.