Most of the insanity in Supermarkets of hoarding seems to be going down now matters are being enforced and settled.
Field report from last night's supermarket visit:
Very few people there. Everyone being pressed to use the self scan handset things if you can.
Most things readily available. Some persistent shortages: all types of canned/prepared tomato product, no onions whatsoever, all dried pasta gone, no baked beans, still no toilet roll. (I still don't get the toilet roll thing.) Lots of things on "two items only per customer" but multipacks count as one item.
You're ok for just about everything in terms of frozen stuff, but most people have smallish freezers which is probably the rate limiter there.
As for fresh stuff... ready prepared/easily prepared meats (mince, sausages, cut up chicken breasts etc) all gone. If I was hazarding a guess, I think more people are cooking at home due to lockdown but have a pretty basic repertoire, hence the fresh and tinned/dried staples being gone. I think there's an awful lot of spaghetti bolognese getting eaten this week in the UK. If your mam is not much of a cook, I think lockdown is going to get old fast.
Bread, milk supplies all fine but still no sign of flour and ancillary baking products. I think the ignored breadmakers of the UK are finally having their moment.
Expensive joints/cuts of meat readily available and actually on offer. If you're smart about using leftovers, there are some deals to be had. Got a big turkey drumstick marked down to two quid which is currently becoming a big pot of soup.
On the other hand, mother's favoured supermarket is in a dense residential area and is walking distance for thousands of people, including many elderly and vulnerable. It's continually running short of staples and non staples. Purchase limiting is being strictly enforced but I think there are just an awful lot of people coming there. I don't think it's a supply chain issue. I also heard anecdotally that households have been trying to visit it several times a day to catch restocks of stuff especially the dreaded toilet roll.
tl;dr don't know how it is where you guys are but the supply lines seem to be holding up fine, enjoy ur spag bol
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penance by adding a video from a Southeastern Michigan ICU nurse (archive) describing conditions at her hospital and telling people to "stay the fuck home." Really hoping she and other HCWs can hang in there, because we all know what happens if they can't.