It's been nearly four months since the lockdown panic buying problem started. Shops are now much more open and no one is really stockpiling anymore. So why are things like toilet roll and cleaning products still out of stock all the time? All the normal bulk buy products I regularly buy online are all still out of stock with no sign of stock coming in anytime soon.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Haven't noticed any shortage of loo rolls around here either. The last items to reappear on a regular basis were tinned tomatoes, pasta and plain rice. They are all readily available now too.
Cleaning products have been very scarce since the beginning of lockdown here, loo rolls were not all there either last week. Pasta and rice getting back to near normal levels.
I have been struggling for several days to understand a pattern for a shrug (supposed to be for daughter's birthday) but the number of stitches I was supposed to pick up to knit the welt did not make sense!
I sewed the sleeves on the wrong sides
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." Sir Terry Pratchett
The range of flours for baking is limited and mainly for bread now but that's OK as lockdown means I'm not making cakes for patchwork group. Dried yeast and baking powder were unavailable for a short while too but I could still by live yeast for the few occasions I make bread. Oh's favourite salted caramel ice cream disappeared for a while but is now back.
The only regular item we buy that I haven't seen for months now is Jumbones which we used to give as a bedtime snack for the dogs. This has now been swapped to a Dentastix and I dare say they are healthier for it and slimmer - both weighed less at their annual weighing for vaccines session a couple of weeks ago. Won't be going back.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I believe the problem is not one of shortages of flour , yeast per se, but the machines to get it into small , retail, sized packs. Most goes to big bakers in sacks.
It seems to be just the online retailer I normally use. Everywhere else has stock but at inflated prices plus expensive postage.
Speaking of expensive I just had to replace both valves in the kitchen tap. You know, those amazing ceramic ones that last a lifetime but which have both failed within a few weeks for some reason. No branding or part numbers on the valve but you can buy replacements for most of them on-line if you measure them with calipers and match them to a similar one. Mine have a 22mm seat and cost £22.50 each but the 23mm seat versions, which wouldn't quite have sealed properly, cost under a tenner. I'm sure it's just the rubber seals that have gone on mine too which means all that fancy ceramic stuff still hasn't managed to replace the cheap rubber washers which used to be the weak point in tap design. If I have to buy a new tap in the future I will be making sure service kits for the valves are readily available.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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No problems with cleaning/loo roll stock here @wild edges, so maybe just a location problem?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I sewed the sleeves on the wrong sides
The only regular item we buy that I haven't seen for months now is Jumbones which we used to give as a bedtime snack for the dogs. This has now been swapped to a Dentastix and I dare say they are healthier for it and slimmer - both weighed less at their annual weighing for vaccines session a couple of weeks ago. Won't be going back.