Supermarkets - the Megathread

NIMAN wrote: »

To be honest I think that the promises of suppliers that shelves will be fully stocked and that there is loads in the supply chain is slightly disingenuous.

I was in Sainsbury's yesterday, large store.

funny that i assume you were in derry / my sister lives in the uk, and i was saying i went to the shops and the shelves pretty much full and no queues (lidl and supervalu in donegal) she was sayin at the same point that there were queues to get in and when you did freezer was empty no toilet rolls etc, etc.
also a work collegue in newcastle went out for bread and he said there wasa queue round the block to get in the supermarket.

maybe its a uk thing

My concerns are very much prioritised as myself and my immediate family, then my extended family and friends, then my neighbours and aquaintances and then and ONLY then random strangers / society at large.

Lucky that random stranger who works as a fireman, nurse, doctor, guard who doesn't work to this logic.

splinter65 wrote: »

The random strangers that are key workers who do shift work, nurses ambulance drivers Gardaí care home staff doctors hospital porters, you expect them to be fit and healthy and giving 100% at work if you need them though, don’t you?

And they all live alone and have no friends or family that could help them out?

We have 2 nurses and a doctor in the family - we'll make sure they are fed and watered should it come to that.

My priority is my family - i'll make absolutely no apology for that.

I'm not a doomsday prepper, i got a bit of extra stuff so that we don't need to pop to the shops every second day. The missus is at home with the kids, i'm going from work to home to work. I do the shopping once a week for fresh stuff and anything that's running low, try get in and out of 1 shop as quickly as possible. That's the sensible thing to be doing, not getting the bare minimum and ending up in and out like a fiddlers elbow!

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Why so?

Looking out for our families should be our number 1 priority at the best of times, and especially at a time like this.

My concerns are very much prioritised as myself and my immediate family, then my extended family and friends, then my neighbours and aquaintances and then and ONLY then random strangers / society at large.

I have done a weekly shop and managed to get everything I need and provide for my family without buying too much of one thing.

Providing for my family shouldn't mean another family/ elderly couple /single person goes without

splinter65 wrote: »

Now that it’s seems to have registered with everyone that there is no shortage of supplies in the supermarkets, will any boardsies be honest enough to admit that they queued for hours outside Aldi? Piled their trolley with pasta? Bought 100 toilet rolls? Fought an old woman over a bag of frozen chips? If so, did you end up dumping stuff or what?

Was in Aldi at the height of the toilet roll hording madness, shoppers piling up masses of toilet rolls on their trolleys!
I have also wondered who they are and would they come clean if pressed (excuse the pun)

michellie wrote: »

I have done a weekly shop and managed to get everything I need and provide for my family without buying too much of one thing.

Providing for my family shouldn't mean another family/ elderly couple /single person goes without

Good for you. Very short sighted i'd argue.

What happens if one of you get sick and the whole house has to isolate for 2 weeks?

I'm not talking about buying pallet loads of shít i'll never use. There is a reasonable chance that at some point soon we will all have to stay in the house for a fortnight. If that happens at least we have a fortnights worth of grub sitting there. A fortnights worth, not a years!

Anyone who doesn't have that at this stage is a fúcking idiot in my opinion.

Supercell wrote: »

Are people shopping as normal now though?

We are basically doing our weekly shop and not really doing top up shops.
I remember on the Thursday when everybody was meant to have being panic buying I was in Tesco and SuperValu and it was busy but not as crazy as some people made it out to be.
The majority of people I saw were just doing a weekly shop but they may have done it on Thursday instead of Friday or Saturday.
An example was I was in Tesco we parked easily got everything we wanted including toilet roll and walked straight up to a till without a queue.
Then I saw comments online about how everything was sold out and the queues were awful.
Another person put up how she spoke to a lady who could get no bread and how upsetting it was. Loads of bread was in SuperValu that morning.

splinter65 wrote: »

As long as you’re alright everyone else can go to hell. Why should you worry about a nurse or a fireman or anyone else for that matter ? They’d better be doing a good job if you or any of your loved ones get sick though, isn’t that right?

The point is you are less likely to get sick if you're lined up enough food to cocoon at the height of the outbreak. If you are in a vulnerable group you are doing the emergency services a favour.

Every shopping trip is a risk. Every encounter with a delivery at the door is a risk.

Andrew76 wrote: »

Tescos Arklow has plenty of empty shelves as of a few minutes ago. Apparently they had deliveries in this morning too. Plenty of greedy ****ers down this way it seems.

Went to Tesco Artane Castle just now. Queue to get in was right out the front door and down the side of the shopping centre, as far as the little zebra crossing. Took about 10 minutes to get in. Had everything I needed, which wasn't that much really. Just the staples. Biggest multiple i bought was 4 tins of beans for whatever. Saw one overloaded trolley, and the oul one pushing was arguing about the queuing system, and kept on about it even after going through the checkout. My attempt to lighten the mood wasn't warmly welcomed.

Tesco delivered today. Got everything I ordered except flour. Again. Asked the delivery guy and he told me that the shop got flour this morning but that people came in at 7am and bought it all and that this happens every day.

Snow Garden wrote: »

But in that scenario you could get a friend/relative/neighbour to drop extra supplies at the door at some point over the 14 days. Simple as that.

Some people don't have that option.
Others don't want someone else to take that risk.
That and shops can be hit and miss in what stock they have.

Or you could go online.

Which can have really long delays.

We've been supporting the local fruit and veg shop who are supplied by a lot of local growers

Food quality is excellent and always keeps longer than stiff from the multiples