What to stock up on.. Brexit

mikeecho · 20-01-2019 3:53am #1

So , if brexit and a hard boarder become a reality, what products will be in short supply.

It's fine to say that xyz are made in Ireland, but some of their ingredients may be UK sourced.

I'll stockpile 200l diesel, 80l petrol, some Heinz products, sauce and cans.. essentials like YR sauce and Colman's mustard, Lee and peering wousyershire sauce, and a few other bits.

Is there anything that I should get pre hard exit.. should it happen.

corner of hells · 20-01-2019 4:52am

mikeecho wrote: »

So , if brexit and a hard boarder become a reality, what products will be in short supply.

It's fine to say that xyz are made in Ireland, but some of their ingredients may be UK sourced.

I'll stockpile 200l diesel, 80l petrol, some Heinz products, sauce and cans.. essentials like YR sauce and Colman's mustard, Lee and peering wousyershire sauce, and a few other bits.

Is there anything that I should get pre hard exit.. should it happen.

A good pair of snow shoes , a can opener , matches , batteries , a long rope , tinned food , plenty of winter clothes .
Because when it snows this year , it will be unforgiving.

KungPao · 20-01-2019 5:15am

Lyons tea, Siucre, Cully and Sully soups, and various other “Irish” products.

gozunda · 20-01-2019 5:32am

mikeecho wrote: »

So , if brexit and a hard boarder become a reality, what products will be in short supply.

It's fine to say that xyz are made in Ireland, but some of their ingredients may be UK sourced.

I'll stockpile 200l diesel, 80l petrol, some Heinz products, sauce and cans.. essentials like YR sauce and Colman's mustard, Lee and peering wousyershire sauce, and a few other bits.

Is there anything that I should get pre hard exit.. should it happen.

Petrol etc will go off if stored for any lenght of time. Worcestershire sauce on the other hand will last for ever :pac:

Giveaway · 20-01-2019 9:12am

I am looking forward to all the european sauces and foods moving , seeing an opportunity and new market. German sausage, french condiments, any Spanish food.
I will be stockpiling flour and other baking ingredients and spices. I foresee a massive shortage of batchloaf and large swatches of Tallaght facing starvation

stampydmonkey · 20-01-2019 9:14am

Pallet of Carling and a few wife beaters

Giveaway · 20-01-2019 9:18am

stampydmonkey wrote: »

Pallet of Carling and a few wife beaters

Very little gets manifactured in Uk these days. Its economy is effectively services and retail. The main issue with Brexit is tjat we are at the end of supply chain reliant on Uk. It will take a few months for these chains to organise alternate routes. Expect temporary shortages of cheap tat one does not need

Trigger Happy · 20-01-2019 9:23am

I m going to series link coronation street. Just in case.

frag420 · 20-01-2019 9:24am

Guns, I’m stockpiling guns!!

mikemac2 · 20-01-2019 9:27am

Bovril

Oh wait I won’t because it’s rank ! The Brits can keep it

Atoms for Peace · 20-01-2019 9:28am

Crumpets

Giveaway · 20-01-2019 9:41am

The british have relied on cheap food to keep unrest down in their cities for centuries. They are nowhere near self sufficiency in food production so cheap imports are essential. Expect to see the price of food rise in uk, with recurrance of the London riots times 5. The british government will be desperate for cheap food imports and with someone like Boris Johnson as pm expect gunboat diplomacy

force eleven · 20-01-2019 10:02am

Coco Pops. They'll be first to go. Trust me.

Purgative · 20-01-2019 10:13am

Jellied eels

Atoms for Peace · 20-01-2019 10:21am

"They say that every society is only three meals away from revolution. Deprive a culture of food for three meals, and you'll have an anarchy. And it's true, isn't it? You haven't eaten for a couple of days, and you've turned into a barbarian."
-Arnold J. Rimmer

biko · 20-01-2019 12:01pm

I'll be sure to buy extra popcorn

Blaizes · 20-01-2019 12:28pm

Marmite

RMAOK · 20-01-2019 12:30pm

Irish passports - they could become more valuable after brexit...

20-01-2019 12:32pm

Can I stockpile a roaming allowance for my phone?

relax carry on · 20-01-2019 12:34pm

Lots of tin foil for my tin foil hat as the fake news media try to blame all the post Brexit disasters on the UK. I'm onto them.

20-01-2019 1:00pm

Home heating oil, there is every chance that this will sky-rocket in price.

Wine.

