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20-03-2020, 08:55 PM | #361 | ||
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20-03-2020, 09:17 PM | #362 | ||
Shenanigans..............
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$1.00 per role. lol
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20-03-2020, 09:30 PM | #363 | ||
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I was in hills foodlands today, their warehouse deliveries are being rationed on everything, most have 1-2 item limits across the range with shelves still empty.
They ARE holding back stock of TP, if it all goes out at once it will be gone within half an hour, most are restocking the shelves staggered through the day to give more people a chance. They are also holding back stock for the retiree hour in the morning. Manufacturers are now packaging into smaller packs (2 and 4 rolls) to help things. Still, with a 1 pack limit I witnessed a lady in the car park loading her 1x4 pack into to boot alongside...........her 3 other 4 packs of the same. I swear it’s like a mental illness with some people.
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21-03-2020, 10:27 AM | #364 | |||
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21-03-2020, 10:40 AM | #365 | ||
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Woolies has struggled from the beginning of this. Coles seems to to be fairing better. I would assume they will look at their supply chain in the future as it's exposed a hole in their process.
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21-03-2020, 10:58 AM | #366 | ||
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Yesterday my local IGA put out behind the counter about 200 individually wrapped commercial style 2 ply rolls. A big SPECIAL sign above them. Price was $2.99 each! Since this is the only supermarket in town, the public weren't very impressed. By mid afternoon, the price dropped to $0.99 per roll. No other choice of TP available here. |
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21-03-2020, 11:25 AM | #367 | |||
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Last week they supplied the equivalent of 50 million Australians, they sold more than they do the week before Christmas. For the Christmas week they start planning 3 months out, "top loading" shelves and holding as much stock as they can so they meet the demand. No one could have foreseen what has happened in the last week or so. I'm not defending the big grocery suppliers, but it is not a problem of supply there is plenty to go around. Some people must be sitting on a mountain of groceries much of which they probably will not use. I have also heard rumours of organised crime trying to take advantage of the situation. Australia produces; way, way more food then we could ever eat. Much of our production goes overseas. At the moment overseas markets are in doubt so all that extra overseas production has to go back into the local market. There are no shortages; we actually have too much food.
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21-03-2020, 11:50 AM | #368 | ||
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Australia exports about 60% of the meat we produce.
At the moment export markets are in doubt, all that top quality meat for export will have to be sold here. So wholesalers will lower their prices to unload all the meat they have. I went to my regular butcher yesterday to pick up my usual shop. They have employed a security guard so only two people in the shop at a time. The shop has been cleaned out of meat every day this week; the butchers have been doing big hours to try and meat (sic) demand. My butcher also put up his prices 33%! In a market that will soon be flooded with cheap top quality meat.
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21-03-2020, 12:00 PM | #369 | |||
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21-03-2020, 12:12 PM | #370 | ||
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21-03-2020, 01:39 PM | #371 | |||
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21-03-2020, 01:59 PM | #372 | |||
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Abattoirs staff there said that the Maccas meat was better quality than the export stuff.
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21-03-2020, 03:02 PM | #373 | |||
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I suspect the meat Japan buys from Australia is better quality than Maccas is perpared to pay for.
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21-03-2020, 03:37 PM | #374 | ||
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If Maccas was the best I’d hate to see the worst. What torture do they expose a decent piece of meat to ? I knew a girl with similar cooking talents once
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21-03-2020, 04:12 PM | #375 | ||
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I am waiting for the 1st news story to report break and enters on the rise.
They will leave the jewellery, laptops ect and only take the Toilet Paper.
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21-03-2020, 04:21 PM | #376 | ||
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We've had trolley theft in the last few days whereby thieves are targeting the elderly.
A few days ago an old man stopped to buy something from a mall diner and when he let go of his trolley to pick up his purchase someone grabbed the trolley and ran with it, a number of witnesses chipped in some money and Coles topped him up for free and we now have security everywhere. This morning I believe a lady had her trolley load stolen as she went to open the boot of her car. |
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21-03-2020, 04:45 PM | #377 | ||
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We loaded out 20 semi loads of toilet paper and paper towels today, all destined for Brisbane woolies stores. Done the same thing since I started here on Wednesday.
There’s must be a frigging giant pile of bog rolls somewhere.... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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21-03-2020, 05:10 PM | #378 | ||
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I hope most waomen argue over toilet paper forever.
