Consequence of Panic Buying

[Robert Wiles]

Now, here's the awful but sadly inevitable result of panic buying. Trying not to go to supermarkets, I walked to our corner shop today and ended up having a chat with the owner about the current situation (at a safe distance). He mentioned that some bin men had popped in for a few bits and they'd told him that the level of food waste they are seeing is much, much worse than at Christmas. It seems that all the bread, fresh produce and eggs that the terminally stupid bought a couple of weeks ago has now reached its best before date and is being thrown away. Can you believe it?

 

[Keet]

Nothing suprises me these days.

Worst thing they ever did was put sell by and best before dates on stuff! The good old sniff test worked for many years!

 

[mwpe]

Nothing suprises me these days.

Worst thing they ever did was put sell by and best before dates on stuff! The good old sniff test worked for many years!

And still does if you are sensible. There is a ridiculous amount of food waste.

 

[Keet]

And still does if you are sensible. There is a ridiculous amount of food waste.

We don't throw anything unless absolutely necessary.

 

[t-tony]

Even on a block of cheddar you can shave the penecilin off and find good stuff underneath.

Tony.

 

[mwpe]

It doesn't usually last that long with me but if neccessary that's what I do. I hate waste.

 

[t-tony]

Me too Mike, a friend of ours when she was employed didn't have a huge amount of free/spare time so she would cook a chicken, cut off and eat the breast meat for the family meal (husband and 2 kids) and bin the rest . This was around the time Shirl's dad was left on his own and she told her mate to bring the rest to ours and it would feed Reg for a week as different meals and cold cuts then finally pulling bits of the bone for a salad.

Tony.

 

[Shelly]

I’ve only really been buying what I need
I’ve brought a few tins off extra soup and pasta and some extra frozen things
Just in case we need it

 

[Redline]

I mentioned the waste thing a couple of days ago.
There’s another problem being caused by the same selfish people. They’re booking multiple home delivery slots and then cancelling all but one right at the last minute. That is reducing the capacity for the supermarkets. Should simply charge them something like £200 for each one and then ban them from using the service.
Usual chat with a local elderly dog walker (at a significant safe distance) and she’s never used home delivery service, but she can’t get signed up now. Yet, there’s people we’ll capable of doing shopping and they are causing chaos. Time the supermarkets took a moral stand on some of these abuses. No court is going to go against them in the current circumstances.

 

[pgunter]

Nothing suprises me these days.

Worst thing they ever did was put sell by and best before dates on stuff! The good old sniff test worked for many years!

Always remember my father saying. Did it come out of the ground with a sell by date ? No. Well it’s good to eat then.

Makes me wonder how well off these people are that they can throw away such good food too. Stale bread, toast or bread pudding. Hmmm used to love the smell of that cooking at my Nan’s. Brings back memories.

There used to be books on how to use leftover food. I wonder if they will make a comeback.

 

[Redline]

Always remember my father saying. Did it come out of the ground with a sell by date ? No. Well it’s good to eat then.

Makes me wonder how well off these people are that they can throw away such good food too. Stale bread, toast or bread pudding. Hmmm used to love the smell of that cooking at my Nan’s. Brings back memories.

There used to be books on how to use leftover food. I wonder if they will make a comeback.

One of the problems is that many, if not most, simply have no idea how to cook using fresh produce.
They were never taught this life skill. Pretty much all what is being thrown away is pre-prepared or ready meals.

 

[mrscalex]

A good indication of the difference between panic buying (tactical unnecessary purchase) and strategical purchasing of a one month supply to avoid going out. One sucks additional food out of the system and one doesn't.

We'd completed our strategical one month purchasing two weeks before things kicked off so I'd like to thing we caused no harm to others. Not least as it's one less family to rub shoulders with.

 

[Paul Rice]

If we all took notice of use by dates, most of our zeds would now be in the great scrap yard in the sky

 

[pgunter]

Anybody remember getting told.. what’s for tea.. make do... in other words. Making something up from what you had in.

 

[Redline]

A good indication of the difference between panic buying (tactical unnecessary purchase) and strategical purchasing of a one month supply to avoid going out. One sucks additional food out of the system and one doesn't.

