Exactly lol we bought a 2 ring gas burner for power cuts. We moved to Roscommon 2 years ago and they happen SO often 💀 I think I experienced 1 single power cut in my 25 years of living in Dublin haha. Can’t be too prepared!
This is the kind of weather where you make bannock. Possibly the easiest bread there is to make, so long as you've got flour and baking powder you can make it so no need to go crazy in the shops.
A lot of it is more to do with how bread is bought and sold. Bread takes up a lot of space and a lot of it is purchased daily.
If there's a day where people buy twice as much bread then the shelves will be empty, which will look dramatic because of the amount of shelf space dedicated to bread. If there's a day where people buy twice as much Nutella then the shelf will still be mostly full of Nutella, and even if it sold ten times the normal amount and sold out the small amount of empty space on the shelf wouldn't look like much.
I've worked retail. Even during regular weather people are savages when it comes to bread, old folks especially. They will tear apart the shelves looking for the longest date. It's a sight to see.
I worked in Tesco years back, and it's a sight to fucking infuriate, when they the leave it in a similar state to a child's bedroom after a temper tantrum.
If I can make use of flour and yeast, then that means I have power and I can likely make use of all the rest of the food in my house.
I don't think cold on its own (and let's be honest, -2 in winter is not exceptionally cold) with no prospect of power outages is a cause for stocking up on anything, but if there was a storm forecast that might take out power for a day I'd definitely get food that can be eaten as is
Ye are used to that though. We get snow maybe once every 7 years and a couple of inches is enough to grind this place to a halt. We are not prepared for it.
We had people steal bucket trucks (I'm blanking on the name) and literally break into Lidl (like cause structural damage) during storms here. We get a bit feral if we can't get tea, bread and milk as needed.
Yep those are the proper names. I do like the idea of infecting people with my brain fart names for things though. Makes me feel like a lingual influencer.
I'd honestly rather go outside in -2 than +5 or whatever, once it gets into the negatives the humidity tends to drop off a lot and humidity makes cold feel much worse.
EDIT: Assuming no precipitation or frost, slippery roads can ruin everything for me, especially when I'm at home because my only way into town is cycling.
Spreading fear? Its annoying, not fear inducing. I dont get my weather forecasts from people mass buying bread, I get it from a meteorologist who never said anything about Snowmageddon. Some people cant leave the house in cold weather, like people with mobility issues or arthritis.
Nothing to do with the weather. The exact same posts were going up this time last year. It's to do with the post Christmas restock coupled with the Christmas shutdown meaning there's not really much fresh food but massive demand so everything sells out.
Wouldn’t be surprised if this was caused by a mad looking headline about “Extreme Arctic blast” that was shared around on Facebook by the local oul ones
I have a 4 year old. If there was no waffles available then the consequences of that would be far worse than anything this cold weather could deliver. 😅
We get such little excitement here that any whiff of something out of the ordinary sends people mental. Like it’s a yellow warning ffs cop yer selves on
All joking aside it took 3 days in the last big snow before society started to crumble, diggers ripping the roof of stores to get at the bread, we'd never recover after a full week
Doesn't really explain the bulk buy. Our weather is very mild compared to countries like Canada or Australia. If we get snowed in it'll last maybe 2 or 3 days at most. The bigger issue is the power going off for weeks and no water in the taps
I think you overestimate how much "bulk" buying is going on in these circumstances. If I normally buy bread on Monday, and don't bother for the weekend because I don't need lunch sandwiches on the weekend, but I thought there was a possibility of a power outage so now I might need a lunch option that can be prepared in a power outage, well, likely 100 other people thought the same thing and now my local supermarket has dramatic empty bakery shelves as they planned for n people buying bread but instead n + 100 people bought bread.
The bread supplies in my local supermarkets have been shite this past week in fairness, I just assumed they weren't getting in fresh bread because it's that weird week between Christmas and new years
lol we’re exactly the same here in Scotland. For countries with such shite weather at the best of times, we really can’t seem to handle when the weather is slightly more shite than usual
Honestly it's probably just older folk buying some extra bread because they are afraid to go out walking on icy footpaths. Which is pretty reasonable reaction if you're not very steady on your feet and elderly.
I’m so disappointed with the weather forecast. I was looking forward to a blanket of snow, cold cheeks and the air hitting my lungs like a menthol cigarette.
What we got was a wee dusting of snow, and perfectly normal weather conditions for this time of year 🥺
This has absolutely nothing to do with the weather. The exact same posts were going up this time last year. It's to do with the post Christmas restock for the first day most people are going back to the shops coupled with the Christmas shutdown meaning there's not really much fresh food but massive demand so everything sells out.
