Stockpiling...

[loveallthingsitalian]

I’d be the first to admit I’m not good at being frugal and buy what I can afford when I want it but this has made me have a good think and I hope to make some changes. I don’t waste much unless goods are only sold in quantities which make it impossible for 2 people to use but there is definitely room for improvement.
As I’ve said here we are lucky with the shops but Im determined to only buy what I would normally use and leave it for others and if things get bad so be it I’ll manage just like everyone else.

 

[Anna]

I went to M & S yesterday evening. Not much left but did get a pack of toilet roll! However, they had no meals which I can put into the freezer for my mum.

I eventually got an online delivery for tomorrow from Sainsbury's and just hope that the items I have ordered for her arrive. She does have some meals in the freezer which will get us through for a short while. I have bought her a couple of cakes to hopefully bridge any gaps. She loves cake.

I did email Sainsbury's asking if I could be considered priority for online booking for my mum, explaining we had Court of Protection for her and that she had Alzheimer's, was nearly 90, vulnerable, weighed only 6st 4lb, lives alone, and stated that there are only certain things she will eat. Had a reply back and apparently it seems she is not vulnerable enough, and I should just keep checking for online spots. Thanks Sainsbury's - I will remember that.

I don't really want to keep going to the shops, as I don't want to pick up the Virus and pass it onto her. She probably would not survive.

Of course, the funny thing is that she is totally unaware of any of it, till she watches the news again, then forgets again a short while later.

 

[Lemonpop]

I wonder if this will suit me????

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Great idea.

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

I went to M & S yesterday evening. Not much left but did get a pack of toilet roll! However, they had no meals which I can put into the freezer for my mum.

I eventually got an online delivery for tomorrow from Sainsbury's and just hope that the items I have ordered for her arrive. She does have some meals in the freezer which will get us through for a short while. I have bought her a couple of cakes to hopefully bridge any gaps. She loves cake.

I did email Sainsbury's asking if I could be considered priority for online booking for my mum, explaining we had Court of Protection for her and that she had Alzheimer's, was nearly 90, vulnerable, weighed only 6st 4lb, lives alone, and stated that there are only certain things she will eat. Had a reply back and apparently it seems she is not vulnerable enough, and I should just keep checking for online spots. Thanks Sainsbury's - I will remember that.

I don't really want to keep going to the shops, as I don't want to pick up the Virus and pass it onto her. She probably would not survive.

Of course, the funny thing is that she is totally unaware of any of it, till she watches the news again, then forgets again a short while later.

Dear God if that doesn’t qualify what does!
Ive just got an email from M&S saying 1st slots on a Monday and Thursday are being reserved for vulnerable and elderly and Tuesday and Friday for key workers. Some help I suppose assuming they can actually get out to shop. I can understand that they can’t have able bodied people doing it by proxy as the unscrupulous will be there shopping for 29 grannies and 5 nurses none of whom exist.

 

[Twilight]

I went to M & S yesterday evening. Not much left but did get a pack of toilet roll! However, they had no meals which I can put into the freezer for my mum.

I eventually got an online delivery for tomorrow from Sainsbury's and just hope that the items I have ordered for her arrive. She does have some meals in the freezer which will get us through for a short while. I have bought her a couple of cakes to hopefully bridge any gaps. She loves cake.

I did email Sainsbury's asking if I could be considered priority for online booking for my mum, explaining we had Court of Protection for her and that she had Alzheimer's, was nearly 90, vulnerable, weighed only 6st 4lb, lives alone, and stated that there are only certain things she will eat. Had a reply back and apparently it seems she is not vulnerable enough, and I should just keep checking for online spots. Thanks Sainsbury's - I will remember that.

I don't really want to keep going to the shops, as I don't want to pick up the Virus and pass it onto her. She probably would not survive.

Of course, the funny thing is that she is totally unaware of any of it, till she watches the news again, then forgets again a short while later.

She's over 70 so that means she's in a vulnerable group, what jobsworths some of these people are.

 

[donna255]

M&S in Belfast fully stocked this morning.

 

[Anna]

She's over 70 so that means she's in a vulnerable group, what jobsworths some of these people are.

The reply was from the Chief Exec's office - not him, but one of his staff.

 

[Anna]

I have now just checked my Sainsbury's order for tomorrow to be told I can only have 3 bananas.

What next? 3 grapes?

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

If this goes on for a substantial period some form of a coupon system will have to be put in place otherwise how do you know if that person with an overflowing trolly load is shopping for themselves and vulnerable relatives or greedy people stockpiling under the guise of shopping for others.

