Panic buying, hoarding

[mjr]

Aldi Red Leicester is absolutely yummy as is their Caledonian Cheddar.

Go for the posh label one. Their regular is too rubbery IMO.

And Caledonian Cheddar is a contradiction in naming. Cheddar should come from Cheddar, or at least near it.

[Jdsk]

Why "should"?

It's been defined by a process rather than where it's made for quite a long time.

But "West Country Farmhouse Cheddar" is a protected name.

Jonathan

[mercalia]

. . . just came back from Streatham Lidl and wasnt very busy and the shelves full. Maybe the bad news came too soon and the hoarders had to go to work

[Paulatic]

I’ve found the best thing to do with ALDI cheese is take it out of the plastic wrapper and wrap it in grease proof.
In my garden I’ve still over a row of beetroot and another of leeks with cabbage looking good for the spring. Wish the cauliflower plants looked the same.
Tonight we’re having chicken and leek pie with spiralised beetroot.

[Debs]

Now the imminent threat of stampeding panic buyers has been advertised on TV national News, the panic buyers won't be waiting for starters orders!

[Cyril Haearn]

Went to the new EasyNosh, it is bigger and better than the old one, couldnae find some stuff I wanted
What one does not find, one can not buy, saved some cash, +1!

[Debs]

The imported items I will stock up on are:
cheese (cheddar & red leicester)
Green & Black's cocoa & chocolates
Piccalilli
PG Tips

Is Red Leicester really imported?

And by 'Cheddar' do you mean English / Welsh / Scottish ?

I wouldn't have thought they are imported, but can imagine if people's usually supply of foreign cheeses does fail to reach our supermarkets, then our Cheddars may become subject more to demand than supply.
Then again, if the British Cheddars fail to export then this could remain here to be used to fuel the extra demand...

[Oldjohnw]

Aldi (Caledonian) brie and blue stilton, mature cheddar etc are often quite exceptional. As is their single malt whisky and their continental meats.

Sadly, not accessed it for many months as we now have home deliveries. Another casualty of the pandemic.

[Debs]

Buying Cheese in Brexit Britain:

[Cyril Haearn]

One earnestly hopes This Madness, importing and exporting cheese, stops now the continent has been cut off

[NATURAL ANKLING]

Hi,
Two fridge freezers full up 95%
Larder full up
Other cupboards in kitchen and office are stuffed.
Turfing out old stuff for more room OK so spare one bag loo rolls and other such washing stuff.

BUT we have owned two fridge freezers for more than 20 years and always buy when offers are in.
So weekly shopping does not change
We probably have some 5% more than usual, but this can drop to say 75% normal stock at times.
Still works out at about £26.50 per person per week all in on consumables..............whats a meal out cost?

[merseymouth]

Hi all, Maybe the food crisis?, will mean that with "Mouse-Trap", cheese we won't be able to tell the difference on sight between Sage Derbyand Mouldy Cheddar?
Vorpal needs imported British Red Leicester due to location in Norway . TTFN MM

[simonineaston]

Sampled Aldi's 5 year old brandy at the week-end. While not quite as nice as the Henessy XO a bottle of which my chum whipped out of his briefcase, on our way to a lunchtime meeeting in the Bath not long ago... it's jolly good for the price (less than £15 the bottle).

[mjr]

. . . just came back from Streatham Lidl and wasnt very busy and the shelves full. Maybe the bad news came too soon and the hoarders had to go to work

The panickers fled London on Saturday evening, didn't they?

[mjr]

Now the imminent threat of stampeding panic buyers has been advertised on TV national News, the panic buyers won't be waiting for starters orders!

Yes, Sainsbury's in particular ought to be assumed of themselves, getting some publicity by talking up shortages: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/1 ... uld-cause/

Why "should"?

It's been defined by a process rather than where it's made for quite a long time.

That does not make the decision correct.

But "West Country Farmhouse Cheddar" is a protected name.

Good luck finding that much. In Sainsbury's (as I've got their website open, from failing to find their shortages news story on it), you'll find exactly one type of that, and it's store-branded. The big chains want to keep Cheddar as a commodity where they can play producers off against each other.