My unpopular opinion is buying bread before a potential power outage is a completely rational activity and people laughing at it haven't thought beyond a few steps into a proper snowstorm or weather event.
It's like these people have no faith in Louth weather on Facebook. When they say it'll be bad then it's time to go stab a granny for a loaf, before that is just nonsensical
Ah, that's why the shelves were so poorly stocked today. Even the freezers were almost empty. I assumed it was because the post Christmas deliveries aren't in full swing yet. I've noticed a lot of low stock since normal shopping resumed on the 27th.
It explains why the traffic was at near pre-Christmas levels, too.
Aaaaahhh now it all makes sense; was in Dunnes (Ballyvolane Cork) today and it was insane the amount of people in there. Well good luck everyone, we're all going to perish in the January freeze that comes every year. Fly high angels.
Today was the day I finally broke and had to go food shopping. Only so long you can live on wierd combinations and holiday foods. Plus, I didn't have to figure out the shops different holiday hours 8f I waited till after new years. I wonder how many people had the same train of thought.
I had to fight someone for a brennan's sliced pan in Aldi today. I emerged the victor but she put up a good fight for a disabled pensioner.
Disclaimer: This is a joke.
So much of this is imported behaviour from the USA. It's really unhealthy for society to act this way. The people who do it i can't understand the logic, you're telling me you go through 5 loafs of bread in 2 weeks?
Or maybe people are planning for upcoming school lunches and/or prepping for the coming work week - in combination with lower supplies due to Christmas holiday deliveries/services 🙄
I'd say it might have more to do with it being the 2nd Jan and they haven't gotten deliveries in yet. Was just in lidl and their shelves are bare also and not just bread
Not a loaf of bread or a pint of milk to be seen in our local shop. Never fails to baffle me. Surely if you’re going to panic buy, why is it always perishables?
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People panic buying the most perishable food available doesn’t say a lot for the intelligence of the general public.
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Power goes out due to weather, how do you cook frozen food?
Set fire to the couch
Ahahaha great advice !
And all your bread goes stale after a few days? Buy tinned foods etc
A camping stove with gas, a fire to boil water...
Okay but that's a level of preparation too far for the people who panic buy bread
They can always toast their bread with a lighter 😅
Exactly lol we bought a 2 ring gas burner for power cuts. We moved to Roscommon 2 years ago and they happen SO often 💀 I think I experienced 1 single power cut in my 25 years of living in Dublin haha. Can’t be too prepared!
How do you toast sliced pan when you have no power ?
Toast is not required to be in a toaster in order to be toasted in order to be toast.
I'm not eating raw toast, what the hell are you trying to pull🤬🤬
You mean it doesn't require a toaster. By definition it does need to be toasted lol
*Bread
You don't put toast in a toaster lol
nobody gets to tell me what to do with my toast
You can freeze bread.
Freezing food during a power outage. What could go wrong lol
Throw it out in the snow sure haha
Fecking foxes love nothing more than a bitta Brennans
You can freeze a sliced pan
This is the kind of weather where you make bannock. Possibly the easiest bread there is to make, so long as you've got flour and baking powder you can make it so no need to go crazy in the shops.
Who are you callin' smart Mr!?!? 😂
It's in Dundalk tbf.
Intelligence and the general public aren't compatible in the same sentence
Well.. ya can freeze a loaf and it’s grand. Still no need to overbuy tho.
A lot of it is more to do with how bread is bought and sold. Bread takes up a lot of space and a lot of it is purchased daily.
If there's a day where people buy twice as much bread then the shelves will be empty, which will look dramatic because of the amount of shelf space dedicated to bread. If there's a day where people buy twice as much Nutella then the shelf will still be mostly full of Nutella, and even if it sold ten times the normal amount and sold out the small amount of empty space on the shelf wouldn't look like much.
I've worked retail. Even during regular weather people are savages when it comes to bread, old folks especially. They will tear apart the shelves looking for the longest date. It's a sight to see.
I worked in Tesco years back, and it's a sight to fucking infuriate, when they the leave it in a similar state to a child's bedroom after a temper tantrum.
But its normal enough to run out of bread in a shop. I think the real problem is that everyone has decided to buy it at the one time.
If only there was also a simple way to also make this food staple at home
If you've got no elec, peanut butter or jam on bread will keep you going.
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Couple of blue ghosts.
Deadly deadly 😂
Or both. Americans have been eating peanut butter and jam sandwiches for years.