 

[Twilight]

I have now just checked my Sainsbury's order for tomorrow to be told I can only have 3 bananas.

What next? 3 grapes?

I was told yesterday that fresh produce wasn't restricted so there doesn't seem to be much joined up thinking.

 

[stratobuddy]

 

[stratobuddy]

 

[Brissles]

I have now just checked my Sainsbury's order for tomorrow to be told I can only have 3 bananas.

What next? 3 grapes?

Before the curfew starts in earnest on Monday I nipped into a Tesco Express late this afternoon, where they had a stack of bananas, potatoes and vegetables, so I bought just 3 bananas and some carrots.

 

[stratobuddy]

 

[Turandot]

I actually like spam fritters but it must be years since I had them. We once had a cook at the hostel where I worked and she did fantastic spam fritters. Her budget to feed 65 male residents breakfast and evening meal was something like £1.30p per person per day so she had to be inventive. After she left we then got another cook who`d previously worked in a care home and many of the old folks didn`t chew their food, consequently much of what he cooked for them was soft, mushy and easily swallowed. He brought his lack of culinary skills to the hostel and some days we had almost riots when he dished up grey mince in watery gravy or almost liquidised boiled potatoes. He was dire and if any of the men complained at him he`d just shrug his shoulders and tell them they were lucky to be fed at all. As you can guess,he didn`t last long at the hostel.

Love spam fritters. We used to have them for school dinners with chips. Like many things the spam you get today doesn’t seem the same as then.

 

[Dave]

A little old lady went to buy cat food. She picked up three cans, but was told by the cashier:
"I'm sorry, but we can't sell this to you without proof you have a cat. Too many seniors are buying cat food to eat. Management wants proof that you are buying this for your cat."

So the lady went home, brought in her cat and was sold the cat food.

The next day, she comes in and tries to buy two cans of dog food and was again told she couldn't buy them without proof.
So the lady went home, brought in her dog and was sold the dog food...

One day later, she brought in a box with a hole in the lid and asked the cashier to stick her finger in the hole. The cashier said:
"No, you might have a snake in there."

The lady assured her that there was nothing in the box that would harm her. So the cashier put her finger into the box, quickly pulled it out and screamed:
"That smells like ****."

The lady replied:
"It is... I want to buy two rolls of toilet paper please."

 

[Twilight]

Love spam fritters. We used to have them for school dinners with chips. Like many things the spam you get today doesn’t seem the same as then.

We did too, the Spam was bright pink & the really thick batter was bright orange, I wasn't keen but had to eat everything on my plate. The very worst we got served up was scrambled egg & kidney flan - the kidneys were mushed up & piped over the egg & the pastry defo had a soggy bottom. I detested it & still think it was a form of catering cruelty

 

[Loveinamist]

We did too, the Spam was bright pink & the really thick batter was bright orange, I wasn't keen but had to eat everything on my plate. The very worst we got served up was scrambled egg & kidney flan - the kidneys were mushed up & piped over the egg & the pastry defo had a soggy bottom. I detested it & still think it was a form of catering cruelty

Oh my, that sounds horrid. When me and my brother stayed hot dinners at school in the mid sixties we were the only ones to get seconds of cheese pie, it was lovely, a heavier version of quiche, and could never understand the other kids. Then again they hated semolina which we loved. Mum’s concoctions were always delicious so we had a healthy respect towards food. Heard a woman in the supermarket the other day telling her friend her children wouldn’t eat such and such, felt like telling her well they will when they are hungry.

 

[maymorganlondon]

Every one of us will have to accept more limited choices in the food we buy. Picky eating will be difficult if not impossible to accommodate.

 

[Twilight]

Oh my, that sounds horrid. When me and my brother stayed hot dinners at school in the mid sixties we were the only ones to get seconds of cheese pie, it was lovely, a heavier version of quiche, and could never understand the other kids. Then again they hated semolina which we loved. Mum’s concoctions were always delicious so we had a healthy respect towards food. Heard a woman in the supermarket the other day telling her friend her children wouldn’t eat such and such, felt like telling her well they will when they are hungry.

I wonder if there was a cookbook for schools because we also had a cheese pie that was delicious. On balance our school meals were excellent & the social aspect of sitting a table, often with children we didn't know, socialising & then being responsibile for tidying away was invaluable, I'm 61 so my schooldays were 1963 to 1977 & the eating together system still happened in sixth form My mum was a very good cook, my sister has always said that she could open an empty cupboard but still find ingredients to make a meal. She also instilled in us a respect for food & an awareness that there were those who didn't have enough.