Shelves in your local supermarket

[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.

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

Frozen grapes?

 

[innsaneink]

Had to get a lactose free/long life milk today.... The normal stuff all out

 

[Demps]

Had to get a lactose free/long life milk today.... The normal stuff all out

Levelling up.

Lactose is just fat.
Almond is the go.

Lactose Free 2022.

 

[innsaneink]

Had to get a lactose free/long life milk today.... The normal stuff all out

Levelling up.

Lactose is just fat.
Almond is the go.

Lactose Free 2022.

I use lite milk
Missus gets almond liquid
Eating mainly chicken lately... Bitta salmon

 

[Demps]

Had to get a lactose free/long life milk today.... The normal stuff all out

Levelling up.

Lactose is just fat.
Almond is the go.

Lactose Free 2022.

I use lite milk
Missus gets almond liquid
Eating mainly chicken lately... Bitta salmon

Lean brother.

My goals include fixing the diet in 2022.
More fruit and vegetables.
No bread. No diary.

Lesgoooo

 

[Swordy]

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?

Rubbish, it will come down to you, pencil in hand in that voting booth on election day, deciding if Morrison, his party and his mob have the right to represent you and your family and your values.

That's your choice. **Judge them on their record, not what the next mob "might" be like.**

You're not trying to pick the winner of the Melbourne Cup to gloat about it later to your mates.

My mind is 1000% clear on what the outcome MUST be for my country to help me feel pride again, not embarrassment and despair.

That's an interesting take. (not wrong, just interesting) I've always taken the view that I'll vote for the best option. Some may have the view better the devil you know.
I certainly would not vote for an unknown and at the moment, the ALP is an unknown because they are excellent at taking the opposing view and bagging the government, but not rich on new ideas and future plans that I can see.. I'm certain at this election, neither side deserves my vote. So I wont be. I have to be honest and say there isn't a 'leader' anywhere in federal or state politics.

Anyway, back to the shelves topic. Shelves empty than normal, but I still constantly see people walking out with way more items than I would consider normal. EG: 3 big 24xtoilet rolls or 6x 2kg mince or 6x 2kg chicken breast. Perhaps thats a normal shop for those people, I dont know. And it doesn't help when all governments tell you to stay home as much as possible as here in Queensland with Anastascia and her team of clowns (the only bigger team of clowns is the opposition up here), so you try and go to the shop once a week instead of several times a week to do the right thing.

This will pass much quicker if people use common sense, take everything the media says with a grain of salt, and get on with life and be respectful of other vulnerable people.

 

[jirskyr]

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.

It's exactly like a bank run. The supermarkets will never have enough [insert product] if everyone decides they need a bunch of it right this very moment.

I just want to know who the DHs are who kick off by buying 5 or 6 packets of bog roll at the very beginning of the panic. I mean, who are the folks who go early? Who get that tiny sniff of supply issues or lockdown and race down to the shop to take home a trolley of dunny roll. Must be supremely conspicuous - you can't quietly hoard a trolley of toilet paper.

Personally I'm right at the tail end of panic... I'm the guy down to his last 2 rolls and then hoping to find a pack somewhere in the city. Worked out fine in 2020 and 2021, didn't have to wipe my arse with leaves not once.

 

[jirskyr]

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.

Funny how eventually even the organic stuff gets a run, but it's always the last to go.

 

[Swordy]

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.

It's exactly like a bank run. The supermarkets will never have enough [insert product] if everyone decides they need a bunch of it right this very moment.

I just want to know who the DHs are who kick off by buying 5 or 6 packets of bog roll at the very beginning of the panic. I mean, who are the folks who go early? Who get that tiny sniff of supply issues or lockdown and race down to the shop to take home a trolley of dunny roll. Must be supremely conspicuous - you can't quietly hoard a trolley of toilet paper.

Personally I'm right at the tail end of panic... I'm the guy down to his last 2 rolls and then hoping to find a pack somewhere in the city. Worked out fine in 2020 and 2021, **didn't have to wipe my arse with leaves not once.**

Is that why the young generation these days are out of socks? ??

 

[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.

It's exactly like a bank run. The supermarkets will never have enough [insert product] if everyone decides they need a bunch of it right this very moment.

I just want to know who the DHs are who kick off by buying 5 or 6 packets of bog roll at the very beginning of the panic. I mean, who are the folks who go early? Who get that tiny sniff of supply issues or lockdown and race down to the shop to take home a trolley of dunny roll. Must be supremely conspicuous - you can't quietly hoard a trolley of toilet paper.

