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Surprising shortages

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    #92
    r93kaey5p2izun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,962 ✭✭✭r93kaey5p2izun


    No Kittensoft toilet roll available any more. It's like it has been discontinued? A couple of varieties appear on Tesco website, but are actually unavailable if you order. Not listed at all any more on SuperValu. And none on the shelves. Has it been re-branded or something?


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    #93
    greenttc
    Registered Users Posts: 927 ✭✭✭greenttc


    I cant find the green connaght gold butter anywhere the last two weeks, really missing it all the other spreads dont taste as nice or arent spreadable enough!
    what up with just that one being missing?


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    #94
    SozBbz
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    Dettol Surface Cleanser has been gone for 2+ months now.

    Wasnt surprised initially that it was hard to get but I really thought the supply chain would have recovered by now.

    Is it possible that certain brands are being consumed in other markets and just not making it to Ireland.


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    #95
    odyssey06
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    Sundried tomatoes... no sign of jars in Tesco or Supervalu.

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



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    #96
    SusanC10
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    Baking Powder.


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    #97
    greenttc
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    Christina Delightful Pool wrote: »
    No Kittensoft toilet roll available any more. It's like it has been discontinued? A couple of varieties appear on Tesco website, but are actually unavailable if you order. Not listed at all any more on SuperValu. And none on the shelves. Has it been re-branded or something?

    there was a whole end of an aisle full of kitten soft in tesco dundrum a few days ago, wouldnt have paid any heed to it only it reminded me of this post!


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    #98
    Daemonic
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    White sauce for lasagne. None in Super Value or Tesco. Is everyone making use of all the pasta sheets they stored up??


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    #99
    jrosen
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    Daemonic wrote: »
    White sauce for lasagne. None in Super Value or Tesco. Is everyone making use of all the pasta sheets they stored up??

    make your own white sauce, very simple. I like Mary Berrys one


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    #100
    kenmc
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    Daemonic wrote: »
    White sauce for lasagne. None in Super Value or Tesco. Is everyone making use of all the pasta sheets they stored up??

    Loads in Lidl, dolmio and own brand, and aldi D14 area Thursday\saturday


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    #101
    kenmc
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    Eggs seem to be short again. Was in Aldi nutgrove this morning early, only about one eight of the "egg shelf" full.


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    #102
    road_high
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    SozBbz wrote: »
    Dettol Surface Cleanser has been gone for 2+ months now.

    Wasnt surprised initially that it was hard to get but I really thought the supply chain would have recovered by now.

    Is it possible that certain brands are being consumed in other markets and just not making it to Ireland.

    Just the standard Dettol or Savlon antiseptics- cannot see these anywhere for love nor money?
    They’re usually stocked around plasters etc aren't they? Nothing to do with bloody covid I want it for. Idiot hoarders buying all this stuff and just leaving it in cupboards no doubt. Sooner the nonsense comes to an end the better


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    #103
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 27,937 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Surprisingly... Smithwicks (the original in the red can or bottle) out of stock in Tesco and Supervalu... I like it with fish and chips :(

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



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    #104
    VonLuck
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    Ben and Jerry's Peanut Butter Cup is also impossible to find! Things couldn't be worse.


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    #105
    victor8600
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    kenmc wrote: »
    Eggs seem to be short again. Was in Aldi nutgrove this morning early, only about one eight of the "egg shelf" full.

    This one could be due to the ongoing avian flu outbreak.
    https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/bird-flu-this-has-the-potential-to-leave-no-irish-eggs-in-the-country/


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    #106
    Alanstrainor
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    VonLuck wrote: »
    Is anyone noticing a shortage of rice? Seeing nothing but microwave rice and none of the normal stuff.

    Lidl Portmarnock hasn't had rice for a month now. Email lidl to see if there was some distribution problem, their reply was that there is no shortage of rice and they'd get on to the local store. Still no rice, so don't know now. Might order online at this stage.


