Shelves in your local supermarket

[FinestTigers]

My local was the emptiest I've seen it today. A lot worse than the Great Dunny Paper Rush of 2020.

If this Govt. can't secure enough food on our supermarket shelves for a relatively small population then we should expect that a vast number of people will be dying in countries like India and China and not from covid but from starvation.

Mate it's not about producing the food but if there is no gas in the truck or the major think the plastic and paper packaging what can U do

Mate, there's enough of everything in this big lucky country, that's why it's called the land of plenty, with an abundance of land, wealth and natural resources,
Except the only thing that there's not enough of is the brains and the foresight of our govt.

 

[swag_tiger]

This is not Groceries but KFC is having Chicken shortages now. As of it couldn't get any worse.

 

[Odessa]

This is not Groceries but KFC is having Chicken shortages now. As of it couldn't get any worse.

MacDonald's is having french fries shortage as well

 

[Spartan117]

Im up Forster/ Tuncurry way at the moment doing the tourist thing.

Beautiful part of the world.

All good up here.

 

[Cobarcats]

This is not Groceries but KFC is having Chicken shortages now. As of it couldn't get any worse.

MacDonald's is having french fries shortage as well

OMG Noooooooooo

 

[earl]

ALDI always has a good supply of TP. Woolies not so much.

We shop at ALDI and they were out yesterday.

 

[TonyTiger]

I missed that.
Does it include people already in isolation?

Mr Morrison said, close contacts in food production, distribution and processing, as well as emergency services, **would be able to go to work if they were asymptomatic and returned a negative rapid antigen test (RAT) result.“**

“It’s all of those now caught up in those new critical supply chain rules and we are looking to extend those to other sectors.”

Mr Morrison said that the change – approved by the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee, which is made up of state chief health officers and chaired by the chief medical officer – had been sent to premiers and chief ministers to be endorsed on Monday morning.

What all this means is that if you are covid positive but are asymptomatic then all you need to do is to produce a fake negative RAT test then you are free to travel and work.

Ok don’t put any faith in what “Mr Morrison” says,
I only act on what “Simon says....”

 

[hank37w]

God we have some hopeless leaders and then you look at what some of the alternatives are and it just leaves you in a state of despair.

Is Simon any good?

 

[twentyforty]

God we have some hopeless leaders and then you look at what some of the alternatives are and it just leaves you in a state of despair.

Is Simon any good?

We have alternatives?

 

[Tim Sheens]

God we have some hopeless leaders and then you look at what some of the alternatives are and it just leaves you in a state of despair.

Is Simon any good?


We have alternatives?

Yes, as their world leading response to the previous global crisis clearly showed. Might help to actually involve the representatives of the actual workers involved for a start. You think?, or maybe get the army in as they threatened to on the wharves during the pandemic.

The covid programs that have worked (even if poorly implemented to allow tens of $billions in rorting) all came from the opposition or worker's representatives and were initially rejected by the government. But hey, let's look at appointing fossil fuel donors to head up our national Covid response with a "gas lead recovery" instead of concentrating on the health part of it and refusing their advice. That worked well.

Then in an attempt to take more heat off the current situation, yesterday they deflect by announcing a decision to get $3.5 Billion worth of tanks to protect a nation that is "girt by sea" after leaving a black hole in submarine acquisition for a couple of decades or so. Rudderless.

 

[TieDye]

Amidst the results of the failure of some of our leaders by abrogating rather than taking responsibility and instead telling us to do it, the shelves in my local shops are basically barren of many of life's normal foods and goods, and getting progressively worse.

How are those around you, as I am concerned this problem widespread?

Ahhhh, @formerguest, using "abrogating" correctly as opposed to "abdicating" (as most would use) is worthy of more than a green thumbs up.

So, just to be clear; Scummottet abrogates, pontificates, gesticulates, violates, prevaricates, procrastinates and obfuscates (masturbates, could explain a lot of it).

