Corona Virus Concerns
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I wondered that, too. 🤔
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We have just donated. He’s a living embodiment of all the lovely elderlies who aren’t going to make it through this, and who deserve a better end to their lives.
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A Chinese laboratory at the centre of new theories about how the coronaviruspandemic started was the subject of multiple urgent warnings inside the U.S. State Department two years ago, according to a new report.
U.S. Embassy officials warned in January 2018 about inadequate safety at the Wuhan Institute of Virology lab and passed on information about scientists conducting risky research on coronavirus from bats, The Washington Post reportedTuesday.
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We do not ever spend £60 pounds on a shop,and since we got our new Aldi last year it costs even less,,Which at this time we get via Son
We do have at this awful time an as required Waitrose home delivery via our Daughters partner , who has been seconded from John Lewis ,and is useing his company car to do deliveries to their vunerable list, to which we have been "added"
Both the above we try not to call on, as our Co op just over 200yds away, normally has what we want
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I can remember reading an article in a medical journal online weeks ago, which included an interview with an eminent female chinese "expert on corona viruses". She stated that her first reaction on hearing of the outbreak was "oh god what have we done"-or something like that......I can't seem to find it anymore though😯
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It’s all supposition at this stage. The only certainty is that one way or another, mankind is behind it, whether deliberate or through obnoxious eating habits. Mankind is usually behind anything on this planet that ain’t good. Possible exceptions being volcanoes and Earthquakes.......
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Yes, that was what we did, but we ordered far more than our normal weekly shop, plus extra items, as I said, as there were likely to be things not available.
There is a limit to how much we can cope with of fresh food over a week with just the 2 of us. As it was we had made space to put most of the meat dishes into our freezer.
We could not cope with that amount of stuff every 7 to 10 days, plus milk has limited fridge life, as do fruit and veg, so we need to shop twice a week for those.
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We were talking about the Kjells, not single folk.
I don’t think we spend £60 regularly either. It would be quite a novelty but not in the way you mean.😄😄
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There's nothing wrong with volcanoes, it's just the fact that people choose to live too close to them.
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Milk freezes, bread freezes, you can even blanch and freeze most fresh veg. The veg from most supermarkets has a pathetic shelf life at point of sale, but we have sourced a local veg box supplier, and the freshness and longevity, just stored in cool garage is superb. It saves us having to shop. I am trying to get a late night supermarket delivery around every three-four weeks, topping this up with a veg box, free delivery on Ringtons products, eggs from BIL and no more than a quick once a week pop into local Tesco Express as I do a trip for meds, or vet meds. It’s keeping us safe, and at home. If you are eating ready meals, then different story entirely of course, as it might be for anyone with special dietary meals, it’s what suits individuals😁
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The requirement for a £60 for free delivery certainly disadvantages single people, I can well remember MIL complaining that shopping these days was aimed at at least 2 people, or even families, as most things came packed in at least 2 pieces, of large packs, then there are the BOGOFs. We used to share them with her
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If/when I secure a delivery slot the first things I put in my basket are a bottle of gin and whisky. Asda has a £40 start total, so it’s easy to spend enough. I share with my daughter in law, so we’re shopping for 6, and it mounts up, so I can remove the alcohol (maybe!).
But I’m now going to be using Booths click and collect (£30 minimum from a list of 150 essentials). Parked up, boot open, shopping delivered to car).
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I wish wish wish we lived close to a Booths!😢
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Depends on the fat content. Semi skimmed ok, whole milk, not so good. Needs doing carefully, especially defrosting.
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Only Waitrose charge a minimum fee for up to £60 of goods, Asda and Tesco I think are £40. Asda might even be £30. Much lower. I can get £41 worth of Tesco goods delivered for £1.50, although to be honest if I shop online I do a big stock up shop, usually if we are away in a cottage and it’s there just after we arrive. Then we buy fresh stuff while out, but of course that’s not advisable at the moment. We are good at estimating what food we need/fancy. Golden rule in our house is no waste, it either goes down us, or it goes down the dog! 😁
I do agree about shopping for one. Pre-packed food is usually too large for one person.
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We have tried the others.....Tesco would not let us sign up, nor Sainsburys, Morrison's ......OH could not even get on the website. Asda we are not fans of for meats or veggies, fine for tins, cleaning stuff, drinks, and other basics, but we have good stocks of all that .
Waitrose were the only ones we got anywhere with.
However, DD just messaged to say she had, very unexpectedly, got a Morrisons slot for late tomorrow, did we want anything?
OH requested a few things, almost all of which were not available, so we are getting leeks and potatoes! Another pot of soup coming up then.1 -
Our closest Waitrose is some ten miles away, across a grid locked City so we never bother. I still find them expensive as well. We do have plenty of other options luckily. I think it’s just the current circumstances regarding signing up K, when things settle down, you will possibly be able to use others if you need to, or at least register, so that you are ok if we get another dose. (Silent prayer offered up there...please no....)
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I only wish that it was nearer the £60 rather than nearer double that!!! We have always shopped once a week so by the time you add in all the basics and cleaning materials etc it soon mounts up. We don't have masses of food stored away in the freezer. Wine does sometimes feature in our deliveries
I think we have spent more on the deliveries because the onset of this virus coincided with the our kitchen being finished when we had very little food of all varieties in the house so we have been playing catch up. I suppose our average weekly shop when we visiting Waitrose in person was between £80 and £100. I expect our next delivery will be nearer our normal average spend as we now have reasonable stocks of the things we need. At least the Guardian's free which is a little bonus. BTW we now buy filtered milk which has twice the length of date on it as standard milk, if does cost a few pence more.David
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Yes, the filtered milk is good, we have used it a few times.
As TTDA said, Waitrose can be quite expensive, though the quality is usually very good, we do treat ourselves every so often, especially if we get a money saving voucher! And we keep an eye out for the special offers, which are often very good. We have one of the very few Scottish Waitrose stores only a couple of miles away, so the temptation is great.
I do not keep track of what we usually spend on the household shopping, but have noticed we tend to spend a lot on food when we are away on holiday. Many more treats then!
If you were to ask me what we usually spend, I would guess maybe £35-£50, but we do not have a regular weekly shop, but rather stock up on the non perishables every so often, or when there are offers on, and only buy meat, dairy, fruit and veg weekly.
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There must be a lot of Beanz on toast in your cheap shopping baskets ... there's mostly just two of us & our weekly shopping is frequently around the £100 mark. And we (normally) go to Costco every couple of months for meat too ....... or are we just greedy bu66ers?
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