You’re a real sweet lady. You’re tips are very encouraging. Jen you’re always smiling & your children are so bubbly & warm just like mum. I absolutely love ❤️ your family.
@@jillianbowen7265 I just rinse and pick over the lentils to make sure there are no stones and then if I'm making something like bolognese or chilli con carne I just add them straight in with everything else to boil away. Split red lentils only take about 10 minutes to cook. For more solid mince dishes like burgers and meatballs I either cook up and mash the lentils to add along with breadcrumbs or use mashed chick-peas.
I watched the tv amazed at the Pandemic shopping. USA. I had stocked up on toilet paper in January because it was 80% off with sales, coupons, and rebates. I had a one year supply. I made sure my family and friends were fine. It was months before we bought more and then only then because it was 65% off.
I think they felt that if people panic and buy like it is the end of the world, there will not be enough for everyone. The daughter actually said that just because you CAN get 2, if you only need one? Then just get one.
If a family of 18 can stick to the limits no one has reason not to as well! They are considerate and compassionate towards others hence them not shopping individually just to stockpile for their large family. We, the general public have to look out for one another because the gov and politicians don’t give a crap if you starve cause they’re still getting paid their normal salaries plus bonuses! I pray that God blesses everyone with love and compassion🙏🙏✨
I loved your video and I love your positive attitude both of you. There's only 3 in my household so I was able to do 1 stock shop and I didn't go crazy and just a regular shop every week. How I ended up on here I have no idea but now I look forward to the next ones.
Hi people are going mad for even a little town out here. Just be safe for you and your family.Thank you for sharing your vlog from Michelle in Queensland. My hubby recycle all his cans and bottle he got $167.00. We have no bread or yeast out here. In Brisbane were my dad live and he went shopping for frozen veggies he went to Woolworths and they told him only 2 frozen product's he wanted to buy beans corn and some frozen chips thecheakout person said only 2 items he got upset when he left the store. But when he left a young lady called out to my dad and handed him the frozen chips she bought them for him he said he had tears in his eyes. My neighbors bought me a 9 pack of toilet paper. There are some deason,t people in the world.
@curiouslysimple hi it's myself that can,t get yeast. I have 10kg of bread flour I bought lat year. It's been in a sealed container is should be still ok. I have COPD and diverticulitis so the food I can eat is limited.
Greetings from NW Missouri in the US. We're experiencing many of the same shortages here - not a roll of toilet paper to be found, canned fruit and veggies are a thing of the past. Oddly enough, we have plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, and most meats except for ground (minced) beef. Eggs are nowhere to be found, as if the chickens have gone on strike. I have been able to order canned vegetables from Amazon, but it took about a week to get the items in stock. I was also able to get cleaning supplies, again with a week's delay. I have been impressed with how friendly people have been in the stores - no fighting or yelling or grabbing items out of other people's carts. Most of the fighting has been confined to our politicians. Be safe!
I've only recently discovered you, watching lots of your older videos. I absolutely love your thoughts of shopping during the pandemic, if you don't need it leave it for someone else. I live in Michigan, in North America, there are a few people that act like your family, but I've also seen this bring out the very worst in people. Praying we learn from this and make our way out it better humans! God bless your family!
Hi I was up in Banana Bender country when the pandemic struck and couldn't get home. I was amazed at people going nuts over noodles, rice ect being empty but not two steps away from coles was an Asian store that was stocked to the rafters. I wondered why they were and the store owner said simply I am Asian trade has been down since this started. I found that to be a sad state of affairs but also a blessing for us as we were able to buy what we needed instead of living out of takeaways. Many blessings to you all. P>S> You forgot your total
That was great that you were able to find everything you needed at the shops. Also the total is right at the end of the video before the 'end screen' - $636.45 :-)
I'm in Illinois, one of the 6 (as of today) US "shelter in place" or "Stay Home!!" states. Our schools, bars and restaurants closed down last week. Only essential stores are open so clothing stores, jewelry stores and such are closed down and some boarded up. I believe the reason the grocery stores have gone to no returns is due to the virus. It can survive on cardboard for 24 hours and on plastic, 2 or 3 days. Please make sure to wash your hands when you get home. Stay safe!!
