Food shortages.

I'm not going into supermarkets very often as we intend sticking with home deliveries. We often have missing items but nothing of concern. Our local co-op has empty shelves, Parmesan was one recent  missing item. I can manage without these things, they are not essential to life.

This year we stepped up veg growing at home and even just a few basic things like tomatoes and winter greens are worth the effort. OH has said he'd keep chickens again if things looked really tough! Let's hope this won't be the case but we need to adapt to "wait rather than expect." 

Whilst there are undoubtedly some supply chain issues, I can’t help think it is made worse by scaremongering in the media and it’s profile on social media. Our local Nextdoor postings are full of it, which unfortunately encourages folk to panic buy.

It shouldn’t be an issue raising it on CT😂

We have seen a few gaps recently, but nothing really significant.

Flavoured sparkling water seems to be in short supply.

The only thing we were particularly looking for but could not find was brioche hot dog rolls (as we are having Callum to visit).

Our local Co-op is suffering and the shelves in Lidl look as if they've had a plague of locusts attack them. Elsewhere, it's nothing of consequence.

Blimey, crayfish tails,  parmesan and brioche rolls - there's posh! (Only joking folks! )

Had to make a rare visit to Sainsburys yesterday (and, BTW,  I was shocked at the number of folk not wearing masks, pretty much a 50/50 split I'd estimate.)

No problem with fruit & veg, but not the usual selection of fish, loads of empty shelves on the pasta section and tinned pulses  (no chickpeas or butter beans), plus, most distressingly a few gaps on the wine shelves! 

I do think there is a genuine problem now and in the months to come, but hopefully nothing to the degree that's been publicised.

You'll be OK in Cornwall for Crayfish tails Moulesy, straight from the sea to the fish seller. 

And you can get your "moules" straight from the rocks!

Very few recent gaps here since April /May when occasional shortages on choice of such as tined tomatoes, tinned peas etc.

With no mandate to wear masks I would not be shocked. Masks still required here in Wales in shops etc.

Well, maybe surprised more than shocked. 

Personally, I do feel it was a mistake to remove that mandate earlier and, if one is to believe the latest reports,  there is every chance that it will be reimposed later in the year.

We are in Wales, in a cottage near Rhossili in a couple of weeks time. So that is a useful reminder, and using masks will be no hardship for us. 

I also felt that to abandon masks in stores was pointless.