Ok, I know wine is not produced in the uk, but in the main, everything bound for Ireland comes through the uk. Large delays are expected and it will take a period of time until it corrects itself. There are bound to be shortages of pretty much everything in the meantime. Stock-piling could become a way of life!

Duckworth_Luas · 20-01-2019 1:30pm

Trigger Happy wrote: »

I m going to series link coronation street. Just in case.

I haven't watched Coronation Street in years.

To catch up, once Brexit kicks in, I'm going to binge Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome and series three of the Walking Dead.

Samuel T. Cogley · 20-01-2019 2:35pm

Hilarious memes to post on Facebook when the eejits that I know voted for it lose their jobs and a tea bag costs £8.50.

SEPT 23 1989 · 20-01-2019 2:45pm

If only we had our own sugar industry

Atoms for Peace · 20-01-2019 2:49pm

RMAOK wrote: »

Irish passports - they could become more valuable after brexit...

Its now harder to get a dog licence than an Irish passport.

The J Stands for Jay · 20-01-2019 3:11pm

There'll be a shortage of bread. All the flour for 'Irish' bread is imported from the UK.

Capt'n Midnight · 20-01-2019 3:12pm

mikeecho wrote: »

So , if brexit and a hard boarder become a reality, what products will be in short supply.

It's fine to say that xyz are made in Ireland, but some of their ingredients may be UK sourced.

I'll stockpile 200l diesel, 80l petrol, some Heinz products, sauce and cans.. essentials like YR sauce and Colman's mustard, Lee and peering wousyershire sauce, and a few other bits.

Is there anything that I should get pre hard exit.. should it happen.

First find out where stuff comes from.

Fuel is shipped from Rotterdam :rolleyes:

Many UK bands are foreign owned or made on the continent so will come in on containers, cross the UK without checks under the TIR convention or come direct on the Zeebrugge Ferries which have 8Km of vehicle lanes each.

I'd probably get Weetabix but then again I stock up when it's on special offer anyway so no change there. And besides if Sterling falls it'll probably get cheaper even with some tariffs.

Brexit stockpile: Favourite foods you might not know are British
Do yourself a favour get Barry's instead of Lyons Tea

HB Ice Cream - lots of this is made on the continent not just in the UK.

HP Brown Sauce is made in the Netherlands,
Heinz big factories are Kraft Heinz EU, Elst (The Netherlands) and Kitt Green (UK) we'll have to wait to see if they swap production.

Places like Aldi and Lidl and continental ones like Spar would source locally as well as on the continent so probably not as affected as Dunnes and Supervalu and the smaller Irish (lots from Musgraves). But all have been diversifying like mad this last year.

Tesco and Marks and Spencers ? *gets popcorn*

Capt'n Midnight · 20-01-2019 3:20pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Home heating oil, there is every chance that this will sky-rocket in price.

Wine.

Ok, I know wine is not produced in the uk, but in the main, everything bound for Ireland comes through the uk. Large delays are expected and it will take a period of time until it corrects itself. There are bound to be shortages of pretty much everything in the meantime. Stock-piling could become a way of life!

There are Ferries direct to France from Dublin now.

And from Cork to Spain.

Half the movements on the Irish sea are unaccompanied. Just the trailer so no need to passport or visa check the drivers. Simply do the same on the French side. (also solves the LHD /RHD thing)

A big blue TIR sign means that goods between here and the continent don't get checked at customs so the UK will just wave them through to free up space for the ones that do need to be checked. LOLs

Twenty Grand · 20-01-2019 3:24pm

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

If only we had our own sugar industry

Sugar is made in many places across the EU, France, Germany and Poland.

There is also a venture right now to bring it back to Ireland.

Capt'n Midnight · 20-01-2019 3:24pm

McGaggs wrote: »

There'll be a shortage of bread. All the flour for 'Irish' bread is imported from the UK.

Worst case 8c to 10c a loaf. Only half the flour is imported from overseas.
If it was a long term issue someone would setup more mills here.

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/agribusiness-and-food/milling-sector-warns-of-brexit-inflating-price-of-flour-1.3016495

Franz Von Peppercorn · 20-01-2019 3:31pm

Despite the doom and gloom this is something - the manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler and retailer network that capitalism is pretty good at.

A factory producing bread will have a buyer of flour, he will (post Brexit) have to source his flour from outside the UK if the U.K. is prohibitively expense. All companies do that and it sorts itself out.

That said knowing Irish capitalism they’ll just throw another 20% on everting including Irish sources beef.