Good morning from England bonell family it's Sunday morning here and managed to get two large chicken breast for my freezer some bread but some of food stores are only allowing four of the same things but if you have more than that they take it off you at the tills also all pubs, clubs,cinemas, restaurants have closed but the restaurant are aloud to do takeaway food instead scary times ahead hope you and all your family are well and safe
I agree with that statement. If you have plenty and you see elderly or even people in general (as some are front line workers saving peoples lives or working in hospitals to keep it running) just let the person buy it. Dont hoard for yourself. You as a family can always go more often as you have a car and dont need to take public transport. But also dont go out too much...we have to slow the spread
Our stores here in the northeast of the US, seem to be running out of meat! I found no chicken breast, ground beef or beef roasts. I talked to the butcher and he gave the suggestions of buying a whole turkey, whether you have a large or small family, and freeze the leftovers. The same for whole hams and large cuts of meat we wouldn’t normally buy. My children are adults and have their own homes and we are now on the “stay at home” order and travel only when necessary. I work in hospital so I am traveling to work everyday so we can exchange items too, when needed. My daughter needed salt and I needed baking powder, so we swapped, keeping the 6 foot distance required. My generation is also the one that hates to pay full price, so in the past when the price would be rock bottom, such as pasta for .50, I would stock up. I am sharing my pasta, soup, canned veggies, paper towels, soap etc. God bless you and your family!
Smart way to shop isn't it, stock up when the price is down. I stockpile mainly cleaning products and toiletries so we are good for all of those things and I often do big freezer meal cook ups but I certainly got caught out with some items in lower numbers. Oops! Oh well, what can we do, nobody knew this was coming. Now we all stick together. I love the way your family is sharing everything, we are doing that too. God bless.
Here Mince is hamburger, chips are French fries, bags of deep fried potatoes for dipping and munching are chips. Our cleaning and laundry supplies were completely gone too
Nice seeing you guys. Here in the USA we are a out of things here. When I go to the store I take one thing and live some. But some people are know verrying nice. With God help he will help us all. Take care. And God bless your family. Love all your food.😇
There is a big difference between hoard buying and buying enough for your family. You should not feel bad about buying in ‘bulk’ when that is what you need. Good luck in all of this craziness.
what you should do is wear a shirt that shows all of your kids and say you're buying for a large family. If you go to the same stores often and talk with the store manager I'm sure that be able to relieve some limits like on canned food etc if it's available of course
Thank goodness the stores have implemented limits and a no-return policy. If folks want to hoard, then they have to keep what they buy. No more taking the disaster supplies back, we have that happen alot here because of hurricanes. I enjoy watching your videos and hope that you all stay well!
Hi from UK. It made here iam disabled so I have always done home delivery on shopping and cannot fine a lot of the gluten free stuff for my daughter but we just have to make do and eat more vegetables because seem to be able to get them and it's a good job she loves them .stay safe.x
The limits are horrible for large families! My only solution is to bring as many big kids with me and they all get to purchase the items with cash or one of the credit cards. They really should make an exception for large families!
Its insane, I will say, we are all experiencing the same shortages world-wide. In the US we also/still have no toilet paper, paper towels, yeast, flour, sugar, napkins, tissues, cleaning supplies, etc. There are limits of 1 loaf of bread per customer, but there is almost none anyway. Luckily I have yeast and flour. There was no pork at all and minimal beef and chicken when I went to the market on Saturday. It is so crazy, and people are still panic buying in the US as the governments threaten to shut states down and order lockdowns. Stay safe and be well everyone!
Hi, from Ohio, USA. Love watching your grocery shops. I am getting ready to go to the store in a few minutes. I am a little worried about getting what I need. Hope your family stays healthy during this crazy time.
Buy whatever is available. I just went to 5 different stores to find what I needed. 3 were out of canned food except tomatoes, 2 had no meat, none of them had TP or paper towels or cleaning products.
