Posted on 10/12/2020 09:28
Does anyone know what this actually means if the Brexit talks go awry. This is not a political post but I'm wondering what information is out there regarding our food supplies. It wasn't easy getting hold of certain foods during the first lockdown, are we in for more of the same? I can manage without tinned tomatoes, is there going to be an unexpected run on baked beans?!
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Posted on 10/12/2020 10:18 by SeasideBillWe hear the expression ‘perfect storm’ a lot these days. Huge backlog of supplies in UK ports due to fall-out from CV19 restrictions and seasonal demands, no berths available so ships in the wrong place making problem worse. Shortage of containers in Asia etc etc. Manufacturing stalled due to lack of supplies. Add to that forthcoming Brexit created chaos.....stockpiling (panic buying scale) is only a matter of time.
Posted on 10/12/2020 10:35
SB, yup it’s happening now. We are 12 miles from Hull Docks & already there are a lack of regular ships carrying some items & too many of other items that are being shipped by a lot of folk expecting scarcities & over ordering which is adding to the problems☹️. Yup it’s gonna be a rough ride. Brexit, Covid, Winter. . .There’s the beginnings of the ‘perfect storm’ right there.
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Posted on 10/12/2020 10:22 by peedeeWe shop once a week and of course we have a small stock of non perishible goods for everyday use when needed but doubled up, no, and I see no need.
Reports in the press only trigger panic buying and make availablity worse. I bet there are still folk using toilet rolls bought last March.
peedee
Posted on 10/12/2020 10:35 by Rocky 2 bucketsSB, yup it’s happening now. We are 12 miles from Hull Docks & already there are a lack of regular ships carrying some items & too many of other items that are being shipped by a lot of folk expecting scarcities & over ordering which is adding to the problems☹️. Yup it’s gonna be a rough ride. Brexit, Covid, Winter. . .There’s the beginnings of the ‘perfect storm’ right there.
Posted on 10/12/2020 10:48
There was an interview with an importer on tv yesterday and he said that because of stockpiling (but more this year than normal at this time)some docks are getting a log jam, and ships are being diverted or are leaving before being off loaded, to keep to their schedules as the "just in time" requirements at factories would mean they (like road deliveries)would be "fined?" if late in other ports
Posted on 10/12/2020 10:41 by SeasideBillYes, Brexiters are waiting for the great leap forward, but they should be warned that the third world is just around the corner.
Posted on 10/12/2020 10:51
I knew quite a few Brexiteers who proudly & regularly told me of their support for it. Recently. . .Not so much. For one of them-the joyous drive across Europe to southern Portugal to stay at their Villa for months on end now seems a distant memory & new concern.
Posted on 10/12/2020 10:38 byFine if you can get to a shop. But it needed a situation where we had almost no food to nudge us into keeping a store cupboard.
We never kept much of a stock and have only a small freezer. When we went on our travels, we'd empty fridge and freezer and turn them off.
Arrived home after 2 months in Spain in the Beast from the East year - couldn't get to the house. Motorhome ground to a halt a few hundred yards away in a snowdrift. Very little food in motorhome. A bag of pasta and some baked beans in the house. Village shop was closed (between owners) and we couldn't get the car out of our drive. Couldn't turn van in the lane to get out of the village to a supermarket. "Never again," I vowed so afterwards we kept the freezer stocked and started a "Beast from the East" cupboard. That stood us in good stead during Lockdown 1 when supermarket slots were hard to find. And I keep both freezer and cupboards stocked up. Who knows what the Winter weather will bring, let alone Covid and Brexit shortages. Is that panic buying? Or prudent buying based on experience?
Posted on 10/12/2020 11:06 by JVB66We have said quite a few times when away "we could move to here" untill we get home and realise ,even more as we have got older,we would lose far to much the convenience of all services, in most other places we could have moved to
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