Redwing Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 I just popped in to my local supermarket for some cat litter, I have been working away and hubby doesnt drive and was working nights so couldnt get it in the week so we really needed it There is none in stock at my local petrol stations Arrived at the supermarket and the car park was full with a queue Parked up the road and walked back to the supermarket Got the cat litter and a few odds and ends walking past empty bread shelves (that should have been my warning) Queue for the till? ONE HOUR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 That's crazy . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Madness Gosh I reckon I could live out of my freezer and cupboards for a few weeks if push came to shove Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Madness Gosh I reckon I could live out of my freezer and cupboards for a few weeks if push came to shove Ditto Had to laugh though as I remembered my student days.It was amazing what we managed to "create" at the end of the month when we we broke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Someone in the media advised using clay based cat litter to throw on ice and snow in the absence of grit and salt. Probably why it was hard to find Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Madness Gosh I reckon I could live out of my freezer and cupboards for a few weeks if push came to shove Ditto. I did a fairly big shop yesterday, as we were running low on loo rolls, Weetabix and a few other essentials, but tbh it wasn't too bad. There was no bread to speak of though. My lot will have to make do with my lovely home-made bread as opposed to that awful claggy Warburton's stuff that they seem to prefer. The car park was dreadful. Like a skating rink. There was a chap sprinkling salt from a wheelbarrow with a tea cup. Soooo glad I bought some Yaktrax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 The car park was dreadful. Like a skating rink. There was a chap sprinkling salt from a wheelbarrow with a tea cup. Soooo glad I bought some Yaktrax. Oooh I've just looked those up. They look jolly useful It's snowing again by the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 The daughter is at Waitrose this afternoon & evening,so I am interested to hear what she has to say when she gets home. She worked 5 - 7 on Tuesday,when the snow was falling,& said it was chaos,with people getting aggressive about the lack of goods on the shelves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Our Morrison's is OK But then we have had masses of snow since December 19th so I guess stock gets back to normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 We called in at the Co-op as we needed milk and fruit - it was busy but everyone was behaving, spaces in the small car park and it took us about 2 minutes in the queue. Carl still wants a house cow though My Yaktrax were brilliant across the icy car park and easy to take off in store - I held on tight to them though - you can't get Yaktrax for love or money now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 We can't get out except on foot and a mile in a blizzard to find no milk in the shop is no fun. Please stop tormenting me with Morrisons, Waitrose, Tesco etc etc I'd never heard of Yaktrax - googled them; would you recommend them then? If so, would they fit over wellies do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Yes and yes!! I have Yaktrax Walkers size Small. They fit over my size 6 Crocs wellies which have a large footprint area. Sorry about the milk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Tesco well stocked - people ok and queues no longer than usual. full marks for the cleared snow in mounds so only a dusting and we didnt skid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Never heard of Yaktrax either - googled it too and thing they look great - amazon have some in stock via a shop! Just bought milk and lottery tickets and bird food - queue in pets at home for ages with folk buying bird food thank goodness though as the birds would starve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Yaktrax are going for $30 odd quid on ebay!!! I should have bought some ages ago Back to topic. I am so glad we popped into Sainsburys on our way home last night. Quick 10 minutes dash with a short queue. Managed to get lots of milk but it was selling out fast. I'm especially glad after listening to local radio (which I hate and only listen to when its bad weather for school info) saying the city was crazy with huge queues everywhere and food running out in the supermarkets. But the market was still stocked up with food so lots of suggestion to go there. But, unless its over a week, I don't think we need to buy anything and can quite happily live on the freezer and cupboard stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 We went to Sainsburys on Wednesday and it was busy. They didn't have any semi skimmed milk, we asked and they didn't have any in the back either. The man on the checkout said that they hadn't had any deliveries for a while and it was because people were panic buying that things were going out of stock. We called in at M&S on the way home and they did have milk. We went out again today and M&S didn't have any milk so had to go to the dreaded Tesco's to get some. We have been living out of the freezer/store cupbaord for the past week since our visit to Sainsbury's on Wed. Mum gets worried about not having enough milk so we have got loads now. We did call in the farm shop as we were over that way today so if we do get more snow or can't be bothered to go shopping we will have loads of food for the 6 of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 We came back from aldis and sainsburys about 4ish and it was all good. Car parks cleared, shelves full and tills no more busy than a normal saturday. maybe we were just lucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadietoo Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Aldis and Sainsburys in one day doesn't sound very lucky to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Had to be done and ... there and back in about 90mins, not too bad at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 I popped into our little local Tescos yesterday( 5 mins walk from our house) and they were busy as people didn't want to drive to the larger Tescos store 3 miles away. We are pretty well stocked up and could probably manage for a week on the contents of the freezer and cupboards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 I bought Cravendale milk in Sainsburys last Sunday, so I don't have to worry about milk until the 21st Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireG Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 OMG Tasha thats madness. DH went to Asda for me and said it was no worse than normal, shelves all stocked up and only one person infront of him at checkout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 We have our milk delivered and our milkman hasn't missed a day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Waitrose was fine here, but Seeney's our animal feed store was HEAVING! People seemed to be mostly buying bird food. I couldn't complain about that so just waited patiently to order some layers pellets ( they don't keep much in ) Tricia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docsquid Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 The supermarket car parks look mad. We have been stocking up on stuff at the local Spar and it is quiet, and well stocked. We could certainly live from the freezer and cupboards for quite a long time, being creative, plus the eggies from the chooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
