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Supermarkets - the Megathread

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  • #392
    Snow Garden
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,126 ✭✭✭Snow Garden


    SusanC10 wrote: »
    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.

    I think some selfish people are stockpiling flour because they see the empty shelves. It's a vicious circle I guess but flour is about the only thing that is in low supply in our supermarket. I suspect a lot of it will go in the bin. Eggs seem to be going short around Dublin but I've seen zero shortage of eggs in the west.


  • #393
    r93kaey5p2izun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,962 ✭✭✭r93kaey5p2izun


    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. Or you could go online.

    I am dropping foodstuff and supplies to my elderly father once a week now. If I am passing I will also drop off some fresh fruit and milk.

    We don't all have friends/relatives/neighbours who are in a position to do that though. Also - online? There are no delivery slots available for Tesco or SV here at all. Zero. SV click and collect left me without 20 basic items from my order yesterday, which I waited 8 days for.
    Living Off The Splash wrote: »
    Need a sack of potatoes.....are there plenty about?

    Couldn't get any here last week. Managed to get 7.5kg yesterday, but that won't last the week.


  • #394
    harr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,512 ✭✭✭harr


    beggars_bush wrote: »
    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
    Being doing this as well back to using the local butchers and fruit and veg shop . Go for an early morning walk with kids and pick up the groceries we ordered day before . No queueing and orders collected at door of shops. I really did forget how tasty the meat is from a smaller butchers and same goes for veg from greengrocer.


  • #395
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,770 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    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?

    yeah i fought an old lady over frozen chips. I got bleedin' battered :o

    Seriously though anyone know where you could get a thread and needle? Have the pound shops closed or are they still open?


  • #396
    McCrack
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    Alun wrote: »
    While I'm finding that food supplies aren't a problem at the moment, household and cleaning items seem a bit problematic. Couldn't find a bin liner for love or money today and have been looking for liquid soap and antibacterial wipes for the last 3 weeks.

    Now, I'm limiting myself to one weekly shop, in one shop (Lidl), as I don't want to increase my risk of exposure by traipsing around shop after shop looking for these things, so maybe that's the problem.

    Save yourself and use a cloth with and hot water etc to wash down your surfaces

    Antibacterial products are useless on Covid which is a virus.


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  • #397
    auspicious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,537 ✭✭✭auspicious


    I've been told Dunnes hours for elderly, vulnerable and care workers are 11am till 1pm and no children allowed.
    I can't find anything official. Can anyone?


  • #398
    SozBbz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,889 ✭✭✭SozBbz


    auspicious wrote: »
    I've been told Dunnes hours for elderly, vulnerable and care workers are 11am till 1pm and no children allowed.
    I can't find anything official. Can anyone?

    Just heard those exact hours in a Dunnes add on Newstalk.


  • #399
    auspicious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,537 ✭✭✭auspicious


    SozBbz wrote: »
    Just heard those exact hours in a Dunnes add on Newstalk.

    Cheers.
    Is the no children part accurate?


  • #400
    SozBbz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,889 ✭✭✭SozBbz


    auspicious wrote: »
    Cheers.
    Is the no children part accurate?

    Yep, special mention not to bring kids during those hours.


  • #401
    urgelgru
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,636 ✭✭✭urgelgru


    https://www.dunnesstores.com/content/designated-shopping-times-for-the-elderly


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  • #402
    BanditLuke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭BanditLuke


    SozBbz wrote: »
    Yep, special mention not to bring kids during those hours.

    Kids shouldn't be in the shops if at all possible. I know there are single parents out there and this isn't always possible but iv'e seen groups of families in Lidl both my last weekly shops and it's ridiculous.


  • #403
    auspicious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,537 ✭✭✭auspicious


    Queue outside local Dunnes. Letting some in when others leave.


  • #404
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,542 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    My local Supervalu was very civilised today - no queues, except for maybe 4 or 5 mins to get to the till, which was being very capably referreed by a staff member. Loads of stock of absolutely everything from what I could see.

    My local Eurospar you could hardly walk around for boxes of stock waiting to be unloaded.

    I won't panic just yet.


  • #405
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,777 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    The Dunnes in the Rathmines has been well marshalled of late, from what I've seen, from the management of the queue, the sanitiser and gloves at the entrance, control of numbers and checkout.

    Granted I've been going the last half hour before closing


  • #406
    zell12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,599 ✭✭✭✭zell12


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  • #407
    silverharp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,854 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    Boots website is making me Q , wtf? I don't even want to buy anything, just checking quantities

    https://queue.boots.ie/?c=boots&e=march2020roi&t=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.boots.ie%2F&cv=1057592068&cid=en-GB

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  • #408
    ReverseGiraffe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 102 ✭✭ReverseGiraffe


    What is the opening time for Lidl in the morning at the moment? Want to try and avoid the crowds as much as possible


  • #409
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,575 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    ReverseGiraffe wrote: »
    What is the opening time for Lidl in the morning at the moment? Want to try and avoid the crowds as much as possible
    I think after tonight you might be better leaving it a day or two....a lot of people will likely have the same idea.


  • #410
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 18,045 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    gmisk wrote: »
    I think after tonight you might be better leaving it a day or two....a lot of people will likely have the same idea.
    Agreed. The shops will likely be raided again tomorrow. Glad I did mine a few days ago.


  • #411
    ReverseGiraffe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 102 ✭✭ReverseGiraffe


    gmisk wrote: »
    I think after tonight you might be better leaving it a day or two....a lot of people will likely have the same idea.

    Ya you could be right, only need a few bits to keep going probably not worth the risk


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  • #412
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,961 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    ReverseGiraffe wrote: »
    Ya you could be right, only need a few bits to keep going probably not worth the risk

    Try local corner shop \ butchers \ petrol station if you just need a few bits.
    With the new restrictions the major supermarkets have announced, you'll likely be queuing outside for 30 minutes before you get in - so pick your supermarket with that in mind...

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #413
    SusanC10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,432 ✭✭✭SusanC10


    Are there any restrictions on Deliveries in the new announcements ?


  • #414
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,794 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    ReverseGiraffe wrote: »
    What is the opening time for Lidl in the morning at the moment? Want to try and avoid the crowds as much as possible

    8AM!


  • #415
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,961 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    SusanC10 wrote: »
    Are there any restrictions on Deliveries in the new announcements ?

    Nothing I've read so far.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #416
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,619 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Tesco near me was over ran with cars and people as soon as announcement was made, at least 50 cars in 5 minutes went in... One Garda car....

    Shops are closed and cars still driving in.

    Nuts.


  • #417
    auspicious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,537 ✭✭✭auspicious


    Local filling station now has an usher ( like Dunnes) managing outside queue.


  • #418
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,135 ✭ [Deleted User]


    ReverseGiraffe wrote: »
    What is the opening time for Lidl in the morning at the moment? Want to try and avoid the crowds as much as possible

    I work in dunnes and there were people waiting outside for nearly an hour before opening this morning. Tomorrow will be worse.


  • #419
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Tesco near me was over ran with cars and people as soon as announcement was made, at least 50 cars in 5 minutes went in... One Garda car....

    Shops are closed and cars still driving in.

    Nuts.

    Panic buying clowns.


  • #420
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,869 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    8AM!

    I can guarantee you if you get there at 8, you'll be at the end of a long queue.


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  • #421
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,619 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    Panic buying clowns.

    Exactly, if anything should come from these announcements is, stay the fook at home, if any sensible person sees huge crowds then turn away and go some other time.....

    It's not that difficult to understand.


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