I love it when you explain the difference with foods....as in cherrios....with what we call it in the USA.....I find that very interesting . It’s just to bad you don’t live next door to me. I bake treats for my neighbors as well as for volunteers in hospitals and also for our doctors office. Your children would be terribly spoiled. Our government has asked us not to gather with more that 10 people. If you’re over the limit I’ll take a few of those cuties off your hands during our quarantine!💕💕💕
krystyna olszewski im Aussie and in 35 years (living in 3 different states) I’ve never heard of them referred to as Cheerios - that’s a cereal as far as I’m concerned 😂
during the pandemic here in Thunder Bay Ontario Canada we had a shortage of diapers, formula and baby wipes..people were hoarding it,, after the limits were lifted people tried to return unused items but the stores were having none of it..no refunds or exchanges.. i didn't blame them at all
If you have a Bunnings close to you, they have the BEST disinfectant. It's in the cleaners aisle. It's about $4 for one of the pre made up spray bottles, or around $10-12 for the big one you make yourself. Which makes 40 liters. It's hospital grade. Mum used to work in a nursing home and that's what they used. With this COVID19 thing, we got the big one to make up. People need to chill with the panic buying! It's ridiculous to see no toot paper, pasta, flour or rice. I love those baby foods. I have a bunch of health issues and the little jars and pouches are sometimes the only thing I'm able to eat that day. Yes! The Coles chicken burgers! 😍
No toilet paper around here. I live in Fort Worth, Texas. We are also limited with dried beans, rice, flour, sugar, yeast, some lunch meats, etc. I hope you will continue to have good luck in finding food for your family!
I did a shop at Coles today... It was SO bare! It looked like they haven't restocked for a month. I had to go to IGA to get cat and dog food 😬 Really hating the shops right now.....
We all are, however l must say that the supermarket are alot calmer here in Melbourne Australia, it seems everyone has all the stuff they need for the rest of life 🤣
Hello! New subscriber and really enjoying your videos. You all have great attitudes, very positive, generous, and kind. Wishing you all the best, from Nebraska, US.
I love using the mixed frozen veggies to make my own Chicken Pot Pie. I will either boil bonelss skinless chicken breasts or used 4 big cans of canned breast meat, around 4 cans of cream of chicken soup, and a bag of thawed veggies and stir it all. Then I'll make the Bisquick biscuits and drop spoonfulls on the top of the mix chicken, soup and veggies. Bake for 30-40 minutes until the biscuits are done. With a nice salad it's a great meal.
I live in the U S . I am unable to figure out how a upper respiratory virus means you need 40 packages of toilet paper !!!! 😂 Our stores here in Oklahoma look the same way ! Empty shelves!! God Bless !
Hi ladies, I think you did quite well with your shopping but again no paper products lol! No point panicking over what you can or cannot get or the limit placed on things you can get as long as you can get a little right! I should imagine your sort of stocked like myself in freezer and pantry it’s just a case of keeping it topped up as once you deplete everything it does take a while to rebuild it back up. As you know my biggest problem of late was getting a delivery as I am unable to walk around a store but that was resolved lately thanks to Woolworths Priority Assist, Coles stopped deliveries, so feeling much better about things even with the limits or substitutions that are made to my orders. If we all do the right thing like you say, and just buy what we need at the time, are kind to others, remembering there is always some one worse off than ourselves, we will get through this tough period. We are stronger than we think we are and will surprise ourselves I am sure of this. Please be safe and look after each other and take care of others in need too as I know you will.❤️
We are ok at the moment. I'd like to see a fairer way of distributing the grocery item limits to families, those who live far from a store and the sick and elderly though. Hopefully everything will settle down soon
The Bonell Family yes I would like to see a better distribution system too. I am unable to get into a store when the elderly get the early hour first thing but understand those who can are getting some paper products you would think they would make sure some of these products are available for elderly shopping online or Priority Assist. It appears not though I cannot get TP at all. Hopefully when supplies start to trickle through from distribution centres things will improve. In the meantime we are getting some supplies so consider we are lucky. You guys take care of yourselves and much love from my house to yours❤️
Good Monday. The stores in Lebanon Missouri, USA is kinda bare. Toilet paper is non existent. Meat is almost impossible to find. My husband and I traveled to two different cities from ours to find groceries to just get by. Everything is shut down. Faith over Fear is what I am telling my kids. God Bless!
