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Originally Posted by AdamD
Are people panic buying in anyone elses area? I started noticing it a few days ago, but today is even worse.
I can't even access the Ocado website, it says:
You are position 8199 of 8199. Your wait time will be more than two hours.
Tesco has no delivery slots for over 3 weeks in advance now (And the calendar stops at the 3 week mark)
I managed to get an Asda delivery today, but over half of the items were missing, as they were out of stock. (No toilet rolls of course!)
Sainsburys, iceland and asda also have no delivery slots.
I went into the local express stores for both Tesco and Co op, nearly all the shelves were empty of food goods and cleaning stuff, there was no milk, bread, pasta, pasta sauces, toilet rolls or tea.
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They are, said a page ago that a local butcher here is crying out to be used, for both his own benefit and ours. So I'm going to. He's got stock and will likely continue to get it. Smaller chain shops here such as Spar/Premier etc also have stocked items.
The same applies as before, stuff exists outside of the mainstream supermarkets. Now more than ever do we have to start using those if people cannot be trusted to make sensible decisions in regards to buying. Otherwise we'll end up needing ration cards or supermarket enforced rationing like Aldi for the most sought after items.
Musclefood are or were still doing deliveries on last look, it's not ideal as the title suggests what you can expect, lean cut, portioned meat with some ready meals thrown in. As before too, as long as the elderly and infants get what they need countrywide, I'll plod on.
I'm still very much planning to continue with fresh food going forward rather than frozen. As long as my partner and kid get fed, I'm not that bothered.