Intrigued what the big supermarkets are going to do, are they going to barrier off the household, clothing, toy etc sections. Are Lidl and Aldi going to stop their centre aisle offers, seemingly not judging by the promo Aldi have just emailed listing their latest non essentials offers.
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vickster
Legendary Member
Presumably the epos systems can be fixed so non food lines don’t go through? It’s already limiting numbers of purchases.
Aldi’s promo was presumably planned months if not longer ago
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
It still seems to be to be part of the herd-immunity/peak flattening strategy by letting the virus run to close towards the NHS max capacity and then put the brakes on as hard as possible.
To do this is clearly a balance between medical need and population acceptance of the size of the problem. As the govt. has access to the curve data from Italy and Spain let's hope they’ve used it wisely....
Someone upthread (sorry, can't recall who) was asking about moving children between two households.
Michael Gove's response to this question:
View: https://twitter.com/michaelgove/status/1242358443702390789?s=20
Michael Gove's response to this question:
View: https://twitter.com/michaelgove/status/1242358443702390789?s=20
Instructed by govt to close
Proto
Legendary Member
- Location
- East Devon/West Dorset
You probably got off lightly!
Must have been handy having a pizza factory next door where you could test!
Levo-Lon
Guru
No they're not, it should be addressed in the next few weeks.
As I understand it, its more to do with implementing rather than not wanting too
chriswoody
Legendary Member
- Location
- Northern Germany
My wife went out yesterday to do a weeks shop at our local supermarket and I was intrigued to hear the measures they've taken. They are only allowing 100 folk in at a time, in order to strictly enforce the limit they've made 100 shopping trolleys available. There's a guy stood at the door and everyone going in has to have a trolley, no exceptions. Also no families, no couples, strictly one person, one trolley. Inside the shop at the checkouts, someone has marked out on the floor boxes two metres apart and that's were you have to stay until the box in front of you is free. It will be interesting to see how things in Britain go.
We've had quite strict measures here for a few weeks now and the Robert Koch Institute was hinting the curve might be starting to flatten out here in Germany, though they won't know for a few more days yet.
Indeed, and while needless social interaction is clearly an issue (judging by the many who seem so far to have flouted advice) and it's good that the government have apparently taken action against businesses who are obviously taking the p*ss, I wonder how many people will still be going to come into close contact with 5, 10, 20, 50+ people in their non-essential jobs today because they're concerned about their finances or that their boss will sack them / take punitive action if they resist being strong-armed into continuing to work.
I agree that more stringent measures were necessary but can't help but think the government has essentially given unscrupulous businesses a convenient get out of jail free card. Great that they've apparently pulled up Sports Direct, but what about all the others that are likely to continue behind closed doors?
As I type it's about rush-hour-ish and I can hear a (cetainly diminished, but) still fairly constant stream of vehicles passing on the A-road that runs past the house..
Of course I have the utmost respect for those genuinely essential frontline workers who have no choice but to continue working for the greater good, but can't help but feel that these contributions are undermined by the selfish actions of other businesses.
If nothing else this crisis has certainly served to illustrate where the real backbone of this country lies (nurses, doctors, carers, producers and suppliers of food and other essentials) despite the fact that most of these roles have been chronically under-valued (both politically and economically) for years..
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As it's stands they can sell sell non food as they are allowed to trade as they are a food shop. The sale of none food is still allowed. It's only the shops that that sell none food only that are closed. Supermarkets selling both is a just the same as a conner shop what sell's a bit of everything. The scale of none food in supermarkets that will the problem. Aldi and lidl the none food is a key part of the buesness model. So unit they are told can't see it being stopped. The other supermarkets non food is not a key driver for them so expect to see less as this situation continues. They are going heavy on "the feed the nation" PR drive so fully stocked up non food and empty food shelves won't look good,
vickster
Legendary Member
It's just been said on the news that children under 18 can see both parents if they are separated 👍
- Location
- London
I can see there being all sorts of consequences for them because of their appalling stance.
The evans bit of the empire can stay open as it is a bike shop.
Might not be legally possible but if it were i'd be inclined to shut down evans as well as punishment. Other bike shops exist. And evans will only be in larger places where other alternatives are more likely available.
- Location
- London
Sounds like a good idea.
Which chain?
vickster
Legendary Member
That assumes that other bike shops do stay open, Sigma for example has closed (probably recognising that £200 jerseys and £5k bikes aren't essential right now
)https://www.sigmasports.com/coronavirus-update
- Location
- London
Sports direct has backed down.
Idiots.
Would have been better to have just complied.
Idiots.
Would have been better to have just complied.