Go to the butchers. All the butchers here have plenty of everything, even though the supermarkets have nothing. They will appreciate the business. Same as the bakeries.
I've actually always used natural products to clean it but I thought I might try the washing machine cleaner from the store to see if it's any better on some of the residue in the machine. I haven't tried it yet but might be straight back to using my old favourites yet. ;-)
Hi, could you do a video on how you make things last longer, (or how to bulk up your meals to make it last. Thanks from Victoria AUS. Hope you are feeling better as well 😀
I am so amazed when I watch you shop. Here in MN where. I am from I only shop 1 time each month. How often do you shop? Really not intruding but how does one survive shopping for 18 people? I always feel crazy broke trying to shop once a month.
Hi I’m new to your channel I’m from the USA I love your big family I wish i had a lot of sister and brother but not really lol the one brother I have gets on my nerves lol but I would love to have lots of sister and brothers the plus side it looks like you never get bored and always have some one to talk to.
i normally dont buy washing machine cleaner and just use natural products but it's not quite doing the job at the moment. Thought I'd give this a go but I'll definitely try the epsom salts too
You seem like a lovely family. My one critique would be that the camera did a lot of swinging around during the haul reveal. Made me dizzy. Maybe you could pan out and hold it steadier next time. Greetings from Canada.
i have about 2 months worth of food and such but im 1 person for your family i hope you dont get stuck with nothing cuz your big but rice goes longer than pasta and mince goes farther than a roast hugssssss from Ontario Canada
Diwondermum who delivered your groceries? I am also agoraphobic I used to be able to get to the shops now and then seeing as I only live a minute walk from them but since late November I had a major setback and have been unable to leave my unit even having trouble to throw my rubbish in the bins downstairs in my unit block 😫
cootsuni Hates You l live in Traralgon Victoria Australia. I filled out a form on Woolworths Website requesting delivery because they are now only delivering to the elderly, disabled or mandatory isolated. They then sent me a notification that they had a window for me. I went into the online store chose what wanted, altered it so l didn’t break any limit restrictions and then it was ordered. There is no meat, flours, eggs, sugar, loo paper, tissues, cleaning goods and other items are restricted. You have to become creative when ordering. So you can only have two loaves bread! However if you have one loaf bread you can then add a loaf of raisin bread, some rolls and a packet of wraps. You just have to think outside of the normal way of thinking. Hope this information helps!
Diwondermum oh wow thank you so much I did not know there was a form you can fill out. I actually worked for them for 11years had a injury to my back was on worker’s compensation for 3 years and of course they screwed me over. Haven’t been able to go back to work due to back pain anxiety depression and doc told me in 2014 I was agoraphobic . I have not left my suburb since 2013 I was still able to get to the shops and doctor and that’s about it. Had my son in 2016 and have not been able to work since then also marriage failed soon after my sons 1st birthday he does help with shopping when he does come around but if we go into lockdown don’t even know if I would be able to get the help to get my groceries
I liked your haul. You mentioned some of the items are for school lunches. Do you still have school in Australia? Schools have been closed here in Toronto, Canada since March 13th.
Do you have enough space to grow a vegetable garden? Mine allows me to not having to buy any during the growing season and I'm able to can enough tomato sauce, jams, pickles as well as putting up other goodies to last to the next growing season. Of course, seeds and seedlings are now starting to fly off the shelves here, too :-(. Hopefully, the situation will quiet down soon and things will return to 'normal' rather quickly! P.S.: Your daughter is absolutely gorgeous - inside and out
Do you find people look at your shop and think you are hoarding? Instead of actually buying for your sized family? I love your videos! I have 3 girls, and just buying groceries for our family of 5 is hard enough
I’m from the Uk 🇬🇧 and have 7 children, I feel people are looking at me like this when I fact I’m actually buying less because of the restrictions and will not buy more than I need.