The good ones are then left to date. Silver lining. |
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21-03-2020, 05:15 PM | #379 | ||
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Panic buying on Brussels Sprouts people...
Go...
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21-03-2020, 05:18 PM | #380 | ||
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I went to Woolies today and got less than half of what was on my list but enough to get on with a bit. Only thing full is the booze shop
Way worse then last week despite everything they are doing to keep up. What a bunch of dumb ****s we are acting like |
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21-03-2020, 05:27 PM | #381 | ||
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Id be more afraid if the bottlos had empty shelves. I went to my local woolies earlier today, and yes the bog roll aisle was bare, but the deli had no shortage of twiggy sticks, and that was what i was there for. Good old mystery meats.
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21-03-2020, 05:50 PM | #382 | |||
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Tuesday I stumbled upon the last few pacvks of toilet paper from Aldi - I got a 4 pack. Had I been 10 seconds later I would have none. Woolies had nothing. Thursday I tried my luck again - this time going to Woolies first where they were handing out 8 packs from a pallet. I got a pack. Had I been 30 seconds later I would have had none. Friday I tried my luck again. No toilet paper but paper towel rolls were just being stocked. I got a pack. Had I been 45 seconds later I would have missed out. All happened around 4pm. I pack of TP for my uncle and auntie, the other for my parents who are all in the 70's and can't spend a day running around. Plus, as of today they are in lock down as both my uncle and father have medical issues. I started working in the city at 3pm today. Uncle asked for frozen veggies. The local Coles had quite a few options actually, and I noticed huge piles (hundreds of units) of different types of 1kg rice. So, hopefully people have realised their madness and toned it down.
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21-03-2020, 06:16 PM | #383 | ||
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21-03-2020, 06:36 PM | #384 | ||
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just scored a 4 pack. Lucky I am down to my last 349 rolls.
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21-03-2020, 06:45 PM | #385 | ||
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Mate... learn Mandarin or team up with the female dog above and you can retire by next week...
You're sitting on a gold mine there
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21-03-2020, 06:46 PM | #386 | ||||
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yes still (as money n time permit) doing the rebuilding the zh fairlane with a clevo 400m 4v heads injected whipple blown with aode 4 speed trans to a 9" ....... we'll get there eventually just remember don't be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the Ark...Professionals built the Titanic! I have taken up meditation... at least it's better than sitting around doing nothing !! |
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21-03-2020, 06:52 PM | #387 | ||
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and i havent heard of any shortage of our rail division being able to deliver tp as of late
https://imgur.com/ALnShkm and thats one of many 48" containers that um well pass thru the depot daily full of tp even tho my depot had a ute drive in and raid the depots supply of tp from the bottom office store room
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yes still (as money n time permit) doing the rebuilding the zh fairlane with a clevo 400m 4v heads injected whipple blown with aode 4 speed trans to a 9" ....... we'll get there eventually just remember don't be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the Ark...Professionals built the Titanic! I have taken up meditation... at least it's better than sitting around doing nothing !! |
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21-03-2020, 06:56 PM | #388 | ||
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Went shopping at coles Wyndhmvale at about 9:30 today (west of Melbourne). Plenty of sausages, mince, chicken, some pasta sauce, bags of rice, lots of fresh fruit / vegetables.
No toilet paper, but a pallet was brought out just as we pulled up to register. No rushing. No panicking. I get the feeling they stagger it through the day. Delivery restrictions on trucks are lifted so that will surely help. I do get the feeling that once this settles down, toilet paper will be heavily discounted!
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21-03-2020, 07:55 PM | #389 | ||
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I've visited Foodland, Drakes Foodland, Coles and woolies in my area 4 times each in the last 36hrs just to do our regular fortnightly shopping as no one has had everything we need as a family of 5 in one visit and haven't seen 1 toilet roll in any of them.
If the Government want to stop the panic buying then they need to kick the supermarkets ***** into getting the shelves restocked somehow, because nothing makes people panic buy more than thinking there is a shortage and aisle after aisle of empty shelves certainly gives you the feeling that there is a supply problem. I don't even need toilet paper but after seeing how hard it is to get out our way, I reckon i'd buy it if I found it just because I could and im starting to think that's the problem, its no longer a 'hoarding' purchase but now an 'opportune' buy. |
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21-03-2020, 07:59 PM | #390 | ||
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Did this for years down on the farm, shouldn't be a problem going back to it
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