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rusticgal 21-12-2020 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by AnnieK (Post 10973006)
I have to do my food shop tomorrow and the thought is filling me with dread :laugh:


me too...

Denver 21-12-2020 09:54 AM

The French have said the ban will be lifted in a matter of hours

Alf 21-12-2020 10:31 AM

We could be Venezuela by next Christmas, so enjoy this one.

Cherie 21-12-2020 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Zizu (Post 10973046)
Although Sky News did say that supermarket shelves would be affected given that there’ll be no food coming into the county for at least two weeks ..


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I think most people would have food for at least a week in their cupboards ..? I probably have about a months worth by the time we reach the bottom of the freezer it might not be what we want to eat but January is a diet month anyway

Cherie 21-12-2020 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Alf (Post 10973082)
We could be Venezuela by next Christmas, so enjoy this one.

:laugh:

bots 21-12-2020 10:37 AM

i'm happy to report that i have enough toilet roll to last until next christmas, so all is fine in my household

Cherie 21-12-2020 10:39 AM

Will we know if people are panic buying, it is Christmas so overflowing trolleys are the norm :fist:

Alf 21-12-2020 10:42 AM

If the Frogs are closing the border then don't by french. No French cheese, no French wine.

Get a nice piece of chedder instead and Australia could do with being helped out, and they do a good wine.

Zizu 21-12-2020 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Alf (Post 10973090)
If the Frogs are closing the border then don't by french. No French cheese, no French wine.

Get a nice piece of chedder instead and Australia could do with being helped out, and they do a good wine.



We can still play Sacha Distel can’t we .

user104658 21-12-2020 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Alf (Post 10973090)
Australia could do with being helped out, and they do a good wine.

Most global goods come via Europe so you'll need to make do with a bottle of the Monk's Finest I'm afraid Alf.

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Mystic Mock 21-12-2020 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by LukeB (Post 10973047)
Then panic buying shouldn’t be encouraged, that makes people go crazy and ott and think of those who will be left out without stuff? We should be sensible with this not selfish.

Agreed.

arista 21-12-2020 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by bitontheslide (Post 10973055)
there might be a temporary shortage of a couple of days, but economics start coming into it too. The french exporting to the UK wont be impressed at no money coming in. The drivers wont be impressed at being stuck in a carpark over Christmas :laugh: It will be resolved in a couple of days


Good news France will soon
all trucks through.

Cherie 21-12-2020 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by arista (Post 10973105)
Good news France will soon
all trucks through.

That’s big of them given a lot of their drivers are stuck this side

user104658 21-12-2020 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by LukeB (Post 10973047)
Then panic buying shouldn’t be encouraged, that makes people go crazy and ott and think of those who will be left out without stuff? We should be sensible with this not selfish.

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Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 10973048)
I agree

In general I agree too and if you look back to spring, I'm very much against needless panic buying. However the Dover situation means - according to some inside scoops I have but shall not disclose :hmph: - there will almost certainly be genuine shortages this time (alongside shelves emptying as soon as people realise).

I haven't and wouldn't say stuff like this on social media and encourage a supermarket stampede, hence only sharing with my nearest 'n' dearest here on TiBB ;).

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Originally Posted by bitontheslide (Post 10973055)
there might be a temporary shortage of a couple of days, but economics start coming into it too. The french exporting to the UK wont be impressed at no money coming in. The drivers wont be impressed at being stuck in a carpark over Christmas :laugh: It will be resolved in a couple of days

Indeed but put it this way - a 2-day backlog of trucks at Dover will not take 2 further days to clear... it's a massive bottleneck under the best of circumstances and we're looking at a double-whammy of Brexit confusion combined with tens of thousands of trucks that will still be in the country well beyond the time that they were expecting. It's a storm in a T-ruck.


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