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    #107
    SozBbz
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    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    Lidl Portmarnock hasn't had rice for a month now. Email lidl to see if there was some distribution problem, their reply was that there is no shortage of rice and they'd get on to the local store. Still no rice, so don't know now. Might order online at this stage.

    I bought a 1kg bag of regular basmatti in Tesco about a week ago, seemed to have plenty.

    If you have an Asian store near by it might be wroth checking, I sometimes buy my rice there and you can buy massive bags and the prices are usually good. I like to go to an asian shop and stock up on store cupboard items (soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, oyster sauce, fish sauce, rice, spices etc) every so often. They tend to sell in bigger quantities than supermarkets but if you cook that type of food regularly, then it can be a lot cheaper than buying from the supermarkets. All of the above have a long shelf life so even if there isnt one very near by, its wroth doing occiosionally.


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    #108
    Stheno
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    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    Lidl Portmarnock hasn't had rice for a month now. Email lidl to see if there was some distribution problem, their reply was that there is no shortage of rice and they'd get on to the local store. Still no rice, so don't know now. Might order online at this stage.

    Lidl swords has huge bags of rice


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    #109
    odyssey06
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    Not sure where else to put this... has anyone seen Dettol Laundry Cleanser on the shelves?
    I can't seem to get it in Tesco or Supervalu online.

    It's the laundry cleanser you add to washing to kill any viruses or bacteria on it - not the washing machine cleanser to decale your machine.

    OIP.11XGQiosbytoMFzsg3w1VQHaHa?w=212&h=212&c=7&o=5&pid=1.7

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



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    #110
    SortingYouOut
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    odyssey06 wrote: »
    Not sure where else to put this... has anyone seen Dettol Laundry Cleanser on the shelves?
    I can't seem to get it in Tesco or Supervalu online.

    It's the laundry cleanser you add to washing to kill any viruses or bacteria on it - not the washing machine cleanser to decale your machine.

    OIP.11XGQiosbytoMFzsg3w1VQHaHa?w=212&h=212&c=7&o=5&pid=1.7

    Waste of money, any decent detergent will denature the virus. Same as regular soap is just as effective as anti bac.

    Beverly Hills, California



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    #111
    rob316
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    Strong bread/pizza flour continues to be the one thing I can never get.


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    #112
    beggars_bush
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    Common sense?


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    #113
    odyssey06
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    SortingYouOut wrote: »
    Waste of money, any decent detergent will denature the virus. Same as regular soap is just as effective as anti bac.

    I should also add it makes your whites whiter...

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



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    #114
    r93kaey5p2izun
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    SortingYouOut wrote: »
    Waste of money, any decent detergent will denature the virus. Same as regular soap is just as effective as anti bac.

    This virus yes, but not all viruses. Enteric viruses are not killed by regular laundering with detergent.


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    #115
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 27,937 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Christina Delightful Pool wrote: »
    This virus yes, but not all viruses. Enteric viruses are not killed by regular laundering with detergent.

    And something similiar to bear in mind come winter is that hand sanitiser doesnt kill such viruses as norovirus aka winter vomiting bug

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



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    #116
    road_high
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    Normal Savlon or Dettol liquid seems to have disappeared since last spring. Can’t see it anywhere. I thought it would have fed through the supply chain by now surely?


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    #117
    SusanC10
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    Spinach !
    Couldn't get any last week.


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    #118
    charlietheminxx
    Registered Users Posts: 2,579 ✭✭✭charlietheminxx


    Had an awful time getting vanilla essence a few weeks back - went to 4 separate shops and left empty handed. I've gotten some since though!


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    #119
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    road_high wrote: »
    Normal Savlon or Dettol liquid seems to have disappeared since last spring. Can’t see it anywhere. I thought it would have fed through the supply chain by now surely?

    Their supplies were decimated in March and April- any stocks arriving into supermarkets are quickly taken now as volumes of production still can’t keep up with demand and there are no supplies in storage - as I was told by my local supermarket


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