Yeah, sorry, was getting mixed up with the number my place deals with every year. That’s the 100k figure, or thereabouts.
I mean they should stop stocking them, but that’s just because they are overpriced for the quantity of chocolate you get and that’s before you look at the quality of the chocolate.
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I think a lot of the problem with the regulations is the use of the word ‘essential’ - as it’s not defined.
Also, a lawyer pointed out the problem is partly that if you read the regulations carefully, it says ‘without lawful excuse, including…’ i.e. the list isn’t exhaustive and doesn’t pretend to be.
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It’s a difficult thing. If you go to the store and buy nothing but seven easter eggs you should probably get a stern talking to. If you go to the store and buy a week’s worth of food and a few easter eggs that’s probably fine.
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But even then there are grey areas. Maybe not Easter eggs but if you have, for instance, a child with significant autism symptoms who literally cannot cope without having 2 Mars bars a day I would deem going to buy a multipack of Mars bars as an essential. If you’re like me and just love Mars bars because you’re a fatty eating themselves into an early grave then the journey would not be essential.
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My family’s already been stopped from buying a loaf of regular bread and a loaf of gluten free bread, because they were only letting people buy one loaf of bread. I doubt that scenario would go down well.
Really? I’ve had no problem buying 1 white and 1 brown…
To be slightly fair, I think it was just a jumped up cashier rather than an actual store policy. I think they would have yielded if we’d asked to see their manager, but my Mom didn’t want to be there for any longer than necessary.
Certainly not in line with any big store policy I’ve come across…
Tesco’s are only allowing you to buy 2 packs of meat near me. So it wouldn’t suprise me.
The interesting thing is that the Coronavirus legislation Isn’t the same all across the UK. In Wales it specifically says you can only exercise once per day, in England it doesn’t. (Although that’s still the government guideline).
If it’s on the shelf and I want it…it’s getting bought #EndOfStory
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Nope, not really. I’m just not being told what I can or can’t buy if I’m doing my fortnightly shop. And I may upset some here with this comment but we are a big family so I often need more than 2 or 3 of an item which means I go round again to get what I need. Take the fart in a bottle sized hand wash, we have just gone through 1 in around 5 days 
I want to minimise the amount of times I need to go out to shop in a month.
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In my area, that attitude will get you removed from the store, sans shopping, and with the promise of a visit from the police if you don’t adjust your attitude!
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No dramas at my local Morrisons yesterday. No queue, full shelves, got everything I needed, then a few things I wanted and a couple of things I just liked the look of.
Basically a normal trip.
Yep know a few chaps who have assisted in removing people from Supermarkets for gobbing off.
There should be no need to “gob off” - if it is made available on the shelves then it should be able to be bought by the customers.
Larger families require larger quantities and though I understand that assistance may need to challenge some purchases, if they aren’t taking crates of stock and the purchase can be justified then that should be the end of that. (yes, I know some people will misrepresent the truth)
The best way to minimise social contact is to reduce the number of trips required. If you are already making that trip then it doesn’t matter a whole lot which items you choose to buy while there.
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Calm down girls, I’m not one to gob off. But if an item is on the shelf while I’m shopping then “that’s going straight in my basket” 
This is another point I’m trying to hammer home. Item limits are a ridiculous way of trying to deal with it. Somebody who lives along can have weeks’ worth of pasta when two bags is basically only enough for two meals for us.
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Even marmite? #weirdo
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