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[spob] 18/3/2020 13:33

oh dear some people have very thin skin

was not having a go at you QP

[demonboy] 18/3/2020 12:05

From tomorrow, Wednesday 18th March, customers will be able to buy a maximum of three of any grocery product and a maximum of two on the most popular products including toilet paper, soap and UHT milk. We have enough food coming into the system, but are limiting sales so that it stays on shelves for longer and can be bought by a larger numbers of customers.

[mallys83] 18/3/2020 11:29

Got in here at £2.09 just in time before profits double with restaurants and eating out places all closing down.

[tim 3] 18/3/2020 09:45

Good move from them particularly the 3 product maximum across the board on grocery.

Off course you will get some that just buy in separate transactions but it will make it much harder.

Apparently people were coming in first thing and literally stripping the shelves of everything.

Good move for older people too.

These moves will work imo, they should have done it earlier though.

[spob] 18/3/2020 09:40

People supposed to avoid large gatherings of people

government advice


a busy supermarket is a large gathering of people

[spob] 18/3/2020 09:33

Have Sainsbury's put in place any "initiatives" to protect staff from infected customers

I see staff shortages soon

people supposed to stay at home for 14 days if they have a cough

government advice

[spob] 18/3/2020 07:58

it's kind of like Sainsburys are saying

Really ???

[spob] 18/3/2020 07:57

yes but clearly Sainsbury is not sure

given the RNS this morning

[supercity] 18/3/2020 07:54

The announcement did say all businesses

[spob] 18/3/2020 07:25

we'll see

don't think they need it to be honest

Sainsburys is not like a small non-grocery retailer that is seeing no customers at the moment

[goliard] 18/3/2020 07:21

It does apply SPOB.

[spob] 18/3/2020 07:20

Strange RNS from SBRY this morning

Somehow I don't think the business rates holiday will apply to a multi billion pound supermarket company like Sainsbury




RNS Number : 5436G

Sainsbury(J) PLC

18 March 2020

18 March 2020

J Sainsbury plc

Business Rates

J Sainsbury plc notes yesterday's statement from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in which it was stated that the government will be "giving all retail, hospitality and leisure businesses in England a 100% business rates holiday for the next 12 months". We welcome the support for these businesses and we are awaiting further clarification on the details of this change. J Sainsbury plc paid UK business rates of GBP567m in the financial year to 9 March 2019, of which c.GBP500m related to stores.

[spob] 18/3/2020 05:58

Next step - ration books

To stop people coming back 10 minutes later and buying the same items again

[spob] 18/3/2020 05:56

Wouldn’t be surprised if the government told them to start rationing products.

[tradejunkie2] 17/3/2020 18:15

Did a toilet inspection at my local Sainsbury's today and noticed all the bog rolls were there.

[games] 17/3/2020 16:54

Well asda are closing 24hr stores overnight. Which is a move in the right direction. Though just following Wal-Mart I suspect.

Sbry already do this.. at least in my area.

[games] 17/3/2020 15:11

Jeniferzz,

Thankyou, for the above.

I have given up with the supermarkets replying more, as I could be waiting far too long.

I have instead contacted a major union.

Maybe more folk should contact supermarkets, or others.

Thanks again.

[tim 3] 17/3/2020 13:53

You will be lucky to get toilet rolls at anytime here.

Same as spod and would add alcohol to that list with pubs shutting.

Was in a big Sainsburys this morning and shelves were literally emptying infront of your eyes.

Virtually no canned veg left or baked beans and other tinned stuff like Ravioli and spagetti

All bread gone too.

Urgent measures are needed now.

[neilyb675] 17/3/2020 13:32

Use public toilets

[spob] 17/3/2020 12:20

not in my supermarket

definitely not everything full up


some items in stock yes

but certain items get bought up pretty quick from what I have seen