Notions
I will wager that there's flour and yeast still on the shelves.
If I can make use of flour and yeast, then that means I have power and I can likely make use of all the rest of the food in my house.
I don't think cold on its own (and let's be honest, -2 in winter is not exceptionally cold) with no prospect of power outages is a cause for stocking up on anything, but if there was a storm forecast that might take out power for a day I'd definitely get food that can be eaten as is
Other foods that don't grow mould within a few days. It always seemed a peculiar oversight from those planning for the apocalypse.
It’s cos sandwiches are the best.
What’s happening? Did I miss another Pandemic announcement?
Going to be a couple degrees below freezing over the weekend. Say goodbye to your family. Most of us won’t make it
Spent all day at work wondering why everything was so nuts. Makes sense now. Thank you!
LOL, same!!
Jeez lads will be making a load of sandwiches to get through the few mm of snow.
-19 here in Toronto suburbs with 15 cm snow……
Ye are used to that though. We get snow maybe once every 7 years and a couple of inches is enough to grind this place to a halt. We are not prepared for it.
We had snow last year
We had people steal bucket trucks (I'm blanking on the name) and literally break into Lidl (like cause structural damage) during storms here. We get a bit feral if we can't get tea, bread and milk as needed.
Digger / Excavator - but I'm going to use bucket trucks from now on, especially at work.
Yep those are the proper names. I do like the idea of infecting people with my brain fart names for things though. Makes me feel like a lingual influencer.
Lol I’m gonna start using this on site just to confuse people haha
You're the only influencer I follow.
I laughed way too hard at steel bucket trucks at 1.10am.... real rocking roll lifestyle. Living the mid forties dream.
Yalla JCB , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uiYYE2DPXY&list=RD3uiYYE2DPXY&start_radio=1&pp=ygUceWVsbG93IGpjYiBzb25nIHNlYW11cyBtb29yZaAHAQ%3D%3D
In northern US the quest is for French toast ingredients so add eggs!
Bro, we close schools if a leaf is in the way.
Yea, yea, yea and the bread situation?
We'd all be heading for the Famine Ships again if that was the Weather here.
Want a cookie or something?
Ya but yers is dry snow completely diferant beast to the wet snow we have, thdvhumidity makes it worse!
Ok, go and tell some Canadians
Yeah but how would you guys fair if a tsunami randomly hit? Because that's the kinda comparison you're making here with Canada and Ireland.
I don't think Ireland is prepared for tsunami either 😂
Spanish arch in Galway still hasn’t recovered
Because we're always getting hit by tsunamis.
Yellow snow warning issued for Louth by Met Eireann
Never eat yellow snow
And watch out where the huskys go
Never kiss your mum on your dad's birthday 🤔🤮
It's ok if you don't use your tongue.
Ask any eskimo
Louth well that is ok.
Apparently it's too cold outside to go to the shops for a week but I've had my bathroom window open for an hour and I didn't even notice.
Just dramatic cunts unnecessarily spreading fear.
Seeiously..? Lowest temperatures in Dundalk over the next few days is only -2! Can't see how that's cause for panic...
I'd honestly rather go outside in -2 than +5 or whatever, once it gets into the negatives the humidity tends to drop off a lot and humidity makes cold feel much worse.
EDIT: Assuming no precipitation or frost, slippery roads can ruin everything for me, especially when I'm at home because my only way into town is cycling.
Im in Berlin. This is what we call Gluhwein weather. On the balcony, wrapped up.
Snowpocalypse will get us all. You wait and see
The Day After Tomorrow
"Spreading fear" ?
Sounds a bit dramatic to me.
It’s attention seeking.
Spreading fear? Its annoying, not fear inducing. I dont get my weather forecasts from people mass buying bread, I get it from a meteorologist who never said anything about Snowmageddon. Some people cant leave the house in cold weather, like people with mobility issues or arthritis.
Low temperatures and potential snow over the next few days.
Low temperatures reaching terrifying -1 Celsius ( at night)
Not... in... Winter???
Ah sure a new Ice Age is upon us. Mammoth meat anyone?
Allegedly seen in Maynooth…
Nothing to do with the weather. The exact same posts were going up this time last year. It's to do with the post Christmas restock coupled with the Christmas shutdown meaning there's not really much fresh food but massive demand so everything sells out.
Wouldn’t be surprised if this was caused by a mad looking headline about “Extreme Arctic blast” that was shared around on Facebook by the local oul ones
Dublin L*** or Galway B**, how they still have any credibility baffles me
It's OK you can curse in here
The less publicity they get the better.