We lucky in South Africa no one panic bought anything and we had no limits on anything. 1 year and 2 months later we still in semi lockdown. If we don't wear masks in public we get either arrest or fined.
I’m trying to be creative with what we have in the freezer and pantry. It’s only two of us so even though it’s a small amount in storage it should last at least two weeks but it’s definitely going to be some breakfast for dinners. 😜 PS I love seeing the goodies you have different from here in the US. Jam Lemmingtons?! And thanks for keeping videos going, I’m on lock down in California and it’s a nice way to do something. 👍
It's actually a really cheap brand that you can find at the grocery store (Woolworths) the brand is MUD - Make-Up Design and the colours I use are "pure passion" and "barely blushing"
Thank you so much for the lipstick brand and colours.Im from Canada and will start looking for it once the virus crisis is over.Take care to your family,stay safe to all.
I'm having to go to the shops every day with only a family of 5 because we can't hv dairy.. but milk is only 2 each per visit... Seems ridiculous when you can buy 6ltrs of dairy milk as to only 2ltrs of Rice milk.
Here in the USA from March till July the shelves were bare, dairy, meat, paper, canned goods. They put limits on stuff and people still hoarded. From Dec of 18 till June of 2020 I had no vehicle. I live alone and 40 miles from town. I could only get rides once a month. Here in Michigan we have a .10 deposit on every pop, beer containers. Till August we weren't allowed to return them. Our Governor disgraced us in handling this. It's now Jan 2021 and we are still locked down. Well technically for the 3rd time. Shes opened the state up long enough that people spread the virus, them locked us down again. And yesterday we learned that the President to be is the man whose party caused massive voter fraud and NO ONE, NOT EVEN THE SUPREME COURT would void it.
I work at a grocery store and that how I feel every day I go in our we going have anything left. Most people our nice about limits and some people are really mean. I have a feeling soon we will have to hire police that not working for the saftey of the staff
It’s not great here in the UK as there’s literally no pantry goods like flour, sugar, rice,pasta or cleaning supplies and even pet food is getting sparse. Also, there’s no deliveries available for weeks at the stores and the one I managed to order 2 weeks ago got cancelled 5 minutes before arrival so I got nothing! I’m agoraphobic and have other health/mental health problems, but the worst is my mum has dementia and lives in a care home and it’s closed to everyone, no one in my family can see mum for months (if she makes it past the virus) touch wood! 💔😓😷🌎
Ive got an idea. Regardless of your race, religion/ creed, what about we now practice saying Grace before each meal, something that has gone by the wayside in society as well life changes. As we gather for a meal in our homes or even alone a few words of how grateful we are for this meal even if it is a toasted sandwich. Just a thought.🙏
You’re a real sweet lady. You’re tips are very encouraging. Jen you’re always smiling & your children are so bubbly & warm just like mum. I absolutely love ❤️ your family.
If you need to stretch your mince you can add red lentils, as well as grated carrots and zucchini really bulks it out and adds extra veggies.
Great idea! Can you tell me how to prepare the lentils to add to the beef? And about how much to add? Thanks so much😊
That is Brilliant.
@@jillianbowen7265 i use drained canned lentils and tend to use 1 can per 500g if not more lentils.
Yes !!! I defs do this !!
@@jillianbowen7265 I just rinse and pick over the lentils to make sure there are no stones and then if I'm making something like bolognese or chilli con carne I just add them straight in with everything else to boil away. Split red lentils only take about 10 minutes to cook. For more solid mince dishes like burgers and meatballs I either cook up and mash the lentils to add along with breadcrumbs or use mashed chick-peas.
I watched the tv amazed at the Pandemic shopping. USA. I had stocked up on toilet paper in January because it was 80% off with sales, coupons, and rebates. I had a one year supply. I made sure my family and friends were fine. It was months before we bought more and then only then because it was 65% off.
Why not shop as two individuals? Divide and conquer!
