nlogax
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No Marmite shortage in Penzance, all stores awash with it,
There's a reason not to shop in Penzance!
No Marmite shortage in Penzance, all stores awash with it,
I had to queue outside a Sainsbury's earlier today. Nobody was bothering with any sort of distancing with the queue being rather bunched up.
I hadn't seen a queue outside a supermarket for several months before today.
For the umpteenth time let me explain again.....The local large Tesco had the queuing barriers back at the entrance today. I am not sure if it is the weather, easing of lockdown or the number of tourists that caused that.
I understand there is a limit on customer numbers allowed in a shop at any one time that supermarkets must not exceed. I was just pointing out that I hadn't seen a queue outside of a supermarket in my area for many months. It didn't totally surprise me given the weather is improving and it's a bank holiday weekend.For the umpteenth time let me explain again.....
Every supermarket has a maximum number of people that are allowed into the building at any one time. These numbers were increased when 1 metre+ came in last summer. Normally these numbers aren't exceeded and you can simply walk in and shop as normal.
However if you shop in a store that happens to be very busy then you might have to queue to enter. This is more likely to happen at a shop that has a high customer count for its size. But add in a Bank Holiday weekend and hot weather, which normally see supermarket sales increase, and there will be some additional stores where you might have to queue to enter.
I know some supermarket managers who were expecting to be close to their limit this weekend, and they will have put up queuing systems outside the store so they are prepared 'just in case'. They will likely get removed next week after the Bank Holiday.
No problem You'd be amazed at what a hot Bank Holiday weekend can do to supermarket sales!I understand there is a limit on customer numbers allowed in a shop at any one time that supermarkets must not exceed. I was just pointing out that I hadn't seen a queue outside of a supermarket in my area for many months. It didn't totally surprise me given the weather is improving and it's a bank holiday weekend.
I noticed that too. I've been into 3 separate supermarkets all of which have had reasonable amounts of stock apart from fizzy drinks.Had a bit of a look up to about halfway down the store, the only other obviously low stock I noticed was the fizzy drinks section; a lot of bottles at the front that minimised gaps to some extent, but not much behind these (in fairness, it's the school holidays and it's been warm).
Are certain parts of the country suffering more shortages than others? I l live in York and all the supermarkets i use seem to be business as usual.
If certain parts of the country are suffering shortages, more than other parts, does anyone have any theories as to why?I assume so. On Saturday gone Morrisons here in Redcar had zero freshly prepared salad whether it be bags of leaves or anything else ready to be eaten. And there wasn't a fresh carrot to be had whether it be standard, wonky, posh little Chantenay things or organic. None at all.
Are certain parts of the country suffering more shortages than others? I l live in York and all the supermarkets i use seem to be business as usual.
Indeed - it seems to be a rule or modern society that if a thing exists, people will moan about it on FacebookI’m told my local Sainsbury’s has quite a lot of gaps. There’s some moaning on Facebook about it too.
Printer ink is one of the most frequently stolen items these days. £millions of pounds lost annually.The only difference at the Sainsbury store was that printer ink cartridges are now only available in the in-house Argos store section.
At first that seemed a bit of an odd choice, but then I realised they probably steal it to resell, as the huge markups it's sold at means that firstly it can fetch a decent amount on the likes of eBay whilst still undercutting the retailers, and secondly people are more likely to be looking for it on the likes of eBayPrinter ink is one of the most frequently stolen items these days. £millions of pounds lost annually.
I rarely used a printer in the office (pre March 20) whereas others seemed to print off reams and reams.Printer ink is one of the most frequently stolen items these days. £millions of pounds lost annually.
At first that seemed a bit of an odd choice, but then I realised they probably steal it to resell, as the huge markups it's sold at means that firstly it can fetch a decent amount on the likes of eBay whilst still undercutting the retailers, and secondly people are more likely to be looking for it on the likes of eBay
Tesco Extra Clacton, still have One Way in, one way out, and request distancing, not that many took notice of that, they also had the sanitising stations, which everyone seemed to ignore, but wore masks, which seemed a bit bizarre, and of course there was the 25% or more that wore a mask, under the noseOne of my twin sons took me to the John Lewis large department store and Sainsbury's large superstore at their jointly conjoined large premises facility at Cheadle Royal last Sunday. I was quite surprised to see a very large number of shoppers who still were wearing face coverings in both those stores. Facilities were still available to sanitise shopping trolley handles and customer's hands. In both stores, we had no problems in sourcing the goods we came to purchase. The only difference at the Sainsbury store was that printer ink cartridges are now only available in the in-house Argos store section.