Been Shopping?

[TheDevil]

I’ve been shopping more than the average person should right now. This is because i’m shopping for some high risk people as well as my self.

I’ve noticed in the past couple of days that items considered “panic” items, rice, pasta, loo roll, soaps etc.. they’re all coming back to the shelves in major chains and certainly in smaller corner shops.

Hopefully you may find this reassuring.

I suspect it is due to the new restrictions and procedures in supermarkets.

[jno]

overbought food usually ends up in the bin, TonyV. Nobody can really guess what they'll be eating more than two or three days away; when the government is telling everyone to do the bare minimum of shopping (and even before they did so) we're trying to guess what we'll need in a week's time. I can't be the only person who's guessed wrong. It's regrettable but inevitable, I think.

[youngmafbog]

"Nobody can really guess what they'll be eating more than two or three days away;"

Well we do. It's not difficult - we always do one big shop a month (delivered) and then support the local shops in between.

Adminitedly we have 2 fridges and three freezers for the two of us, but that is the way to stop food going off. If it is fresh, cook it and freeze it for later. Only salad items are generally the problem. For the minute we are just going without them.

[bhg481]

I can't remember the last time we threw any food away.

[jno]

we have one small freezer compartment in the fridge. That seems to be normal among people we know (we're in London, where space is at a premium); it may not be the case in the wide open spaces.

[Buenchico]

>>> Ah, you must mean Basingstoke then Buenchico

Nope! Ipswich.

[Buenchico]

I've not got a fridge. (My 'chilled' stuff, like yogurts and milk, goes in the meter cupboard outside). I've only got a 'table top' freezer, which is currently stuffed full of sausages, bacon, mince, etc, to give me some meal options for a while.

[-SharonA-]

My Ald I still has no rice, pasta, tinned beans of all kinds.
I have been shopping for my sick friend, who was warned by the police visiting her home at the request of the hospital, not to leave her house. She just had an operation.

[Maydup]

Try meal planning jno. You can do it for as many weeks ahead as you wish. Under normal circumstances you might to be a bit more impulsive, but at the moment meal planning is essential. If you buy salad make sure it appears in this weeks menu, same for vegetables and fresh foods. No point in buying a cauliflower for example, with no plan to use it before it goes brown.

[TheDevil]

"Nobody can really guess what they'll be eating more than two or three days away"

True, but if you do a big shop and get a few meals then it's not a matter of having what you fancy, it'd be eating what you've got.

[barry1010]

I have just been to my local small Sainsbury's and was impressed with the stock. There was only me and one other shopping so I was in and out in no time. A little bit more expensive but very convenient.

[TheDevil]

Glad to hear it wasn't too busy, Barry. Hopefully people are buying more sensibly and staying inside for longer periods

[drmorgans]

I went to my local Sainsbury's this morning. Closed as someone had smashed the glass entrance lobby. Tried a nearby Lidl, a short queue outside, maybe ten minutes, but only 20 people inside, and no queue at the checkout. They had everything I needed.

[brainiac]

Chris, what are you doing about your laundry if you still don't have a washing machine? I wouldn't want to be hanging around launderettes at the moment.

[TheDevil]

"I wouldn't want to be hanging around launderettes at the moment."

If you wait outside or even at home (if it's local enough) you'll be OK

[Vagus]

I agree about meal planning, it’s something we’ve always done to be honest and definitely reduces food waste.
We always have a loose idea of meals for the week, and these days, depending on what fresh veg is available in the shops, we adjust our meals accordingly.
Any veg starting to go slightly off or past it’s best gets turned into soup.
We’re doing our first ever click and collect on Wednesday at Asda so it’ll be interesting to see what they come up with from our list.

[emmie]

i can't get onto sainsburys phone lines, nor on their book a slot, even though i have a delivery pass and would be considered vulnerable as can't walk far, if at times at all.

[anneasquith]

Emmie, you appear to get out for some food shopping, friends shop for you and you get deliveries. What more do you want ?