Buford T. Justice XIX · 20-01-2019 3:40pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Worst case 8c to 10c a loaf. Only half the flour is imported from overseas.
If it was a long term issue someone would setup more mills here.

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/agribusiness-and-food/milling-sector-warns-of-brexit-inflating-price-of-flour-1.3016495

We don't grow the hard wheats here needed to produce flour so the best quality Irish flour is added to the harder wheat flour to make the flour we use.

There's also issues with phytosanitary controls as the wheat from the UK would, in general, suffer from the same diseases as here but importing European wheat could lead to the introduction of different diseases and strains of diseases which Irish crops would not have much resistance towards.

Esel · 20-01-2019 3:58pm

I hate hard boarders.

branie2 · 20-01-2019 4:04pm

Cans of Coke Zero

JohnnyFlash · 20-01-2019 4:10pm

Life of Christ in Cats tea towels.

dhaughton99 · 20-01-2019 5:16pm

Dogging porn.

One eyed Jack · 20-01-2019 5:31pm

Fanny pads and bog roll! Those first world essentials :pac:

touts · 20-01-2019 6:01pm

We're not going to starve but what we will see is some things rise in price and then gradually disappear off the shelves as sales drop and the suppliers decide it just isn't worth the hassle shipping to that island with the tiny population. Ireland isn't a large enough market to be bothered with by itself and most companies just consider it to be a part of the UK market like a small Manchester or Birmingham. That'll all change with brexit.

Anything that comes in from the continent will have an extra 10-20% on it due to increased transportation costs (time is money be it in delays at ports or longer/slower ferry trips bypassing the UK. Anything that comes from the UK will have 20-40% tariffs imposed on them. So as prices increase sales will drop. Eventually companies will just stop supplying the Irish market. We'll end up like many of those towns and cities in isolated parts of Australia, Russia, Canada etc. You won't starve but you won't go into a local supermarket and find the same selection of stuff that you would find in New York or Sydney of London. We'll get the mass consumed basics but many niche luxuries will become hard to find. Time to ween yourself off a breakfast of avacado on chia seed chibata toast drizzled with truffle oil and start getting used to porridge.

Another problem will be internet shopping. Will .co.uk websites from the likes of Amazon, Debenhams, SportsDirect etc continue to supply the Irish market? They may not and if they do we're likely to see big tariffs. So will the .de or .fr sites step up and fill the gap? Possibly but with big postal fees. Not that local book or record shops will do any better. They will also have to get their products in from the UK and will face tariffs and reluctant suppliers. My advice on that one is buy a new Kindle, tablet, phone etc. You'll be able to get ebooks etc far cheaper from servers located in Ireland than physical stuff from warehouses located in the UK.

dhaughton99 · 20-01-2019 6:19pm

touts wrote: »

We're not going to starve but what we will see is some things rise in price and then gradually disappear off the shelves as sales drop and the suppliers decide it just isn't worth the hassle shipping to that island with the tiny population. Ireland isn't a large enough market to be bothered with by itself and most companies just consider it to be a part of the UK market like a small Manchester or Birmingham. That'll all change with brexit.

Anything that comes in from the continent will have an extra 10-20% on it due to increased transportation costs (time is money be it in delays at ports or longer/slower ferry trips bypassing the UK. Anything that comes from the UK will have 20-40% tariffs imposed on them. So as prices increase sales will drop. Eventually companies will just stop supplying the Irish market. We'll end up like many of those towns and cities in isolated parts of Australia, Russia, Canada etc. You won't starve but you won't go into a local supermarket and find the same selection of stuff that you would find in New York or Sydney of London. We'll get the mass consumed basics but many niche luxuries will become hard to find. Time to ween yourself off a breakfast of avacado on chia seed chibata toast drizzled with truffle oil and start getting used to porridge.

Another problem will be internet shopping. Will .co.uk websites from the likes of Amazon, Debenhams, SportsDirect etc continue to supply the Irish market? They may not and if they do we're likely to see big tariffs. So will the .de or .fr sites step up and fill the gap? Possibly but with big postal fees. Not that local book or record shops will do any better. They will also have to get their products in from the UK and will face tariffs and reluctant suppliers. My advice on that one is buy a new Kindle, tablet, phone etc. You'll be able to get ebooks etc far cheaper from servers located in Ireland than physical stuff from warehouses located in the UK.

That’s complete tosh. Leo said everything is going to be fine and I believe him.

touts · 20-01-2019 6:42pm

dhaughton99 wrote: »

That’s complete tosh. Leo said everything is going to be fine and I believe him.

