Anyone stocking up on canned food etc.. Brexit?

[d_brennen]

No-one needs to stock pile so if anyone on here is even thinking about doing it, think about the bloody children and don't! Don't even scaremonger by sharing useless information!

Why, what have you heard?! Are the children planning something?

 

[Myaniad]

Are schools not back yet?

You could do with some schooling considering you have to ask when schools are back

 

[Feek]

Are schools not back yet? GD is hitting some new lows.

We’ve got a few days to go yet.

 

[Minstadave]

You could do with some schooling considering you have to ask when schools are back

 

[robfosters]

Brexit is the reason pot noodles were invented

 

[G J]

Will the bags of Haribo be changed for other types food instead when the dire times hit?

Someone set up a party and get a deal for mustard.

 

[Andrew_McP]

Having worked in food retail for a long time, and seen just how easily (day of snow etc) 'just in time' replenishment can go pear-shaped, I've always got what used to be called a larder before we lived in an age of 24/7 easy availability. I'm not boosting my supplies for Brexit, but I do need to top up my long life milk reserve. Tend to get lazy there because it's heavy to lug home.

 

[FortuitousFluke]

I'm going to wait for society to crumble then once Westminster has been breached I will feast on the sweetest of meats....Tory. They're organically fed and begin their port marinating process as soon as they're accepted into Eton.

 

[Rannoch]

The real question is, how will Ian Blackford survive?

 

[MartinPrince]

Brexit is the reason pot noodles were invented

They got me through Uni, they'll surely get me through Brexit.

 

[Greebo]

We would be stupid not to stock up living where I do in the countryside. A few days of bad weather means we get milk and bread rationed and shelves pretty empty in the supermarkets. If there is chaos from a no deal brexit and interruptions in deliveries then I would rather be stocked up.

 

[stockhausen]

. . . If there is chaos from a no deal brexit . . .

IF?

IF?​

 

[robfosters]

IF?

IF?​

When it comes to food stocks, it’s a massive if. This isn’t the 1940’s.

 

[The_Abyss]

When it comes to food stocks, it’s a massive if. This isn’t the 1940’s.

No, it isn't the 1940s. It is the 21st century with cutting edge retail delivered by just in time distribution and manufacturing. Sainsbury's estimate that the nation holds around 10 days stock of the majority of everyday items. There's little slack in the system, and it doesn't take much disruption to cause shortages. Broccoli shortages last year, cauliflower this year - simple things in isolation caused by specific targeted events. Brexit is a systemic event for the supply chain in comparison.

 

[RoboCod]

No, it isn't the 1940s. It is the 21st century with cutting edge retail delivered by just in time distribution and manufacturing. Sainsbury's estimate that the nation holds around 10 days stock of the majority of everyday items. There's little slack in the system, and it doesn't take much disruption to cause shortages. Broccoli shortages last year, cauliflower this year - simple things in isolation caused by specific targeted events. Brexit is a systemic event for the supply chain in comparison.

What about cans of food?

 

[Maccapacca]

Oh my a broccoli shortage

 

[The_Abyss]

What about cans of food?

Have you considered that they're part of the same supply chain?

 

[The_Abyss]

Oh my a broccoli shortage

If you're too obtuse to see an example of how a supply chain of a specific good can be disrupted, then there's little point trying to have an intelligent conversation.

 

[Rannoch]

As long as they still have sprouts for xmas.

 

[Maccapacca]

If you're too obtuse to see an example of how a supply chain of a specific good can be disrupted, then there's little point trying to have an intelligent conversation.

Broccoli production in 2018 was down 20% due to the weather not Brexit