It was reported in the Sun, Star and the Mirror too.
We're naming weather events after lynx scents now?
-1 isn't an extreme arctic blast. More like an average January night in Berlin.
Doesn't stop them using sensationalist headlines like that though.
It's not. Happens every year on this date. Doesn't take a genius to work out why.
Pro tip. Have a box of potato waffles in the freezer. Sorted.
I have a 4 year old. If there was no waffles available then the consequences of that would be far worse than anything this cold weather could deliver. 😅
Mine is 2 and god love us if there’s no “whaaafuuuuhs”
Mine would eat them for every meal if given the option. No idea what they put in those things, but it can't just be potatoes. 😅
They’re tiny lattices of crack and nobody can convince me otherwise
Jaysis I'd murder a plate of waffles right now
We get such little excitement here that any whiff of something out of the ordinary sends people mental. Like it’s a yellow warning ffs cop yer selves on
I honestly think Ireland is Springfield sometimes
Probably more a Shelbyville thing though.
shake harder boy!
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Leave my cousin out of this
It's certainly time to crack each other's heads open and feast on the goo inside.
All joking aside it took 3 days in the last big snow before society started to crumble, diggers ripping the roof of stores to get at the bread, we'd never recover after a full week
It's more like there's been fuck all deliveries to the shops since before Christmas
Exactly this. I remember the same posts last year.
yep every year is thebsame
Just got back from 10 days in Winnipeg where it was negative 20 the whole time, don’t think I’ll ever complain about weather ever again
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How were they for the toilet rolls?
Buy 96 rolls. It may get you through the weekend.
Wait...you guys aren't still living off your covid stash?!?
I bought 24 rolls of Andrex in Aldi. I'll be wiping my hole with puppies for the foreseeable future.
Why'd you buy the Andrex so?
It'll be fine come Monday. Why people bulk buy perishables instead of tined food I'll never understand
Just here, we already have the non-perishables.
Doesn't really explain the bulk buy. Our weather is very mild compared to countries like Canada or Australia. If we get snowed in it'll last maybe 2 or 3 days at most. The bigger issue is the power going off for weeks and no water in the taps
I think you overestimate how much "bulk" buying is going on in these circumstances. If I normally buy bread on Monday, and don't bother for the weekend because I don't need lunch sandwiches on the weekend, but I thought there was a possibility of a power outage so now I might need a lunch option that can be prepared in a power outage, well, likely 100 other people thought the same thing and now my local supermarket has dramatic empty bakery shelves as they planned for n people buying bread but instead n + 100 people bought bread.
Mainly because it will be fine monday. Im sure we'd buy a bit smarter if it was actually going to be an issue.
The bread supplies in my local supermarkets have been shite this past week in fairness, I just assumed they weren't getting in fresh bread because it's that weird week between Christmas and new years
I just assumed stock was low because of how new years fell in the middle of the week so restocking wasn't happening as much
lol we’re exactly the same here in Scotland. For countries with such shite weather at the best of times, we really can’t seem to handle when the weather is slightly more shite than usual
Honestly it's probably just older folk buying some extra bread because they are afraid to go out walking on icy footpaths. Which is pretty reasonable reaction if you're not very steady on your feet and elderly.
-31.3c where I am now (north Finland), I fly back home to Ireland on Tues for a wee jobby.
I can say from living half my life in Ireland and half in Lapland that the cold in Ireland hits different.
The cold in Ireland seems to get to the bones....>Hard to explain........
It's the humidity, both low and high temperatures feel more extreme.
It might just be preparation for putting out the Easter Eggs?
The brioche hot cross bun display is a work in progress
It's why I'm leaving my Christmas tree up.
Same,blocks the draft from the window ha
People love to act like the world is ending
We never learn, Wheaten bread is soon forgotten..
By god....How long have you been saving that beaut?! Take an upvote and a loaf of Hovis for yourself.
I’m so disappointed with the weather forecast. I was looking forward to a blanket of snow, cold cheeks and the air hitting my lungs like a menthol cigarette.
What we got was a wee dusting of snow, and perfectly normal weather conditions for this time of year 🥺
No milk to be had in Dunnes Douglas Court in Cork
Quickly! stock up on bread of all things and not canned goods!
This has absolutely nothing to do with the weather. The exact same posts were going up this time last year. It's to do with the post Christmas restock for the first day most people are going back to the shops coupled with the Christmas shutdown meaning there's not really much fresh food but massive demand so everything sells out.
