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Cooking up and freezing? But yes, it's quite weird that even outside tins/bog roll/obvious prepper stuff when I was in earlier in the week there was no veg, not much fruit. I guess that people are doing some panic buying, alongside a normal/bigger shop, but that everyone is doing it NOW and there isn't much slack in the supermarket supply chain for swings in demand. (Like first unseasonal BBQ weekend but not just selling out of sausages and rose).
villa-ru-
If people are worried about running out of mains water, they should probably be worried about not having power to run their freezers.
I think you've nailed it. I think people get a little carried away and start buying more of everything and a supermarket supply chain is tailored to make sure that there is just enough on the shelves to satisfy demand to minimise wastage so it must take a while for them to adjust for an increase in demand.
Stonehedge
Just in Tesco in Lewisham. People panic buying all kinds of things. Bog roll and bottled water mainly but things like fresh meat too!
I've come to the conclusion that most people aren't very good at emergency preparedness