I just wish he/they would abdicate, or heaven forbid, Duttonate.

Great post. Bloody nailed it, plenty wankers in charge lately, maybe we need an in cel.

 

[Odessa]

ALDI always has a good supply of TP. Woolies not so much.

We shop at ALDI and they were out yesterday.

Last time with the no toilet issues I went close to 20 shops over aweek and got none zip Nada

So after that I have been buying and extra pack everyweek I have a wall of toilet paper at home I also have two large chest Freezers full I am set for the zombie apocalypse

 

[Chicken_Faced_Killa]

Just back from picking a few things up. Shops were fine a things with missing or low stock but not the dire situation I had been expecting from others. One thing completely empty toilet paper, seriously what is up with that? Even the lady who served me said people have been buying multiple packs. Weird. If people just buy what they need rather than panic they will be fine.

 

[TillLindemann]

If people just buy what they need rather than panic they will be fine.

This is true of course, but a lot of people I suspect are 'reluctant panic buyers'. i.e people do understand that if everyone collectively just bought what they need there'd be no issue. But if an individual just buys what they need while everybody else is panic buying, that individual can end up screwed.

 

[Fade.To.Black]

ALDI always has a good supply of TP. Woolies not so much.

We shop at ALDI and they were out yesterday.

Last time with the no toilet issues I went close to 20 shops over aweek and got none zip Nada

So after that I have been buying and extra pack everyweek I have a wall of toilet paper at home I also have two large chest Freezers full I am set for the zombie apocalypse

Chest freezers full of dunny paper? Would be refreshing on a hot day I guess.

 

[FinestTigers]

ALDI always has a good supply of TP. Woolies not so much.

We shop at ALDI and they were out yesterday.

Last time with the no toilet issues I went close to 20 shops over aweek and got none zip Nada

So after that I have been buying and extra pack everyweek I have a wall of toilet paper at home I also have two large chest Freezers full I am set for the zombie apocalypse

Chest freezers full of dunny paper? Would be refreshing on a hot day I guess.

But i definately would not recommend that to people with haemorrhoids, believe me, you don't want to mess with haemorrhoids like that.

 

[Chicken_Faced_Killa]

If people just buy what they need rather than panic they will be fine.

This is true of course, but a lot of people I suspect are 'reluctant panic buyers'. i.e people do understand that if everyone collectively just bought what they need there'd be no issue. But if an individual just buys what they need while everybody else is panic buying, that individual can end up screwed.

I disagree. People who do that are just adding to the panic. Anyone who panics are buys more than they need is just screwing the people who actually have a need now.

 

[TillLindemann]

If people just buy what they need rather than panic they will be fine.

This is true of course, but a lot of people I suspect are 'reluctant panic buyers'. i.e people do understand that if everyone collectively just bought what they need there'd be no issue. But if an individual just buys what they need while everybody else is panic buying, that individual can end up screwed.

I disagree. People who do that are just adding to the panic. Anyone who panics are buys more than they need is just screwing the people who actually have a need now.

I agree, I wasn't suggesting otherwise.

 

[Odessa]

ALDI always has a good supply of TP. Woolies not so much.

We shop at ALDI and they were out yesterday.

Last time with the no toilet issues I went close to 20 shops over aweek and got none zip Nada

So after that I have been buying and extra pack everyweek I have a wall of toilet paper at home I also have two large chest Freezers full I am set for the zombie apocalypse

Chest freezers full of dunny paper? Would be refreshing on a hot day I guess.

Meat french fries and ice cream

 

[Tim Sheens]

Went to Coles which us the only local store today and for reference, there are no fruit markets or otherwise within about 5km. Lucky I only need a few things as massive shortages throughout the store and like I alluded to earlier, virtually nothing in the low cost range for those in the community that cannot afford alternatives.

I wonder how long the community, both business and general alike will put up with this without stimulus or further intervention.