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Wonder how sales of freezers have been over the past few days?Expect panic buying of storage units at IKEA, B&Q etc....
Wonder how sales of freezers have been over the past few days?Expect panic buying of storage units at IKEA, B&Q etc....
My local Sainsbury's at lunchtime had no bread, pasta, toilet roll, fresh meat or most tinned items. Everything else including alcohol was stocked well. Wonder if people have stocked up for working from home (in place of buying lunches out) - anecdotally lots of companies in London have sent their staff home this week.
Plenty of Scottish pubs have a sign saying "no off-sales after 10pm" implying they offer them before 10pm.
I can't recall ever having taken a pub up on that offer, though, given their prices.
Having spent some time looking this up it seems now that it is specific to the licence granted to a particular premises so there is no ban on pubs selling for consumption off the premises providing that they have that as a condition on their licence.
You'd have to look at the summary of the licence on display in a pub to determine if they can sell 'takeout'.
Isn't there a notice above the door that says something like "Joe Bloggs, Licensed to sell Alcohol for consumption on or off the premises"?Cheers guys, it's something I never knew pubs offered anywhere in the UK, I always assumed that's what off-licences and of course supermarkets dealt with and that alcohol purchased in pubs was for consumption on premises only.
Cheers guys, it's something I never knew pubs offered anywhere in the UK, I always assumed that's what off-licences and of course supermarkets dealt with and that alcohol purchased in pubs was for consumption on premises only.
Always use to be a legal requirement. I believe it no longer is. Some publicans continue to do it out of professional pride.Isn't there a notice above the door that says something like "Joe Bloggs, Licensed to sell Alcohol for consumption on or off the premises"?
Always use to be a legal requirement. I believe it no longer is. Some publicans continue to do it out of professional pride.
I saw a mention in the paper a few days ago that John Lewis had reported a large increase in freezer sales in the last month.Wonder how sales of freezers have been over the past few days?
(it's been days since our last delivery of pasta)
That’s not a bad point. Get rid of the scented candle section for a start.I do wonder whether we might eventually see the supermarkets forced to reduce the supply to a small number of 'essential' foodstuffs. All the luxury items gone and just a large supply of basics instead. Clearly, they are not set up for this at the moment but that doesn't mean that this is not where this ends up.
I'm not sure about England, but I don't recall seeing such signage in Scotland.
I think it very much depends on the individual licence conditions, but where off-sales from pubs are permitted in Scotland, the alcohol has to be purchased by and removed from the premises at 10pm - as far as I recall anyway (It has been a while since I did my personal licence exam so the details are a bit hazy, to be honest). It's an expensive way to buy booze, and rather pointless if you have a nearby shop that closes at 10pm.Plenty of Scottish pubs have a sign saying "no off-sales after 10pm" implying they offer them before 10pm.
I can't recall ever having taken a pub up on that offer, though, given their prices.
Wonder how sales of freezers have been over the past few days?
Talking to my mum today apparently my gran (who should certainly stay put and out of harms way) went out trying to buy another freezer. She couldn't find anything under £600.
There won't be much difference in total electricity demand. Many employers are encouraging (or obliging) their workers to work at home. That means that their power demands falls. That includes air conditioning that is rare in the home. (Electric) rail services are being scaled down, shops in city centres will close and with BST ending in 10 days, domestic lighting demand will fall.Just out of curiosity I searched for the model of 90ltr freezer I bought early last year for £179. Its now coming in at over £400! Unsurprisingly there is going to be some price gouging going is going on, fuelled in part by the sudden panic buying. I'm only surprised that the electricity / gas tariffs haven't also be gouged to take advantage of all this extra storage / heating demand...
There won't be much difference in total electricity demand. Many employers are encouraging (or obliging) their workers to work at home. That means that their power demands falls. That includes air conditioning that is rare in the home. (Electric) rail services are being scaled down, shops in city centres will close and with BST ending in 10 days, domestic lighting demand will fall.
Once refrigeration has reached it set point, all of these new freezers (and there's only going to be what is already in the supply chain extra) won't be using much as they'll all be packed full with food that won't be needed before its use by dates are reached.
I doubt that they have given it any thought. It's herd instinct so far.My comment was slightly tongue in cheek...
However, this does raise a valid point. Are people panic buying all this food actually going to eat it all, or is a lot of it simply headed straight for landfill?
I doubt that they have given it any thought. It's herd instinct so far.
This picture's been doing the rounds, I found it quite amusing...
Some of it is amazingly tasty - I have reduced my meat intake a lot in the last year or so with the increased range or vegan and vegetarian alternatives.Vegan food is often twice the price of normal food.
I do wonder whether we might eventually see the supermarkets forced to reduce the supply to a small number of 'essential' foodstuffs. All the luxury items gone and just a large supply of basics instead. Clearly, they are not set up for this at the moment but that doesn't mean that this is not where this ends up.
Or maybe, vegans aren't generally the kind of people who irrationally panic-buy everything
Or perhaps some of the "vegans", by which I mean those converting for social rather than ideological reasons have converted back for the duration...