I was obviously … completely unintentionally … way ahead of the game when I ordered these from Who Gives a Crap in November of last year. My thinking was that they would be brilliant to bring to the Van and stack in the cupboard in the bathroom as they are all individually wrapped and not in plastic, I was having a little rant against unnecessary plastics at the time.
The company have just had to issue press and online alerts to say that they have only enough stock left for their regular subscribers at the moment totally due to panic buying.
But they did other readers of this newspaper an alternative suggestion … 🤣
I hadn't realised just how much panic buying has been going on until I nipped into Sainsbury's to pick Mum up a bottle of milk, while she waited in the car with Suky. The lady being served at the checkout in front of me was asking why there were no toilet rolls on the shelves, the cashier answered that they have been restocking the toilet rolls and kitchen rolls at least three times each day and are selling out almost immediately.
This panic buying seems more contagious than Coronavirus itself!!
I loved the box the toilet rolls come in, and it really made the delivery guy smile.
The prettily wrapped rolls are almost too good to be hidden in a cupboard … I may have to leave a couple on the shelf instead!!
Sue xx
That's exactly what I thought when my first order of 48 came - Ahead of the game and no loo roll shortage here!!
ReplyDeleteI saw you had ordered some at a similar time to me - great minds think alike eh :-)
DeleteI had a box of Christmas wrapped ones and they had brilliant paper on them!
ReplyDeleteGift wrap for next year then ;-)
DeleteI suspect folk are using them as paper towels. I have a large roll of kitchen paper in the bathroom so that visitors may use that to dry their hands rather than using the towel if they so wish.
ReplyDeleteAhh … I wondered why kitchen roll was selling out too, that explains it.
DeleteI went to Tesco today and the only bare shelves were hand sanitisers. Everything else was in plentiful supply. I always keep a good stock of toilet rolls in though so haven't had to buy any this week.
ReplyDeleteHand sanitisers are gone from everywhere aren't they. My daughter-in-law works in Boots the Chemist and she has had people texting and emailing her asking her to reserve some for them, but there's none to be had. I don't waste my money on it as it's been proven not to work. The levels of alcohol in the gel are too low, as soon as the gel on your hands is dry they start to become completely ineffective.
DeleteWe had a box of these last year but found the quality poor so haven't bought them again which is a shame.
ReplyDeleteI'll let you know how I find them when I start using them, we still have a few other rolls to use up first.
DeleteI went to buy some wholemeal bread flour yesterday morning in a big supermarket but the entire shelf of bread flour was empty. I could not believe it - at 10sh in the morning. This is a real pain for me as apart from Lidl and Co-op our closest supermarket is over 7 miles away and I know I cannot get wholemeal bread flour there, so I have to travel around 20 miles each way to buy it. I got up early and went to Lidl before work, as I know places were selling out of all sorts of things, I was lucky as I got pasta, toilet rolls and tea bags which I actually needed. I did consider whether to buy extra, but they had so little on their shelves I did not feel I could. I did pick up a pack of white bread flour though - just in case!
ReplyDeleteAt the moment it is the panic causing the shortages in most areas. I do admit that I'd hate to run out of toliet paper though!
ReplyDeleteI too am ahead of the game. I had some vouchers for Iceland last year and I used them to by toilet toll on offer 3 packs of 18 rolls that are in my loft. The virus has certainly caught the public eye!
ReplyDeleteSue - reading your reply on my blog today, I presume you live in or near Garstang - so we are not all that far apart. I frequesntly in the Summer come over to meet friends in Kirkby Lonsdale and my God daughter lives in Preston and works in Sedbergh. Small world.
ReplyDelete"This panic buying seems more contagious than Coronavirus itself!!"
ReplyDeleteBrilliant. And how true!
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It's my sons birthday next week and he's in Sydney, Australia. I hadn't intended sending him a present this year as when he was home at Christmas we bought him an air purifier as he couldn't get one in Sydney to help with the smoke pollution they were suffering and I told him that's your birthday present! Anyway, he sent us video of the empty toilet roll shelves in their local supermarket and then we started to hear about the big shortage of toilet rolls all over Australia so I decided for a laugh to send him some for his birthday. Our local Tesco still has lots of toilet roll so I bought a 4 pack and sent it off to him! It will give him a good laugh if nothing else - well I suppose it will also be quite useful too lol. I hope it doesn't get stolen en route if they realise whats in it though lol x
ReplyDeleteHaha … an absolutely brilliant present. He'll be asking for a weekly delivery if you're not careful!!
DeleteIt had to happen; chic bog rolls. Next.... Hugo Boss, Versaci, Chanel?
ReplyDeleteHaha … oh yes ;-)
DeleteWe have always made the effort to support our local shops and businesses and as such they have been happy to make sure that so far we as regular customers don't go without during this crazy panic buying. All those people who said such businesses were too expensive seem happy now to pay whatever the price being asked at their usual retailers as they hike up prices.I worked a very early shift this morning and went to collect my order on the way home. All boxed and ready. I could feel the daggers as the somewhat posh lady who had just been told they were out of loo roll until later watched me leave with my usual rolls of recycled atop my grocery order. Not that I'm gloating or anything you understand, lol.
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