What will you be stocking up on 'Just in case ' ?

MrsCD

My final job before I retired came about because DD wanted a weekend job, but the shop/cafe needed someone to work a few hours through the week as well. We suggested a job share and they took us both on! I stayed 14 years.

TheAble

MrsCD said:

Jackie, this is why The Entertainer toyshop are closed on a Sunday. The owner is a Christian,  but there's a sign in the window explaining that he wants his workers to have one day a week for their families. 

Of course there are those for whom time NOT with their families on Sundays is a good thing! In my younger years I was only too glad to get out of the house on a weekend and go to work.

Slinky

I remember Sunday's being pretty boring when I was a kid. Sunday tv was limited to grim Charles Dickens tales and Songs of Praise, neither of which floated my boat. None of my friends lived near me and very few children in our street of mainly pensioners.

MingVase

Nothing chills the blood quite as much as an old-fashioned Scottish Sunday. And they always seemed to be wet too..

OrkneyStar

MingVase said:

Nothing chills the blood quite as much as an old-fashioned Scottish Sunday. And they always seemed to be wet too..

We had lovely Sundays as a child in Scotland, and it was 'bath night', so that was always something to look forward to! My parents weren't religious though, so we spent time going walks, playing, and generally relaxing. 

MrsCD

When I was little, my parents would drop me off at my grandparents' and go out on Sunday evening. My grandma would watch Songs of Praise and we would get the old hymn book out and try to find the words before the end of the hymn! 

QueenJess

MrsCD said:

My final job before I retired came about because DD wanted a weekend job, but the shop/cafe needed someone to work a few hours through the week as well. We suggested a job share and they took us both on! I stayed 14 years.

That’s brilliant! There’s a lot of talk of flexible working hours, job shares etc etc, but I find the reality is that it is incredibly hard to come by. If I wanted to be part time I would have to request it somewhere I had worked for a long time already and hope they agreed. Pretty much a zero chance of finding a new part time job and you also have to sacrifice any career aspirations. The world needs to catch up to reality!

mandy47

Over the last couple of weeks my local A$da have been selling a number of tea and coffees at vastly reduced prices. Everything has really good use by dates so I have stocked up, probably enough green tea for a year, assam for 6 months and instant coffee for at least a year, probably longer. There's still some on the shelves but I'm running short on space.

Slinky

OH likes Kenco which has gone up from £4.50 to £5 in Tesco. I'll call in Asda and stock up when I have to take the car to the garage on Monday.  There were reports on TV earlier this week that the price of coffee is expected to increase (what isn't?).

The yogurt I was buying for 45p in Tesco a few weeks went up to 49p and now 55p.

Managed to get some beer for OH which was reduced as the packaging was damaged.Would have cost £5 for 4 bottles, got the same beer in 4 cans for £2.81. Have noticed that you can get 4 cans for the price of 3 bottles at normal prices. Think OH will be drinking canned beer for a while.

My policy at the moment is to stock up as an investment against inflation on goods that will keep.

mandy47

Slinky said:

OH likes Kenco which has gone up from £4.50 to £5 in Tesco. I'll call in Asda and stock up when I have to take the car to the garage on Monday.  There were reports on TV earlier this week that the price of coffee is expected to increase (what isn't?).

Kenco refill packs were 95p yesterday in A$da. I had 4 because we only have 1 cup in a morning and drink tea the rest of the day. Should last me at least 12 months