My unpopular opinion is buying bread before a potential power outage is a completely rational activity and people laughing at it haven't thought beyond a few steps into a proper snowstorm or weather event.
It's like these people have no faith in Louth weather on Facebook. When they say it'll be bad then it's time to go stab a granny for a loaf, before that is just nonsensical
B̶l̶o̶o̶m̶s̶d̶a̶y̶ Doomsday Preppers
People need a bloody slap. You'd swear we were living in the North Pole.
Ah, that's why the shelves were so poorly stocked today. Even the freezers were almost empty. I assumed it was because the post Christmas deliveries aren't in full swing yet. I've noticed a lot of low stock since normal shopping resumed on the 27th.
It explains why the traffic was at near pre-Christmas levels, too.
Aaaaahhh now it all makes sense; was in Dunnes (Ballyvolane Cork) today and it was insane the amount of people in there. Well good luck everyone, we're all going to perish in the January freeze that comes every year. Fly high angels.
Today was the day I finally broke and had to go food shopping. Only so long you can live on wierd combinations and holiday foods. Plus, I didn't have to figure out the shops different holiday hours 8f I waited till after new years. I wonder how many people had the same train of thought.
I've just wrapped the whole house in toilet roll. See how the cold weather likes that!
Concerned Irish reddit onlookers: Are yiz expecting much snow in Dundawk or wha? Japanese via Drogheda immigrant living in Dundalk: Hi(gh)!
I had to fight someone for a brennan's sliced pan in Aldi today. I emerged the victor but she put up a good fight for a disabled pensioner. Disclaimer: This is a joke.
COVID 26?
Listen Simon Harris. Give it a rest 🤣
So much of this is imported behaviour from the USA. It's really unhealthy for society to act this way. The people who do it i can't understand the logic, you're telling me you go through 5 loafs of bread in 2 weeks?
What are they using it for, toilet paper?
My house would easily go through 5 loafs in 2 weeks...most likely not the healthiest, but in all honesty we do.
Only the Multi grain Wholewheat will do for toilet paper. Better 'grab'.
The car said -6 at some point driving home after a night shift 2 nights ago, the roads were fine.
like that every year after Christmas
I just entered lidl after my work to buy some groceries and the entire store was empty. It's like they had a massive robbery.
Its the day after New Years most haven't gotten a full delivery yet. A weekend delivery will come in tomorrow
Ah ffs.
Just chdcked Met Eireann (22.16 friday night) lowest drop over next few days in the midlands is minus 2. Feck thats not even that cold.
I went to my local lidl earlier and their whole bakery section was empty. I put it down to staff being off yesterday.
You might have snagged all the bread but I got all the toilet paper!!
Don’t make unnecessary journeys
Ah jaysis ya can't make a crisp sandwich without bread guy's c'mon.
We'll have the 2075 version of Eamon Kelly telling stories about the big snow of 2026. "And sure wasn't there only 32 Spars open out of 35!"
Quick let’s buy all the perishables before we get “locked in”.
Well one good thing...those 10 pans they brought can be left outside during the night if there's no space in the freezer.
I mean sure, bread, but at least get the half baked bread rolls that you can freeze and finish as needed.
As others have said, id be hard pushed to find a more perishable item than sliced pans.
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Vegan section. Veganuary in full force
Nah, you nearly got us, that's photoshopped
At least they're the ones trying to stop extreme weather to be fair
A lot of people got caught out In 2018. Was a yellow warning here, until there was 4 foot of snow.
Or maybe people are planning for upcoming school lunches and/or prepping for the coming work week - in combination with lower supplies due to Christmas holiday deliveries/services 🙄
I'd say it might have more to do with it being the 2nd Jan and they haven't gotten deliveries in yet. Was just in lidl and their shelves are bare also and not just bread
The laughs from Minnesota just reached our shores.
Over dramatic ROI is barely getting snow it’s mostly Northern Ireland. But even NI isn’t getting much.
It's ogre....
What did they buy en masse?
Stop it😂😂 what is wrong with people?!
Was in Lidl today and bakery and dairy poorly stocked.
Oh no tomorrow is shopping day in my family, everything will be gone.
Went into a few shops in Navan, all well stocked
Is the toilet roll gone as well?
Good that I've piled on the food in Spain. Ready for the mandatory detox and hunger games in Ireland.
Where is this?
Is it time to get the diggers out again in Tallaght 🤔
Not a loaf of bread or a pint of milk to be seen in our local shop. Never fails to baffle me. Surely if you’re going to panic buy, why is it always perishables?