UK snow: panic buying hits supermarkets as shelves stripped

stumuzz · Post by **stumuzz** » 19 Jan 2013, 08:44

My Lidl ponny!

Totally_Baffled · Post by **Totally_Baffled** » 19 Jan 2013, 10:55

biffvernon wrote:
Totally_Baffled wrote:Just been in Tesco
Why?

Lord Beria3 wrote:
Totally_Baffled wrote:Just been in Tesco - loads of bread and milk, not many customers (particularly for a friday!)
Why are you posting on this forum if you go to Tesco?

I wanted some beer is that ok?? lol

Kentucky Fried Panda · Post by **Kentucky Fried Panda** » 19 Jan 2013, 11:04

Lord Beria3 wrote:
Totally_Baffled wrote:Just been in Tesco - loads of bread and milk, not many customers (particularly for a friday!)
Why are you posting on this forum if you go to Tesco?

Why are you posting if you still live with your parents?

vtsnowedin · Post by **vtsnowedin** » 19 Jan 2013, 13:50

Now children stop fighting.

Lord Beria3 · Post by **Lord Beria3** » 19 Jan 2013, 20:24

Totally_Baffled wrote:
biffvernon wrote:
Totally_Baffled wrote:Just been in Tesco
Why?

Lord Beria3 wrote:
Totally_Baffled wrote:Just been in Tesco - loads of bread and milk, not many customers (particularly for a friday!)
Why are you posting on this forum if you go to Tesco?
I wanted some beer is that ok?? lol

Don't you think that it would be preferable to get your beer from a local, organic supplier or shop instead?

Surely that would be better in the spirit of the Powerswitch forum rather than these big multi-nationals?

Mean Mr Mustard · Post by **Mean Mr Mustard** » 19 Jan 2013, 21:20

Tesco beer??? Pah!

My very own Mrs Mustard has just been praised, by the Archdruid no less, for her post-collapse winemaking skills.
It's All Good, as JHK would say.

Well, maybe not - as for Tescos, we stopped going there about a year ago for fear of being served by some unfortunate UNPAID workfare slave.

Totally_Baffled · Post by **Totally_Baffled** » 19 Jan 2013, 22:10

Lord Beria3 wrote:
Totally_Baffled wrote:
biffvernon wrote: Why?

Lord Beria3 wrote: Why are you posting on this forum if you go to Tesco?
I wanted some beer is that ok?? lol
Don't you think that it would be preferable to get your beer from a local, organic supplier or shop instead?

Surely that would be better in the spirit of the Powerswitch forum rather than these big multi-nationals?

I'd love to - but a local organic beer supplier I can walk to at 8pm in the evening - no chance!

Interestingly though, to your point, it is actually quite hard to avoid multi nationals - and I take my hat off to the likes of Biff who must go to considerable inconvenience to avoid multi nationals for everyday stuff.

After all when it comes to leccy (even if you buy from ecotricity the wind turbines are probably supplied by siemens or GE or summit!), petrol/diesel, food, groceries, the PC you are using to have a go at me for using a multi national was probably made by a ... ah nevermind etc etc its quite hard to avoid the buggers! lol

I am doing my bit - but I must admit I am at the stage when I have done all the easy stuff (cycling to work, recycling everything, composting, growing my own veggies, car sharing, insulation, solar panels etc etc) - the hard stuff, I am trying but, its well, really really hard!!

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 19 Jan 2013, 22:23

Suma do some pretty good organic bottled beers, delivered to one's door.

Totally_Baffled · Post by **Totally_Baffled** » 19 Jan 2013, 22:31

biffvernon wrote:Suma do some pretty good organic bottled beers, delivered to one's door.

Thanks Biff - just googled it - looks promising. To be honest, I must do the same for local produce from local suppliers delivered to home too.

In my defence the real ales I bought were at least only brewed in Dorset and Kent, so at least I dont score too bad on the CO2 footprint

Catweazle · Post by **Catweazle** » 20 Jan 2013, 00:14

Lord Beria3 wrote:Don't you think that it would be preferable to get your beer from a local, organic supplier or shop instead?

Surely that would be better in the spirit of the Powerswitch forum rather than these big multi-nationals?

Grow up LB.

JavaScriptDonkey · Post by **JavaScriptDonkey** » 20 Jan 2013, 16:04

Is using fossil fuel to get beer delivered to your door really fighting the good fight or is it just green wash?

Tarrel · Post by **Tarrel** » 20 Jan 2013, 16:41

Interestingly though, to your point, it is actually quite hard to avoid multi nationals - and I take my hat off to the likes of Biff who must go to considerable inconvenience to avoid multi nationals for everyday stuff.

A few months ago, someone posted an amazing graphic on here; a family-tree of who owns which brand. I thought I knew most of the ownership-trails of the products I buy, but there were some real surprises on there.

I notice also that many of the "quirky, young-start-up, cool-for-those-in-the-know" type brands are increasingly owned by the multinationals. For example, Teapigs is owned by Tetley, which in turn is owned by Tata Corporation (steel and Landrovers).

And, of course, Innocent Smoothies is now owned by Pepsico.

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 20 Jan 2013, 16:43

Totally_Baffled wrote:I take my hat off to the likes of Biff who must go to considerable inconvenience to avoid multi nationals for everyday stuff.

Really, there is nothing inconvenient about avoiding Tesco et al.

Tarrel · Post by **Tarrel** » 20 Jan 2013, 16:59

Regarding beer, according to CAMRA there are now over 1000 breweries in the UK. Surely for most folks there must be a local brewery from which one can buy one's beer without buying from the major supermarkets or incurring large numbers of "beer-miles"?

My favourite is the Black Isle brewery, not far from us. Their organic "Blond" and "Red Kite" ales are truly sublime. Also very keen on "Dark Island" from the Orkney Brewery, and "Wildcat" from the Cairngorm Brewery although, to be fair, they are a bit further away.

Then, of course, there are the single-malts. But don't get me started on those.

Totally_Baffled · Post by **Totally_Baffled** » 20 Jan 2013, 19:44

emordnilap wrote:
Totally_Baffled wrote:I take my hat off to the likes of Biff who must go to considerable inconvenience to avoid multi nationals for everyday stuff.
Really, there is nothing inconvenient about avoiding Tesco et al.

I do understand your point emord, I really do, but unfortunately they (and their competitors) do offer the most convenient and cost effective option for most people - hence they take 1 pound in every 6 spent in the retail sector in the UK

I guess that is big issue, getting people to pay more and be inconvenienced to do the right thing - buy local and, as Java eluded to, walk or go cycle to go collect it (or the Co2 cost is probably too high?)

For me there are some tough choices, and I face being a hypocrite - for example with an inevitable financial car crash imminent I want to clear my mortgage asap - but I can only do this if I stay in the unsustainable well paid job, paying as little as possible for unsustainable everyday stuff and energy so it leaves as much money as possible to clear debt.

I could pay considerably more for sustainable stuff and take up a job in a sustainable sector (after some non paid training!) but I would inevitably be financially fuc*ed when the crash came!!

Anyone else in the same boat?