Panic buying - close car parks

[lindylou]

Just a thought. If supermarkets closed their car parks it would stop panic buying. All the while people can roll up in their cars and strip shelves, they will. Try carrying 6 months worth of shopping home. Just a thought.

[sjsl]

Great idea... I either shop by foot or on bike, so even if I wanted to panic buy (I don't) I'd do a poor job of it.

[DulwichFox]

Great Idea .. or restrict to 30 minutes with no return on same day. ?100 fine if you over stay.

[TheCat]

I said on the duplicate thread...

That could work...or just chain up all the trolleys....

[wee quinnie]

Hmm. I was down on Lordship Lane at around 3pm., it was like a Saturday afternoon. So I think people would just transfer the allegiances to local shops and strip those instead.

[caz]

There is a problem with closing the car parks for the more vulnerable of us out there, particularly if online shopping is going to become more difficult. I'm in the at risk category and am not well enough and live to far from any of the supermarkets to walk and then carry the shopping home. Using public transport is not safe for me so I may have to drive to shop. There are probably many of us in the same situation.

[lindylou]

Caz. I feel for you. Im just suggesting that car parks be closed to the abled, not the disabled.

[natty01295]

YES I agree , Close ALL supermarket car parks

[Charles Notice]

Whilst it may seem like a good idea have you considered how people will get their shopping on buses.

Buses these days just have enough space to get your knees in and no other room.

Most people now have a trolly to shop, get large prams on the bus and that is it. No room. Over crowding and passing on the virus.

It comes down to stop stock piling.

[seenbeen]

Bootleg hand sanitiser anyone?

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11207109/thugs-smash-sainsburys-loot-alcohol/

[Alan Medic]

My son in China reckoned panic buying stopped there after a couple of weeks, when the penny dropped that there was no need to do it.

[malumbu]

I love seeing people walking back (in this case Savacentre) with massive bags, wheelie thingies and the like. It's a bit sad actually and chances are if they are without a car then they probably need to buy a little more. Hardly filling their car boot, and unlikely to have a garage or shed to hoard. Sorry I've done full circle on this one, teaches me to tar everyone with the same brush. I enjoy shopping at Lidl too, but even there (and with only space for half a dozen cars) the queues put me off today. So no fresh bread/pastries for me today (Lidl have the finest bakery). I gave up the big shop months ago and enjoy (or did enjoy) shopping by bike.