We'd completed our strategical one month purchasing two weeks before things kicked off so I'd like to thing we caused no harm to others. Not least as it's one less family to rub shoulders with.

You can't get a months supply on one visit now. We simply don't have the storage for perishable items now either. It's future sops that cause me concern. Think it will be entirely the local shops and not visits to larger supermarkets where everyone else is flocking to.

Noticed yesterday that b-2-b food wholesalers are looking to deliver to homes as their commercial customers have all but shut up shop.

 

[mrscalex]

You can't get a months supply on one visit now. We simply don't have the storage for perishable items now either. It's future sops that cause me concern. Think it will be entirely the local shops and not visits to larger supermarkets where everyone else is flocking to.

Noticed yesterday that b-2-b food wholesalers are looking to deliver to homes as their commercial customers have all but shut up shop.

Sadly the stock up couldn't include fresh goods apart from some eggs. But we do have a bread maker and a couple of bags of flour. Otherwise happy to live off frozen, dry & canned for a few weeks.

 

[Redline]

Sadly the stock up couldn't include fresh goods apart from some eggs. But we do have a bread maker and a couple of bags of flour. Otherwise happy to live off frozen, dry & canned for a few weeks.

We only needed so only have a small freezer. Now completely inadequate for four.
However, I do know someone who has freezers stocked with frozen chips. burgers, bacon and bread rolls. We might get fat, but we'll survive

 

[Robert Wiles]

You can't get a months supply on one visit now. We simply don't have the storage for perishable items now either. It's future sops that cause me concern. Think it will be entirely the local shops and not visits to larger supermarkets where everyone else is flocking to.

Noticed yesterday that b-2-b food wholesalers are looking to deliver to homes as their commercial customers have all but shut up shop.

Yes, we've started using only the local corner shop. They're now re-stocked with bread, eggs, tinned and frozen food. They're doing a fantastic job looking after the local community.

Regarding b2b, I've seen that some restaurants have turned their premises into shops, thereby giving their suppliers a route to market and also generating some turnover for themselves. A local pub is doing takeaway meals. They put the daily menu on their fb page in the morning, you phone your order to them, they give you a collection time. They've set up a safe distance collection zone and take only contactless payment using a remote card machine. Haven't used them, but I was impressed by their ingenuity.

There must be thousands of examples up and down the country of enterprising people trying to safely keep the wheels turning and help people out. Shame that there are still too many selfish numpties who are willing to take risks by visiting supermarkets everyday to make sure they get their (not so) fair share.

 

[Redline]

Yes, we've started using only the local corner shop. They're now re-stocked with bread, eggs, tinned and frozen food. They're doing a fantastic job looking after the local community.

Regarding b2b, I've seen that some restaurants have turned their premises into shops, thereby giving their suppliers a route to market and also generating some turnover for themselves. A local pub is doing takeaway meals. They put the daily menu on their fb page in the morning, you phone your order to them, they give you a collection time. They've set up a safe distance collection zone and take only contactless payment using a remote card machine. Haven't used them, but I was impressed by their ingenuity.

There must be thousands of examples up and down the country of enterprising people trying to safely keep the wheels turning and help people out. Shame that there are still too many selfish numpties who are willing to take risks by visiting supermarkets everyday to make sure they get their (not so) fair share.

Our local (100 yards away) has been doing meals for collection. Sadly, a while ago, the landlord more than doubled the tenancy fee for the chef, so, he just upped and left. Quality took a nosedive with lots of bad reviews. Not a good word from any of our neighbours who went after the great chef walked out. Another case of quick profits before good business sense. Won’t be buying there for a while. A massive climb back even before the current crisis.

 

[the Nefyn cat]

One of the problems is that many, if not most, simply have no idea how to cook using fresh produce.
They were never taught this life skill. Pretty much all what is being thrown away is pre-prepared or ready meals.

It's a great shame that there aren't a whole bunch of, what shall I call them, I know, "celebrity chefs", constantly featured on something called, for the sake of a better name, "television", that could make shed-loads of money out of giving people helpful hints and instructions on how to prepare food. Just a thought, I do have some crazy ideas at times.

What's that you say, they already exist? And still no-one can cook?

There is a word, it's on the tip of my tongue, starts with a "t". And ends in "w@s".