That is what my family did..we had 3 of us go shopping and that was how we survived the limits.
I think they felt that if people panic and buy like it is the end of the world, there will not be enough for everyone. The daughter actually said that just because you CAN get 2, if you only need one? Then just get one.
If a family of 18 can stick to the limits no one has reason not to as well! They are considerate and compassionate towards others hence them not shopping individually just to stockpile for their large family. We, the general public have to look out for one another because the gov and politicians don’t give a crap if you starve cause they’re still getting paid their normal salaries plus bonuses! I pray that God blesses everyone with love and compassion🙏🙏✨
Love Love Love this family!!! God Bless you!
Great haul! Glad you were able to find things your family needs! Your daughter is such a great helper!
I loved your video and I love your positive attitude both of you. There's only 3 in my household so I was able to do 1 stock shop and I didn't go crazy and just a regular shop every week. How I ended up on here I have no idea but now I look forward to the next ones.
Hi people are going mad for even a little town out here. Just be safe for you and your family.Thank you for sharing your vlog from Michelle in Queensland. My hubby recycle all his cans and bottle he got $167.00.
We have no bread or yeast out here. In Brisbane were my dad live and he went shopping for frozen veggies he went to Woolworths and they told him only 2 frozen product's he wanted to buy beans corn and some frozen chips thecheakout person said only 2 items he got upset when he left the store. But when he left a young lady called out to my dad and handed him the frozen chips she bought them for him he said he had tears in his eyes. My neighbors bought me a 9 pack of toilet paper. There are some deason,t people in the world.
Amen to that, there is still kindness in this world
@curiouslysimple hi it's myself that can,t get yeast. I have 10kg of bread flour I bought lat year. It's been in a sealed container is should be still ok. I have COPD and diverticulitis so the food I can eat is limited.
@@jessieback4891 It's not good to be sick. Be safe you and your family.
That was a cute story. Hang in there.
Here is a link on how to cultivate your own yeast:
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Greetings from NW Missouri in the US. We're experiencing many of the same shortages here - not a roll of toilet paper to be found, canned fruit and veggies are a thing of the past. Oddly enough, we have plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, and most meats except for ground (minced) beef. Eggs are nowhere to be found, as if the chickens have gone on strike. I have been able to order canned vegetables from Amazon, but it took about a week to get the items in stock. I was also able to get cleaning supplies, again with a week's delay. I have been impressed with how friendly people have been in the stores - no fighting or yelling or grabbing items out of other people's carts. Most of the fighting has been confined to our politicians. Be safe!
I've only recently discovered you, watching lots of your older videos. I absolutely love your thoughts of shopping during the pandemic, if you don't need it leave it for someone else. I live in Michigan, in North America, there are a few people that act like your family, but I've also seen this bring out the very worst in people. Praying we learn from this and make our way out it better humans! God bless your family!
Hi I was up in Banana Bender country when the pandemic struck and couldn't get home. I was amazed at people going nuts over noodles, rice ect being empty but not two steps away from coles was an Asian store that was stocked to the rafters. I wondered why they were and the store owner said simply I am Asian trade has been down since this started. I found that to be a sad state of affairs but also a blessing for us as we were able to buy what we needed instead of living out of takeaways. Many blessings to you all. P>S> You forgot your total
That was great that you were able to find everything you needed at the shops. Also the total is right at the end of the video before the 'end screen' - $636.45 :-)
I'm in Illinois, one of the 6 (as of today) US "shelter in place" or "Stay Home!!" states. Our schools, bars and restaurants closed down last week. Only essential stores are open so clothing stores, jewelry stores and such are closed down and some boarded up. I believe the reason the grocery stores have gone to no returns is due to the virus. It can survive on cardboard for 24 hours and on plastic, 2 or 3 days. Please make sure to wash your hands when you get home. Stay safe!!
Praying all is well with your dear family. I know you are s good steward. God bless you.
Huge difference, looks great!
A lot of stores are out of food but luckily I got some for a few weeks . Great video !
