Stocking up on Food Brexit.

Unfortunately GrannyGravy, decisions are not taken by the port of Calais but by the central government in Paris and by the EU. Richard North is also of the opinion that much of the blockage is likely to be caused by checks on lorries trying to leave the UK.

For the record, I have just checked my medication and two out of the four are manufactured in the EU.
I am unable to "stockpile" but like to think that these huge pharmaceutical conglomerates will not want illness and deaths on their conscience.
Port of Calais officials have repeatedly stated that they will not be the cause of any delays in or out of the country.

Lazigirl those people who are stockpiling are playing into the supermarkets hands. They are laughing all the way to their off shore bank accounts.

Sales going up, shortages appearing long before 29/3 will lead to price increases.

What about all the people who live hand to mouth, obviously nobody worried about them!!!! The poorest in our society cannot stockpile!!! They will just have the leftovers, or are those with cupboards and in some cases on here rooms full of “stuff” going to open your doors and share your hoard!

mcem I was about to post the same

Some people can't afford to stockpile. It's a very middle class dilemma......

much of our fresh salad and soft fruits may be affected

I’m warning DH that he might need to get some coils of barbed wire - maybe a mantrap or two - round the allotment. He grows enough soft fruit to supply the whole street, but I like it and it’s mine, all mine, mwahahahaha!

I’ve just put the remaining half of the Christmas cake in the freezer, just in case. I’m the only one who eats it apart from our 22 month old, who’s a bit addicted. I had to take off the royal icing and marzipan and eat it all immediately, of course. Feeling slightly now. Curse you, Brexit!

There is nothing Great about it. It's an embarrassment and will soon be split up into little countries.

lily65 Great Britain will certainly exist. It's a geographical not a political entity.
Despite many ill-informed comments Great refers to physical size and not to status. Certainly not Great as a descrition of how wonderful the country is!
However as things are going the UK may be on its last legs!

Well we have just had Christmas Pudding tonight! It was the last item in a hamper I won just before Christmas. Should I have saved it for next Christmas?
We had two individual Christmas puds in a hamper and ate them on Sunday.
I still have a 3 year old home-made one in the cupboard - that should keep us going for a day (plain for breakfast, with custard for lunch and with brandy sauce for dinner).

Seriously though, much of our fresh salad and soft fruits may be affected - but who will pay if they get held up and are not fit to be sold?
We have farmers in the family and they don't get paid until later, not when the produce is collected from the farm - I can't see the European farmers being too pleased about that.

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As long as you have a few tins, some frozen veg, loo roll,chocolate and gin you will be fine, Bridgeit.?

Ahh good point as a remainer I shall now unashamedly stock pile !?

Not a problem Bridgeit. All the self satisfied and confident GN members who voted Brexit will have disregarded anything that experts say.

Times everyone doing the same ?

-*Bridgeit*. It is quite simple. At present if I buy a few more items per week then the supermarkets respond in simple supply and demand terms and increase their deliveries. No panic no shortages. No different to me suddenly doubling my weekly shop because my adult children are coming to stay. Surely nobody would accuse me of panic buying in that circumstance,,?

I’m not at the moment , should we be.? and if so won’t that make a bad situation worse?

Pretty obvious GillT57 they got hooked in by the lies and the ignorance of not having a clue what they were getting us into to then not having the guts to say they were wrong so we all get dragged along half running into the unknown and half being dragged

Lazigirl I like your style I ll join you if I may

Well we have just had Christmas Pudding tonight! It was the last item in a hamper I won just before Christmas. Should I have saved it for next Christmas?

Nope lazigirl. I shall be at home trying to work out why brexiteers got us into this mess

I only buy what we need each week so I guess come the day it's the soup kitchen for us, manned by you lot who've stockpiled...........I hope.

What a laugh " the British People". Its finished, there will be no Great Britain soon.

How refreshing that the majority of posters haven't been taken in by these lies and see it for what it is: a glorious excuse to raise prices, just as they did when we went decimal.
People are a lot more canny now and won't pay it. Once again, our 'rulers' are reading the British people all wrong.

Thanks. Just spotted it.

Merlot The thread is headed Shortages?