It does seem a bit counter intuitive- we arent to go out, and to get food as rarely as possible yet are encouraged/forced to limit what we get when we do.
I and my neighbours walk to supermarket which makes panic buying difficult on strength grounds alone!
I live on my own so over the last 3 weeks upped what I bought, which with my usual habit of only buying staple (non fresh) stuff when on special offer, but getting a bunch of it and then having a store cupboard and a “ready use” one - means Ive created a store that I could survive on for 2 weeks if became ill. Vital as new to where I live and nearest freind/family is over an hour drive.
I suspect the panic buying will ease as people have filled up their available storage and built their own “buffers” (hah do you like what I did there on a railway site!).
I went yesterday and got chicken/mince and sausages - hadnt seen them for nearly a week. Supermarket still had 3 for 2 offers on though which encourages buying more than you need. The other week the checkout lady suggested I was buying up - pointed out I was just taking up the 6 for 4 soup offer by buying 6! (I only really wanted 3-4!!!).
I’ve noticed lots of other stuff is declining (deserts for instance) and I dont think they are restocking a lot of items, just letting them run out from what was on the shelf/already in tbe pipeline.
I’m still curious why toilet and kitchen roll is in such demand - its something generally most of us must have enough for a few weeks to a month anyway (ie it lasts longer than most things in the house). Covid19 isnt a dihorrea illness, they wont stop making it and you cant eat it so I dont see the point. Obviously I’ve now lined my walls with it just in case
Corner shops do still seem to be very well stocked.
