[Plot 1 Problems]

Five packs of cheese footballs just now - all the shops ran out by the end of November around here...

There is a bit of a rush on them where I work as well.  Devotees are known to sweep them off the shelf into a basket and run to the till.  I hope you managed your panic buying with a little more decorum than that Mr G 

We have mountains of stock arriving on a daily basis.  I reckon all these stories of shortages are some devious plot by the food retail sector 

Or those attempting to push a certain political narrative

[Growster...]

Of course, News!

I actually wasn't planning on going there at all yesterday, but there's a great aggregates yard nearby, and our paths are like glass after any rain, so I salt them regularly...

It was only a couple of miles further so a quick visit to Jempsons in Peasmarsh was on the cards, and just as well too! I've met the owners on several occasions (had a development scheme once where they were interested), and their reputation around here is legendary, plus the fact that they sell stuff we can't get around the village of course!

(Sorry Mods, I started another post without thinking - cheese footballs do that to some people)!

[JayG]

No real need to panic buy food when you live alone, as there's always an alternative menu you can come up with if you've run out of something.

However, for some reason my 'inner orangutan' seems to panic about running low on peanut butter, and directs me to buy a new jar every other time I go shopping. I now have 5 large unopened jars of the stuff, way more than any other foodstuff (I can't say I don't actually like peanut butter, but I don't eat it that often or in large quantities!)    

[AlaninCarlisle]

I also tried to panic buy some rock salt for the slippery paths, but couldn't find any!

So did I and ended up phoning local Wickes. They have it in stock but not yet on show so I drove out there and bought two sacks in anticipation of a dreadful winter and resultant shortages

[Growster...]

No real need to panic buy food when you live alone, as there's always an alternative menu you can come up with if you've run out of something.

However, for some reason my 'inner orangutan' seems to panic about running low on peanut butter, and directs me to buy a new jar every other time I go shopping. I now have 5 large unopened jars of the stuff, way more than any other foodstuff (I can't say I don't actually like peanut butter, but I don't eat it that often or in large quantities!)    

Marvellous stuff, peanut butter, especially on the 'blue' Ryvita!

There's a 'new' one around here, called Meridian, and it beats the others by some way!

[Growster...]

I also tried to panic buy some rock salt for the slippery paths, but couldn't find any!

So did I and ended up phoning local Wickes. They have it in stock but not yet on show so I drove out there and bought two sacks in anticipation of a dreadful winter and resultant shortages

Thanks for the tip Alan, our nearest Wickes is in Maidstone, but our local GC has some 'down in the yard' somewhere, so I'm popping in later today hopefully!

[wighty]

We've been offered some to sell but the problem is it's only available on a pallet of 80 bags.  If we have a mild winter we could be stuck with the rest for a while.  It's alright for the 'sheds' as they can share a  pallet between their outlets but independants like us are caught.  It's the same problem with roofing felt.

[snowdrops]

We've been offered some to sell but the problem is it's only available on a pallet of 80 bags.  If we have a mild winter we could be stuck with the rest for a while.  It's alright for the 'sheds' as they can share a  pallet between their outlets but independants like us are caught.  It's the same problem with roofing felt.

Put a sign up that’s it in demand & only available 2 bags per customer it’ll be gone in no time! 

[mrs bouquet]

I bought some rice yesterday, came to put it away and found another large unopened bag   I did notice that all the pasta was gone in both of the supermarkets I use.  Mrs Bouquet

[rowlandwells]

we managed to get fuel yesterday and our local shops seem to have most things in store but its funny our local co-op store doesn't have some co-op brands but when you go to the other store that's not a co-op store but sells co-op products has plenty of co-op brands on there shelves its  a no brainer