my masterplan to beat the food shopping queues this christmas..
 

I have a plan and I only sharing it with you...so shhhh..
its quite simple really and I reckon no-one will have thought of it...honest!
I will beat the queues,the trolley dashes to the last yule log, the screaming bored kids, the stressed out parents and no bumping into folk at the checkouts...sounds almost perfect !!
I am going shopping (asda) at 4am ish, maybe a bit earlier..so by the time most will be getting up out their beds and before they have even begun thinking bout their stressful food shopping day mine will be done, in the cupboards/freezer/fridge...happy days by 8am;)

now that sounds too good to be true but I am hoping its something like that, I know it may be busy but not as busy as normal trading hours...
remember! dont tell everyone or it will be too busy for me !!;)

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( all well and good ) if they have got the stock there.... at night , early morning they tend not to: still good luck:

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You can say hi to my partner, she had the same daft idea! lol :p

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Good luck to you. :)

It's not as good as my plan though.......I had it all delivered yesterday. :D

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Snap im off at 1am to get mine done:rolleyes:

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hmmph! nobody likes a smart arse you know:D:D

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now now theres nothing daft about it, the only daft thing are the folk who wait till 10 am to do it - along with 8,000 others... whilst us 'wise' ones are relaxing knowing its done!

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Aint a bad idea, unless you have small children who will be in bed at that time :rolleyes:

Ive thought about this but have no choice than to do it between "normal" hours

Luckily Im sorted now, other than things like bread which will do from the corner shop until the madness dies down :D

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Yep thats the best plan...get someone else to do it and have a long snooze!!:alright: Have you thought of running for Parliament?

Best Regards - Taggy

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LOL GG .. almost did this myself this morning, woke up at 4.30 a.m. sleep would not come over me again .. came down for brew and fag, thought sod it and went back to bed. Didn't go until 2 p.m., but you just have to make your mind up to relax to it ... quite enjoyed it actually. Most shoppers were in good spirits.

They said they had been heaving from 'very early morning', and was told that they were not thinking of doing much re-stocking tomorrow, so some items will not be available, and expected customer disappointment. Don't let this put you off however ... best of luck ... :thumbsup:

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Lol @ taggy, I would have done it the same way katex did.. order online!

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I had mine delivered today

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Me too....had tesco delivery Sunday night..all sorted now

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We did this a couple of year back at 3am, couldn't get down the isles for shelve stackers, still busy as well, plus not as many checkouts open :eek: would think about 7ish is a better time when they change shifts

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They getting us mixed up again Lilly LOL.. but not going to change my avatar just yet.

Derek honey, do concentrate !

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I've got an even better plan...I'm postponing it all until July...strawberries will be cheaper then too.

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I went to Asda at about 1.30pm this afternoon, and it wasnt half as bad as I expected. Just seemed like a busy Saturday.

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Oooh Margaret .. you can't do that !! Not the same. Got some strawberrys myself this afternoon, from S/Africa. £1.98 for 227g's .. counted them, there are 21, nearly 10p. each .... don't care it's Christmas NOW !! Yippee.

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I ignored it today and will probably ignore it tomorrow, checked the fridge & freezer other than milk and bread, (which I can get from the corner shop), can deffo' pretend it's a normal week.

Where on Earth does this panic buying come from?
:confused:

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I know what your saying but its not so much panic buying on my part,
we need to do a food shop regardless and with some friends and family coming down we need to get a few extra things and given it is christmas and the shops heaving etc, I cant be arsed with hoardes of people at lunchtime so early doors for me..
if I could get away with bread and milk from the spar then I would happily do so..

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Just got back from Rawtenstall Asdas and it was busy,seems like other people having same idea shop late.plus all the shelves where well stocked:mosher:

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Well my plan has beaten all of you and it works :D
i did not get stuck in the isles,no banging trolleys, no queing, no rushing for the last Christmas pudding, no shopping online, no screaming kids, no late night shop no did not get it all last week no did not get it delivered.:D


















Simple left it to the wife i sat in the pub
now thats how to do the christmas shopping :D:tongueout

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now I couldnt do that as I left her to do all the shopping for presents and wrap them so it was only fair I did a food shop.
and I was back home for 7am...got there at 5am, shelves were filled up, wasnt too busy at all, plenty of checkouts open, now probs at all..

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I always go Asda at 6-00am Saturday mornings, they are usually just filling shelves, but anything they don't have on display they will get for you. The only saturday I will miss is this Saturday 3rd January partly cause they won't be open till 8am and partly cause I've not been very well, I'm sure I've enough food in to last a week or so.

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Well done GG .. glad you sorted. Looks like you were up most of the night, looking at your last post at 2.42 a.m. !

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My plan is the best...... I work every Christmas Day, so I've no need to do the shopping. I did a normal shop the other day which will see us through to New Year.. Totally stress free. :D

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Well I had a good idea, but Mick beat me to it, I sent somebody else in y place, sorted:D

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Bought my cans ages ago:alright:.Got enough food for a month.:dancedog:

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If I run out of cans I'll drop you a PM Beni:D

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actually havent been to bed yet..might have a nap later on..too much to do just now!:D

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Down to my last 110.:drink::cheers::drunk:

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Well that's scuppered my plan, your nearly supping bout:D

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Me and 'erindoors were there for 6.30 this morning and it was quite pleasant. Got what we needed on the list and were home again for 7.30!! Went back to bed for a couple of hours and have spent the rest of the day wrapping and chilling.

Merry Christmas all!!