[Denver]

People are so sad and pathetic

[Denver]

Also what is the actual point in people stock piling fresh fruit

[Cherie]

Nonsense, and scaremongering, went to Sainburys and the shelves are packed

[Amy Jade]

Just been to asda and their shelves were all full, got everything I needed.

[michael21]

Originally Posted by Amy Jade

Just been to asda and their shelves were all full, got everything I needed.

That good but you are outside England

[James]

I was in the Co-op last night and there were a few gaps on the shelves with signs saying about the supply difficulty.

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by James

I was in the Co-op last night and there were a few gaps on the shelves with signs saying about the supply difficulty.

Yeah our local co-op is the same. No bottled water, very little bread and the freezers are empty

[James]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

Yeah our local co-op is the same. No bottled water, very little bread and the freezers are empty

Freezers were fine here. It was some of the chilled dairy products that were missing and alcohol.

Fruit and veg was well-stocked though.

[michael21]

I get my deliver the last one was on Monday ever think was there no going in sweatee shop for me

[Crimson Dynamo]

the hot weather is also to blame for certain lines being low

[arista]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...land-boss.html

[michael21]

Originally Posted by arista

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...land-boss.html

No need for army for now

[Zizu]

Our Tesco shelves had quite a few glaring gaps again ..

Flour , Sugar . Spam , Corned Beef , Tuna all empty


Fewer shelf stackers and the isles were unusually cluttered with trolleys half filled with new stock

Presumably they have staff self isolating ?

Ive heard that warehouse staff and drivers are supposedly thin on the ground

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[Vanessa]

I've done my shopping online this week.
Getting it on Saturday.

[Beso]

I managed to get a hairbrush with no issues today.

[arista]

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[arista]

As TS stated on this thread
there is a massive lack of HGV drivers
that also makes it all worse.

Covid-19 halted the training of new drivers.

[Josy]

This is scaremongering, it's haulage/driver issues that's causing shortages

[Ammi]

…just after ‘freedom day’ as well, more social gatherings will mean larger buying from some so that won’t help…the thing that is least needed is panic buying but …inevitably I fear….

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Josy

This is scaremongering, it's haulage/driver issues that's causing shortages

It’s shifting the blame yes but is it scaremongering? It actually feels more like downplaying… a national lack of haulage capacity is a much bigger problem than a lack of supermarket shelf stackers.

[ThomasC]

Originally Posted by Ammi

….keep calm and vote for ThomasC……

You sweetheart you <3

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

It’s shifting the blame yes but is it scaremongering? It actually feels more like downplaying… a national lack of haulage capacity is a much bigger problem than a lack of supermarket shelf stackers.

The media doesn't need to do much to scaremonger.

A proportion of the British public are moronic. That's the problem.

Fickle as thieves.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by ThomasC

The media doesn't need to do much to scaremonger.

A proportion of the British public are moronic. That's the problem.

Fickle as thieves.

Well no and that's always the problem in these situations, like ToiletRollGate and even before Covid with the bread shortage due to "the beast from the east" snowfall. There isn't a problem until everyone starts buying up all of the stock... if people just shopped as normal it wouldn't escalate to being an actual problem. Supermarkets here took MONTHS to fix the "pasta problem" last year, and then when they did, the shelves were overflowing with pasta for further months - presumably because everyone had cupboards and drawers stuffed full of pasta at home.

Same with toilet roll - supermarkets ended up with stacks of "large pack" (24 or even 32 rolls) toilet roll that they couldn't shift! I wonder what the "buzz products" will be this time?

I'm sure there was a crazy egg shortage last time too. And self-raising flour. Everyone discovered baking.