Shopping today

Pollycat

aardvaak said:

Is this  madness or plain selfishness?

https://youtu.be/qEw27UFw04Q

Neither.

It's stupidity.

Fuelled by the media.

ace33

That looks like costco, they only sell them in packs like that so not exaclty panic buying? The guy with 2 had kitchen roll in one hand.

The mail is standing outside a cash and carry claiming its a normal supermarket.

Pollycat

ace33 said:

That looks like costco, they only sell them in packs like that so not exaclty panic buying? The guy with 2 had kitchen roll in one hand.

The mail is standing outside a cash and carry claiming its a normal supermarket.

No surprise there.

Pollycat said:

Neither.

It's stupidity.

Fuelled by the media.

moneysavinghero

arnoldy said:

Tesco doing lots right, so customers returning, same at my local Tesco. The prices have been lowered and the offers including Clubcard deals add interest and attract shoppers. 

Do you work for Tesco or something? Why would Clubcard deals attract customers? They are just exactly the same deals that you could get before, but now you have to mess around with a Clubcard just to get them. If you don't have a Clubcard then suddenly a basket of goods that is massively more expensive then it would have been a month ago.

JaneDoeJohnDoe

Must be buying a "job" lot!

mikb

Pollycat said:

aardvaak said:

Is this  madness or plain selfishness?

https://youtu.be/qEw27UFw04Q

Neither.

It's stupidity.

Fuelled by the media.

Well, at least newspapers aren't on ration ... so even if there is a self-induced shortage of bogroll, there'll always be a purpose for the Daily Mail/Sun ...

silverwhistle

I wouldn't even do that with those rags, particularly the Mail. Don't think I'd like to be infected by Angela Pearson of the Telegraph either.. Used to light my wood burner though and the recycling bins at my mum's block of flats are handy.

od244051

Each supermarket is different with what has sold out. One supermarket, my friend went in had no loo roll, flour, pasta and hand soap. Another store, 2 miles away (same chain) they had about 20 packs of loo roll and the other groups above looked like it was just a normal weekend worth of purchases.

lily117

We have only had a 17 day firebreak lockdown in Wales and haven't seen any shortages at all, no queues or stockpiling.

MrsStepford

Farmfoods in Dover had a deal on loo rolls and tabloids sensationalised it as people stocking up. I fall into the group of underlying health condition so free prescriptions but not vulnerable enough to get govt food parcels etc. ~In Lockdown 1 I wasn't getting slots at supermarkets for which I had a delivery pass. I ended up buying more food from farms and butchers and using online delis. We had some great food adventures. I don't buy my loo rolls from supermarkets anyway.