Covid 19 supply chain shortages

The following items were reported as being in short supply by our forum members during the Covid 19 Pandemic. These items should be part of your preparedness plan for any future pandemics. (As applicable).

Food and Drink

  • Baby Formula
  • Baking Powder
  • Beer
  • Biscuits including snack types
  • Booze - Vodka, Whiskey
  • Bread
  • Canned Foods (Tomatoes, Fruit etc)
  • Coffee
  • Dried Pulses
  • Eggs / Dried Eggs (online bulk)
  • Flour
  • Instant Noodles
  • Kids chewable Multi-vitamin tablets
  • Milk Powder (Nido/Marvel/Coffeemate etc)
  • Milk UHT
  • Pasta
  • Pet food
  • Rice
  • Marmite Peanut Butter
  • Meat
  • Sauces to go with pasta etc e.g. tomato paste/puree
  • Sugar Granulated
  • Tea
  • Tinned pies / puddings, hotdogs, spam etc
  • Tuna
  • Vegan Products
  • Vitamin C products
  • Vitamin D tablets
  • Wine
  • Yeast

Click and collect slots at all main supermarkets. Home delivery slots at all main supermarkets. Parsleybox slots (and similar ready meals companies). Veg box delivery company slots (Abel & Cole, the veg people, etc)

Medicinal

  • Dentists...in law has infected tooth. No cv19 tests for dentists so none to see him.
  • Paracetamol / Flu tablets
  • TCP
  • Thermometer

Hygiene

  • Antibacterial Wipes
  • Bleach
  • Dettol sprays / Flash cleaner
  • Hand Sanitiser
  • Kitchen Roll
  • Liquid Soap
  • Milton tablets / liquid
  • Nappies
  • Toilet paper

Electrical

  • Bread makers
  • Computer and radio parts
  • Freezers
  • Wifi dongles, Webcams and USB Headsets (due to home working)

Gardening/DIY

  • Compost
  • DIY equipment
  • Gardening products
  • Sand Paper and Paint
  • Methylated Spirits
  • Seeds
  • Slug pellets/slug repellents
  • Tools and hardware

PPE

  • Masks - various ffp3 etc
  • Nitrile Gloves

List kindly compiled by TDFPTAH.