Personally I'm right at the tail end of panic... I'm the guy down to his last 2 rolls and then hoping to find a pack somewhere in the city. Worked out fine in 2020 and 2021, didn't have to wipe my arse with leaves not once.

That’s us here as well. Just get what you need otherwise you may be taking from someone who really needs it.

Also you are always going to have the lone nuts who panic at the first sniff of trouble we just need to stop the followers.

 

[TrueTiger]

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.

Funny how eventually even the organic stuff gets a run, but it's always the last to go.

My Aldi store is running nearly on empty,plenty of empty shelves...Also was told that KFC at Mittagong was closed due to shortages of chicken and staff...
Wont be long and I reckon the panic buying will buy up just about anything in tins or frozen products...
Hope for everybodies sake that things resolve very soon..there are people doing it tough and the last thing they need is not to have food available when funds arrive...

 

[stryker 69]

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.

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I just want to know who the DHs are who kick off by buying 5 or 6 packets of bog roll at the very beginning of the panic. I mean, who are the folks who go early? Who get that tiny sniff of supply issues or lockdown and race down to the shop to take home a trolley of dunny roll.

They are called doomsday preppers and they are afraid of their own shadows.

 

[jirskyr]

I've now had several home shops and visited all the supermarkets at Eastgardens this evening. Stock of everything is just fine EXCEPT mince meat, chicken breasts and toilet paper.

For example Woollies Eastgardens had as many steaks as you could hope to take home, plus diced and stir fry beef. Milk was fine. This was about 9pm - the stocks are surely better in the morning after they've done their replenish round.

So at least in my neck of woods it really does just seem like lunatics buying too much of the things that the major supers are struggling to supply and stock with that same aggression.

 

[Cobarcats]

Hey everyone.
A tip from my golfing buddy who manages fruit and veg at a Coles store.
Get palsy with a store employee and find out when certain stock is due to arrive.
Phone that store at that time to see if it's arrived.
If stock has arrived and isn't on shelf (particularly bulky items and fruit & veg) ask a floor rep because it may simply be that they haven't put it out and if they do have it they usually will go and get it for you.
This practice has worked for me 100% of the time.
Providing of course they told you they had the item in the first place.
The best time is when stock arrives during quieter hours say 9:30 on a Tuesday
In essence what I'm saying is, be nice and build up a repor with staff **and ask!**

 

[innsaneink]

Independant butcher we went to the other day was nearly out of beef, lots of lamb and pork though... Chicken shop all good no probs same with the fruit n veg shop
Better than. Coles. N. Woolies

 

[tig_prmz]

Shop local please, they got plenty of stock!!

 

[FinestTigers]

The govt. has unwittingly solved one of the greatest unsolved mysteries.

Last night at our local woolworths there was not a single chicken or egg on the shelves to be seen.

This means that the question of, **what came first the chicken or the egg?** is not worth talking or worrying about anymore because neither of them now exists.

Is someone still saying KFC?

Seriously folks, i'm wondering is it this bad overseas? Do you know friends relatives overseas and what are they saying?

 

[TillLindemann]

Seriously folks, i’m wondering is it this bad overseas? Do you know friends relatives overseas and what are they saying?

Definitely the same thing going on overseas, same sort of thing has been going on in Europe and seems to be particularly bad in America at the moment. Can only wonder how bad it is in poorer regions of the world. Global prices for meat, grains etc has been skyrocketing in recent months.

You're seeing separate crises all running into each other and feeding off each other at the moment, obviously covid presents particular challenges and then globally there's fuel shortages (not helped by adblue issue), difficulties with global shipping, fertiliser shortages compounding already high food prices, chip shortages playing havoc with manufacturing. Methinks unfortunately 2022 will be a year of global unrest.

 

[FinestTigers]

Seriously folks, i’m wondering is it this bad overseas? Do you know friends relatives overseas and what are they saying?

Definitely the same thing going on overseas, same sort of thing has been going on in Europe and seems to be particularly bad in America at the moment. Can only wonder how bad it is in poorer regions of the world. Global prices for meat, grains etc has been skyrocketing in recent months.

You're seeing separate crises all running into each other and feeding off each other at the moment, obviously covid presents particular challenges and then globally there's fuel shortages (not helped by adblue issue), difficulties with global shipping, fertiliser shortages compounding already high food prices, chip shortages playing havoc with manufacturing. Methinks unfortunately 2022 will be a year of global unrest.

Thanks for that TL,
and thank goodness that the tennis saga of the last few days has ended for now, (or is it? What's the Serb. PM is thinking) but we certainly have more than enough of other serious problems that you've mentioned to think and worry about, and also, the position with China and the threat of a war with Ukraine is very concerning now too.