Good morning from England bonell family it's Sunday morning here and managed to get two large chicken breast for my freezer some bread but some of food stores are only allowing four of the same things but if you have more than that they take it off you at the tills also all pubs, clubs,cinemas, restaurants have closed but the restaurant are aloud to do takeaway food instead scary times ahead hope you and all your family are well and safe
I agree with that statement. If you have plenty and you see elderly or even people in general (as some are front line workers saving peoples lives or working in hospitals to keep it running) just let the person buy it. Dont hoard for yourself.
You as a family can always go more often as you have a car and dont need to take public transport.
But also dont go out too much...we have to slow the spread
Good tip to marinate before freezing, I've never thought to do that
Our stores here in the northeast of the US, seem to be running out of meat! I found no chicken breast, ground beef or beef roasts. I talked to the butcher and he gave the suggestions of buying a whole turkey, whether you have a large or small family, and freeze the leftovers. The same for whole hams and large cuts of meat we wouldn’t normally buy. My children are adults and have their own homes and we are now on the “stay at home” order and travel only when necessary. I work in hospital so I am traveling to work everyday so we can exchange items too, when needed. My daughter needed salt and I needed baking powder, so we swapped, keeping the 6 foot distance required. My generation is also the one that hates to pay full price, so in the past when the price would be rock bottom, such as pasta for .50, I would stock up. I am sharing my pasta, soup, canned veggies, paper towels, soap etc. God bless you and your family!
Smart way to shop isn't it, stock up when the price is down. I stockpile mainly cleaning products and toiletries so we are good for all of those things and I often do big freezer meal cook ups but I certainly got caught out with some items in lower numbers. Oops! Oh well, what can we do, nobody knew this was coming. Now we all stick together. I love the way your family is sharing everything, we are doing that too. God bless.
Here Mince is hamburger, chips are French fries, bags of deep fried potatoes for dipping and munching are chips.
Our cleaning and laundry supplies were completely gone too
I live in Murray Bridge and the meat can be a cost so I deal with that when I go shopping and see what is on special love your family God bless 🏘🌈
Nice seeing you guys. Here in the USA we are a out of things here. When I go to the store I take one thing and live some. But some people are know verrying nice. With God help he will help us all. Take care. And God bless your family. Love all your food.😇
Lentils is a really really great idea for your family !! Plus curries are yummy anyway. 💙
There is a big difference between hoard buying and buying enough for your family. You should not feel bad about buying in ‘bulk’ when that is what you need. Good luck in all of this craziness.
what you should do is wear a shirt that shows all of your kids and say you're buying for a large family. If you go to the same stores often and talk with the store manager I'm sure that be able to relieve some limits like on canned food etc if it's available of course
Thank goodness the stores have implemented limits and a no-return policy. If folks want to hoard, then they have to keep what they buy. No more taking the disaster supplies back, we have that happen alot here because of hurricanes. I enjoy watching your videos and hope that you all stay well!
Hi from UK. It made here iam disabled so I have always done home delivery on shopping and cannot fine a lot of the gluten free stuff for my daughter but we just have to make do and eat more vegetables because seem to be able to get them and it's a good job she loves them .stay safe.x
The limits are horrible for large families! My only solution is to bring as many big kids with me and they all get to purchase the items with cash or one of the credit cards. They really should make an exception for large families!
Its insane, I will say, we are all experiencing the same shortages world-wide. In the US we also/still have no toilet paper, paper towels, yeast, flour, sugar, napkins, tissues, cleaning supplies, etc. There are limits of 1 loaf of bread per customer, but there is almost none anyway. Luckily I have yeast and flour. There was no pork at all and minimal beef and chicken when I went to the market on Saturday. It is so crazy, and people are still panic buying in the US as the governments threaten to shut states down and order lockdowns. Stay safe and be well everyone!
I would shop normally like get the same amount of milk and if limits then go by it, but yas r so lovely to think of others x
Great shopping!
I loved this haul and god bless you guys aswell
Hi, from Ohio, USA. Love watching your grocery shops. I am getting ready to go to the store in a few minutes. I am a little worried about getting what I need. Hope your family stays healthy during this crazy time.
