Yeah that one caught me out too
I couldn't work out why??? then it dawned
The Devil's in the detail apparently
Well, with this thread in mind, and a need to get to the shops/post office, I went out this morning after checking what the local food bank 'needed'. There's an online site with lists.
They said they were fine for pasta, rice, breakfast cereals, etc., but short on diluting juice, tea, coffee, tinned fruit, tinned fish, meat, and tinned custard and rice pudding.
So, in my Tesco shop I bought an extra assortment of stuff. Finished my shopping and went to put the stuff for the FB into a trolley, and they had to go and get me another one because the three in use were overflowing. The fellow who fetched a fresh one said they'd emptied them yesterday morning and they were expecting this lot to be uplifted in an hour or so.......and this is a smallish Tesco not a superstore or even a full sized one. It covers a good range, but nowhere near their full range.
I know that this is a comfortable area amply provided with supermarkets, but there are still an awful lot of folks living near the breadline. This sort of mix must be commonplace right across the country, this area can't be the only one where the FB trolleys are full.
I'm sorry they're scant where some of you live, but this is my reality.