Of course he thinks it's going to be fine. Nothing's ever gone wrong for. He's never wanted for anything. And every political decision he has ever made has worked out. There hasn't been a politician as elite and with as lucky a track record since David Cameron and we all know how that success streak ended up. Brexit. Sure it'll never happen.

SEPT 23 1989 · 20-01-2019 6:45pm

branie2 wrote: »

Cans of Coke Zero

All Coca Cola manufactured here uses British Sugar

Franz Von Peppercorn · 20-01-2019 7:06pm

touts wrote: »

We're not going to starve but what we will see is some things rise in price and then gradually disappear off the shelves as sales drop and the suppliers decide it just isn't worth the hassle shipping to that island with the tiny population. Ireland isn't a large enough market to be bothered with by itself and most companies just consider it to be a part of the UK market like a small Manchester or Birmingham. That'll all change with brexit.

Anything that comes in from the continent will have an extra 10-20% on it due to increased transportation costs (time is money be it in delays at ports or longer/slower ferry trips bypassing the UK. Anything that comes from the UK will have 20-40% tariffs imposed on them. So as prices increase sales will drop. Eventually companies will just stop supplying the Irish market. We'll end up like many of those towns and cities in isolated parts of Australia, Russia, Canada etc. You won't starve but you won't go into a local supermarket and find the same selection of stuff that you would find in New York or Sydney of London. We'll get the mass consumed basics but many niche luxuries will become hard to find. Time to ween yourself off a breakfast of avacado on chia seed chibata toast drizzled with truffle oil and start getting used to porridge.

I’d believe that if New Zealand were a soviet type shopping existence. It isn’t. And transport isn’t as expensive to here as there, an under the tir there need not be any delays.

Another problem will be internet shopping. Will .co.uk websites from the likes of Amazon, Debenhams, SportsDirect etc continue to supply the Irish market? They may not and if they do we're likely to see big tariffs. So will the .de or .fr sites step up and fill the gap? Possibly but with big postal fees. Not that local book or record shops will do any better. They will also have to get their products in from the UK and will face tariffs and reluctant suppliers. My advice on that one is buy a new Kindle, tablet, phone etc. You'll be able to get ebooks etc far cheaper from servers located in Ireland than physical stuff from warehouses located in the UK.

These U.K. firms have to supply the EU/European market if they want to survive, tariffs or not. Ireland’s part of that. We may of course change our habits.

dhaughton99 · 20-01-2019 7:06pm

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

All Coca Cola manufactured here uses British Sugar

Coke Zero has zero sugar.

dhaughton99 · 20-01-2019 7:10pm

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

I’d believe that if New Zealand were a soviet type shopping existence. It isn’t. And transport isn’t as expensive to here as there, an under the tir there need not be any delays.

These U.K. firms have to supply the EU/European market if they want to survive, tariffs or not. Ireland’s part of that. We may of course change our habits.

That probably means no more ASOS €20 a year DHL next day delivery.

mojesius · 20-01-2019 7:15pm

Werther's original
Scots clan
Those marks and Spencers buckets of treats - e.g. mini rolls, rocky road, rice crispier bites

Franz Von Peppercorn · 20-01-2019 7:15pm

All that amazon needs to do is an amazon.eu and problem solved.

Twenty Grand · 20-01-2019 7:32pm

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

All that amazon needs to do is an amazon.eu and problem solved.

Most of my stuff comes from the EU warehouse anyways.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 20-01-2019 7:35pm

mojesius wrote: »

Those marks and Spencers buckets of treats - e.g. mini rolls, rocky road, rice crispier bites

You bastard! Now I am really want them?

RobbingBandit · 20-01-2019 7:41pm

Bricks when the time comes you'll know

Capt'n Midnight · 20-01-2019 7:48pm

dhaughton99 wrote: »

Coke Zero has zero sugar.

:eek:

Capt'n Midnight · 20-01-2019 7:59pm

mojesius wrote: »

Werther's original
Scots clan
Those marks and Spencers buckets of treats - e.g. mini rolls, rocky road, rice crispier bites

Probably coincidence but there is a town called Werther in Westphalia.
Where they started making sweets in 1903.

Chef, Fruitfield, Silvermints, Double Centre, Scots Clan and Yorkshire Toffee are (or were cba checking) Nestle brands.

Marks and Spencer own brands ? Could be made anywhere.

What to stock up on.. Brexit

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