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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
Sainsburys have said that if they've got it, people can buy whatever they want. I think that this encourages panic buying and shows that they have no care about looking after their regular customers.
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On the contrary, rationing products encourages the impression that supply is limited and simply pushes the problem elsewhere. There is no shortage of supply of basic products and the only real problem is logistics, which is solvable with temporary measures such as suspending delivery curfews.
Once the idiots have all filled their cupboards with toilet rolls and pasta the panic will burn itself out, and then all the local community Facebook pages will be full of said idiots trying to sell on stuff they suddenly realise they have nowhere to keep and no chance of using before Christmas.