Is anyone stockpiling for Brexit?

VfM4meplse

unrecordings wrote: »

and then there's panic buying, which causes the very thing the preppers & stockpilers have been seeking to avoid

You mean like during the 16 weeks that lead up to Christmas Day? Retailers bring that upon themselves. That is what you get for exploiting Christ's birthday without actually believing in Him.

unrecordings

VfM4meplse wrote: »

You mean like during the 16 weeks that lead up to Christmas Day? Retailers bring that upon themselves. That is what you get for exploiting Christ's birthday without actually believing in Him.

Well yes exactly, like a mini brexit every year

VfM4meplse

unrecordings wrote: »

Well yes exactly, like a mini brexit every year

It is ridiculous, but we're all guilty of it.

At least I do make an effort to join church celebrations, mince pies and all :T

[Deleted User]

A very big difference between prepping and not only for Brexit but for unforeseen things and weather events too and stockpiling of goods. However earlier on in the Prepping for Brexit posts there are some fairly vociferous posts shouting down prepping in general because we were 'taking the food from the food banks and ought to give all of our stocks to them because we were bad people for prepping in the first place' or words very similar. One of those damned if you do and damned if you don't situations.

grunnie

I am disabled and only get to the shops if someone drives me there and back. In bad weather i can't get out. Last winter i had 4 compression fractures in my back and couldn't move without severe pain. If i hadn't had a store cupboard i would have had a very limited diet. I prep not for brexit but for days or weeks of illness or icy weather. I shop online and get everything delivered.

kerri_gt

duncanthedog wrote: »

Someone is stocking up on Ibuprofen, not seen any of the cheaper brands on the shelf for over a week now

Same in my area but it's been like that for weeks and in most stores too. Managed to pick up a couple of packs in one of the discount stores, not for Brexit but because I'd run out.

thriftwizard

With possible supply-chain mayhem in mind, I am keeping my normal store-cupboard stocks a little more well-updated than usual at this point in time. But that's normal for us; we're in a technically-rural small town that's very much at the end of the supply chain, and our two small supermarkets run out of basic items like flour quite often. But we'll be OK for potted orchids & expensive chocolate, should TSHTF...

squiggles

duncanthedog wrote: »

Someone is stocking up on Ibuprofen, not seen any of the cheaper brands on the shelf for over a week now

I went to 3 stores today and they had no ibuprofen apart from the branded expensive capsule type.

Last week when I was trailing around shops I couldn’t get the cheap paracetamol.

I’m not stockpiling by the way as I actually needed a couple of boxes for work and home.

Linda32

I noticed in Tesco last week there wasn't any paracetamol. I'm not stock piling either, just a regular box for the bathroom.

Owain_Moneysaver

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

Not exactly stockpiling, but now you mention it I think I'll buy an extra bag of pasta today.

Aldi have been out of stock of 'value' penne for over a week, and several other types of pasta are out of stock too. :mad: