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Food Shortages Again

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  • Krakkkers
    Krakkkers Posts: 1,290 Forumite
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    Yes, no shortages here in Lincolnshire.
  • MrsStepford
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    edited 1 March 2023 at 6:33PM
    Milk & More couldn't deliver my organic eggs this morning, they suppliied free range and refunded the difference. Egg on face time for Milk & More though, because last week there was an ad on the website, proclaiming 'Don't scramble for eggs, we've got plenty'. 

    @pumpkin89 I would snap that up, were it not for the fact that sometimes in date cans can be flat when opened. :(
  • dealyboy
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    ... No eggs yesterday in Letchworth: Home Bargains, Iceland, Lidl,  Aldi apart from the expensive free range 6-packs.
  • Mnoee
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    I got both lettuce and a big bag of cheapie peppers with my shop this week - kale was and still is out of stock, but I can cope with spinach instead. I don't really eat fresh tomatoes and still have plenty of eggs, and have forgotten the other things I'm meant to be worrying about. 
  • MrsStepford
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    edited 1 March 2023 at 7:35PM
    This tip comes to you from my husband, Doritos mild sharing salsa 300g is down to 1.50 at Amazon and Sainsbury's and 1.75 at Morrisons - normally 2.50. No artificial ingredients,. Just take the lid off, zap in microwave and you've got a tomatoey, sauce to top jacket spuds, put in a lasagne etc. 

    Doesn't have to be Doritos, but probably better to have a salsa without dodgy ingredients if heating.
  • Katiehound
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    Two days in a row- not an egg in sight in Aldi (yes, and this is Lincolnshire!) Apparently no flour in Morrison's yesterday and only the dearest eggs.
    Heron had eggs- dearer than Aldi (cheaper than M) but --- in stock!
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  • MrsStepford
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    Riverford (Kent) out of eggs, tomatoes, cucumber.., and peppers up to a ridiculous £4 for 3 !!!
  • sarah1972
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    I can honestly say that I haven’t seen a single thing in low supply where I am, co op, Tesco, Asda, Sainsburys, Waitrose have always had plenty of eggs as has our local butcher. 

    Farm shop is full of salad veg as is my local corner shop and supermarkets 
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  • MrsStepford
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    Husband unable to find blackcurrant Lemsip in any supermarket or chemist in our town.
  • Rosa_Damascena
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    Husband unable to find blackcurrant Lemsip in any supermarket or chemist in our town.
    Not quite a food shortage, and I cam pretty much guarantee no blackcurrants are harmed in the manufacture of this product!
    No man is worth crawling on this earth.

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