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I got back from spending Xmas/NY abroad yesters & Plan A was to get my taxi to stop at the Co-Op, the nearest S'market, to load up (Plan B is to  buy a cheapo hol away from the snow once Stir-Crazy kicks in after 2 weeks incarceration - Egypt, Red Sea anyone? 8))

So, bout 3.30pm me'n'my taxi arrived at the Co-op. me with my modest shopping list in hand.....potatoes, onions, all green veg, eggs, WINE BOXES(2) - to find that there were NO potatoes, no onions except the last 2 bags of red ones, no cauliflowers, no cabbages, no sprouts  :'( and no not-green but-much-loved sprouts. No salad stuff atorl.

What the heck has been going on? Have delivery lorries been unable to get through or....panic buying?

Times like this, wish I had a lottie... ::) :P ;D

Poor you Lishka! But yes, apparently deliveries have been difficult - and the farmers can't get the stuff out as the side roads aren't being cleared or gritted. The media are warning that prices will go sky high as a result of the big freeze and resulting shortages.

Hope you had a good time abroad!

Tricia

Hiya, Lish, welcome back and happy new year, hope your weather was better than ours  ;D
went for some carrots to asda today, not a one on the shelves, watching the news this morning, the poor farmers are having a rotten time trying to keep up with the orders  :-\

Quote from: Hyacinth on January 11, 2010, 22:02:26
Times like this, wish I had a lottie... ::) :P ;D

It's times like this I wish I had dug a few parsnips up and stored them.

My local co-ops (yes 2 within walking distance) both had very poor stocks last saturday, so I had to dig the car out and drive to the tescos (also within walking distance, but not in this weather).
The place was heaving, queues were 8 trollys deep, but the shelves were still full.

Hi Y'All

Here in Cornwall it'sjust the same, tho I find the Co-op the worst stocked of any supermarket anyway, there are often empty shelves when there's not a national emergency on.  Side roads and pavements treacherous, main roads ok till tomorrow, then we are expecting a mighty snowfall, so it will start all over again this time with less grit even for main roads.

I have leeks and parsnips on my lottie, trouble is I can't get to it, it's off a very steep side road which has not been gritted, impossible for cars, treacherous on foot.  (And if I could get to them it would be a hell of a job to dig 'em).

Keep warm and safe everyone, I suppose there is always tinned food, aarrgghh.

Caro

Sainsbury's on Sunday was a shocker! Only went to pick up a couple of things but it still took ages.  Can't work out if people were panic buying or just that most people had been stuck in doors all week.
No parsnips - no chickens - and tiny ickle Caulis at £1.50 double last weeks price.

I'm not bothered - still have corn, beans, snowpeas, peppers, chillies and lots of soft fruit in the freezer and leeks and celeriac practically outside the patio doors! Added to which, I keep a well-stocked store cupboard.

Caro - I'll believe the snow when I see it!! Here in Torbay we only got a smattering last week - just enough to cause icy side roads.

Tricia

TRicia! Ever thought of opening a boarding house  for snow-adverse fresh veggie-loving folks like us?

Me, I'd pay you my keep  AND part pay in kind for food for the Duration....love digging, me; love the exercise. Could guarantee you a weed-free lottie come spring ;D

But did they have the wine boxes?  ;)

Quote from: emmy1978 on January 12, 2010, 13:17:35
But did they have the wine boxes?  ;)

YESS!!!

Phew...panic over.  ;D

Sorry Lishka - only one bedroom and the shed is chocablock :P. Shame really as I can't do much in the way of weeding my garden any more (don't have a lottie). I have some great neighbours though who are only waiting for the weather to warm up a little so that they can spread the 6 bags of manure I ordered over my raised beds for me.

Luckily, I have really good friable soil now so there isn't much digging needed, just a good rake-over in the Spring before planting out the baby plants I grow in my mini-greenhouse.

Oh dear - got a bit off-topic, sorry!

Tricia