stampede

panic buying petrol at Sainsburys, It does't take much to get folks filling the tank up,

Tesco same today only petrol no diesel

Asda Golborne queueing onto the main road

I have just got back from a trip to Sainsburys ,all i wanted to do was top up my car for i am going to ESSEX in the morning to see my daughter and grand/children which will be a first for at least several month's or more . I live around Carr Lane area,it took me over one and three quarter hours to get to the damn pump on the forecourt , i have not seen such queues since the petrol shortages of the 70 s .. Why Are people so gullible ????? they have been told there is no actual petrol shortage ,,, just that some garages are short due to a shortage of their HGV Driver's . Plus when you think about it in the day's when we used to have plenty of small garage outlet's there was no problem ,but today those garages have gone ,and we have to depend on the giants of the supermarkets which are few in comparison .so back home slipper's on ,coffee in hand sod the rest ........GB

Asda Golborne run out of fuel at 5-00pm new supply tomorrow

I Like Trucking

I managed to get the Aston filled up

Have a chill night GB and a safe journey to Essex mate. Take care, WN1

" Why Are people so gullible ????? they have been told there is no actual petrol shortage ,,, just that some garages are short due to a shortage of their HGV Driver's"

Think about it ......

Last month there was no shortage of fuel, at any station,anywhere.
It follows then that, last month, there was no shortage of tanker drivers.
This month, there's a shortange of fuel because there's not enough lorry drivers.

'Lorry' drivers don't drive tankers.
Tanker drivers do drive tankers.
Where have they all gone, in one month?

And everybody believes the media.

People? Gullible? Indeed they are, GB!

We have managed throughout the pandemic and soon has the restrictions are lifted we have no fuel no gas no food no xmas presents no xmas trees no Co2 no timber the list is endless. The media create half of the problems like in the case of the petrol if you read the story headlines there is a shortage throughout the country but when you read the story it is a hand full of petrol stations which were closed due to lack of deliveries

it doesn't help when all I've seen on this morning's news is queues at garages even at 4a.m.

It is the media's fault, they are winding everybody up all the time, getting them going about this and that, and tuther, what happens now is that everyone ends up wit a full fuel tank, and the garages end up with full stocks of fuel, and then this time next week the garages will be paying their staff for doing nothing, because nobody will be buying any fuel, it is stupid.

I can tell yooo are wound up Tommy Tee because yoo spelt stooopid correctly ,

Wot eva

As soon as a politician says the magic words on telly "No need to panic buy" That's It the country goes wild. Pillocks.

Good news is, there is no possible shortage of used Dingy's in the near future,

"It is the media's fault, they are winding everybody up all the time"

I disagree......it is the fault of those who allow the media to wind them up all the time

Tom, two mates in Spain arrived last week, they'd come over from Oxford in Robbie's van, using the Portsmouth to Santander ferry.
They'd brought a "used dinghy" with them, complete with small outboard engine, for using on the river.

They got pulled over,on arrival at Santander, and were charged €270 "import duty" on the dinghy.

I asked them, "did you get it cheap off a group of blackies at a motorway services near the south coast" ?

Anyroadup, it's just been on t'telly, Shell, Esso and BP have announced fuel shortages and have blamed it on panic buyers. "It's going out faster than it's being delivered to us. Due to the shortage of lorry drivers". "The UK needs 90,000 hgv drivers to meet demands"!

Well, there's just over 1,500 petrol and diesel delivery tankers registered in the UK. There's more now than there's ever been but the same now as there's been in the last two years.
They've managed quite well over the last few years but now they want 90,000 extra drivers, for 1,500 tankers? That's 60 drivers per tanker!

pretty obvious your not watching the media 1stroke as they are telling everyone NOT TO PANIC BUY ? .

telling people NOT TO PANIC BUY, has the opposite effect, is what Tommy tee said,

I can see all the idiots queuing for petrol from my bathroom window!

Tonks: your 60 drivers per tanker should be directed to BP. Good one.

Stardelta said:

"I disagree......it is the fault of those who allow the media to wind them up all the time"

So it is alright for the media to 'Scaremonger' ?

is it alright for you to SCAREMONGER ? .

Whupsy

When have I SCAREMONGERED ?

everytime you come on here especialy any brexit issue .

Poppycock !!!!

poppycock to you too . and open up your eyes .

Been to the dentist in Billinge earlier this morning, dentist is next to Shell fuel garage. Left home early expecting to meet silly queues, nothing. Came out of dentist, huge tanker filling fuel storage up.

The garage just past Saisbury,s was allowing £20 worth last night.

I was told some drivers just topping their tanks up with £2 to £3 of petrol, I bet they have used nearly that much to get to the pumps. I have done nearly 200 miles on a third of a tank of petrol so I will not be filling up this week

Thank you very much ,,((WN1 Standisher )) Turned out 10.00 am Sunday Morning and drove very slowly ( for me ) average 65 ---70 MPH ,Traffic was unusually busy thro the toll at Brum ,nice and sunny all way down arrived safe at Daughter's & G/Children's ,,I noticed on a service station on m/way petrol was ,,(,are you ready for this)) £ 1..69 pence per litre up 30 odd pence from Wigan area ,, (( Robbin Gits ))Thus far the situation is the same down here with garages closed run out of diesel & petrol hope to get filled up fro Saturday's return trip home , Come down also to help G/SON move some of his gear back up to LANCASTER UNIVERSITY that was another reason for the trip otherwise would have been back home so thanks again STAY SAFE ALL !! GB

On Saturday afternoon, I went to Tesco's, in Haydock, to get diesel in my work car for the week.

No queue, no limit, no shortage, no problem !

You have to hand it to them:

What a clever way of putting the price up!

Folk aint going to go elsewhere: they'll buy their petrol where they can get it.

I live not far from two of the largest oil refineries in the country who between them supply a decent proportion of the countries needs .

Plenty of fuel so i am told by someone who would know .
The public are so gullible in believing propaganda eminating from the media .
Look at the lies the brexiteers spewed out and got away with .

An hour ago, I drove past Tesco's, in Haydock. There was two cars at the pumps, filling up!

someone is speaking with forked tongue,
If as they say, " there is no shortage of fuel and we have tanker drivers"!

why is Sainsburys still no fuel ? They have been dry a Week tomorrow,

summut not reet,

Last night, about 8 pm., on my way home, I called at Asda's, on the East Lancs. in Haydock, for some milk.
There was about 4 cars putting fuel in. No queue there and plenty fuel.

Anyone else noticed?
Nothing in the media this morning over the perceived fuel shortage?

Someone has had a word

Mr Plum

I was at Sainsburys last week on Friday morning, just as the petrol panic buying was starting, I was picking up a parcel up from Argos in Sainsburys, and the store was dead, but the petrol station was busy, and I myself and me, plus a few cars in front and behind, had difficulty exiting the store car park, because of traffic blocking the road as they waited to get on to the petrol station, so if as yoo say it has been dry since last Friday, it has not had a drink, it has been tee total.

I would put it down to Sainsburys closing yon petrol station, so has to stop the road being blocked, so as to keep their own overpriced, crappy store in business, plus McDonalds, Iceland Food Warehouse, and the B&M store, all of which rely on that single car park entrance, which is adjacent to the Sainsburys petrol station

It makes sense that Tommy Tee, If yooo remember the MacBleedingDonalds buy one get one free a few years ago, that caused a similar road block, Wigans team of forward thinking planners, could't plan a pizz up in the cow shed,

How many filling stations are there within 2 miles of Sainsbury’s Tom?

They will be sending their fuel somewhere where it is REALLY needed.

If you think Sainsburys run business thinking of others you are very naive , Its a ME ME ME world we live in and the stampeding fuel buyers are proving that, It could be an access thing as Sainsburys shop will have suffered losses or perhaps its a fuel crisis bigger than they are saying but, I'm sure as eggs are eggs, they are not doing BP or Shell any favours because out of ,good will to mankind,

anyone come to fistycuffs yet ? .

Everyone has a good reason why, Its more important for him/her to have fuel in the car, One big fat lady told the a news reporter,
" If I don't get petrol, I won't be able to feed my kids, we need the car to go through the MacDonalds drive through"

Shown someone filling a bin liner bag

But Tom.
It’s not Sainsbury’s who decide if they get fuel it’s their suppliers who decide if they get fuel and they are prioritising remote locations. Not Marus Bridge that has about 4 filling stations within gobbling distance from your house.

Think of poor Mr Sledge and the many like him. The nearest filling station to his gaff is almost 20 miles.

I thought he went everywhere on his push iron

TTS: "...and I myself and me..." That's 3 of you, have you all got vehicles?

Baz, I do go everywhere on my trusty steed, I've not bought any fuel since July when i went camping, So it don't matter to me but, I worry for others, I'm not a self self self person, They can gladly have my share and i hope they use it efficiently,
Nice bloke me tha knows Baz , Don't listen to your two pals,,