Thank you. Hope you can get all you need at the store
Buy whatever is available. I just went to 5 different stores to find what I needed. 3 were out of canned food except tomatoes, 2 had no meat, none of them had TP or paper towels or cleaning products.
I hope all of your family is healthy. Keep the faith and sanity.
I love it when you explain the difference with foods....as in cherrios....with what we call it in the USA.....I find that very interesting . It’s just to bad you don’t live next door to me. I bake treats for my neighbors as well as for volunteers in hospitals and also for our doctors office. Your children would be terribly spoiled. Our government has asked us not to gather with more that 10 people. If you’re over the limit I’ll take a few of those cuties off your hands during our quarantine!💕💕💕
krystyna olszewski im Aussie and in 35 years (living in 3 different states) I’ve never heard of them referred to as Cheerios - that’s a cereal as far as I’m concerned 😂
Baking for your neighbours is such a beautiful thing to do. Well done. Keep being a blessing :-)
@@85jjp its a banana bender term along with their Windsor lol
during the pandemic here in Thunder Bay Ontario Canada we had a shortage of diapers, formula and baby wipes..people were hoarding it,, after the limits were lifted people tried to return unused items but the stores were having none of it..no refunds or exchanges.. i didn't blame them at all
I love your lip stick, it really compliments you!
If you have a Bunnings close to you, they have the BEST disinfectant. It's in the cleaners aisle. It's about $4 for one of the pre made up spray bottles, or around $10-12 for the big one you make yourself. Which makes 40 liters. It's hospital grade. Mum used to work in a nursing home and that's what they used. With this COVID19 thing, we got the big one to make up.
People need to chill with the panic buying! It's ridiculous to see no toot paper, pasta, flour or rice. I love those baby foods. I have a bunch of health issues and the little jars and pouches are sometimes the only thing I'm able to eat that day.
Yes! The Coles chicken burgers! 😍
I will keep an eye out for the disinfectant. Sounds really good. thanks
@@TheBonellFamily awesome! It's the pink one! :) It's called accent musk. It has a number 3 on it. There's also a toilet cleaner as well.
No toilet paper around here. I live in Fort Worth, Texas. We are also limited with dried beans, rice, flour, sugar, yeast, some lunch meats, etc. I hope you will continue to have good luck in finding food for your family!
I did a shop at Coles today...
It was SO bare! It looked like they haven't restocked for a month.
I had to go to IGA to get cat and dog food 😬 Really hating the shops right now.....
We all are, however l must say that the supermarket are alot calmer here in Melbourne Australia, it seems everyone has all the stuff they need for the rest of life 🤣
Love the attitude of "be kind and take care of each other " ❤️
Hello! New subscriber and really enjoying your videos. You all have great attitudes, very positive, generous, and kind. Wishing you all the best, from Nebraska, US.
New subscriber. Great haul. We are also a larger family. I haven't seen to many limits at our stores here in Oklahoma since I don't go out much.
You could have brought more food because their is 2 of you
I love using the mixed frozen veggies to make my own Chicken Pot Pie. I will either boil bonelss skinless chicken breasts or used 4 big cans of canned breast meat, around 4 cans of cream of chicken soup, and a bag of thawed veggies and stir it all. Then I'll make the Bisquick biscuits and drop spoonfulls on the top of the mix chicken, soup and veggies. Bake for 30-40 minutes until the biscuits are done. With a nice salad it's a great meal.
I love their accents!
I live in the U S . I am unable to figure out how a upper respiratory virus means you need 40 packages of toilet paper !!!! 😂 Our stores here in Oklahoma look the same way ! Empty shelves!! God Bless !
Im makes absolutely no sense.
I agree I think its more on people worried they wouldn't find any later on but still it's crazy to buy so much like that .
My son lives in Norman OK & his wife has bad asma, so I do worry for them
Bc it also can cause diarrhea. This is not just an upper respiratory virus as you say. This is a man made killing virus.
Hermit Hill Farm
It’s not man made lmao
If only everyone was as sensible as you guys. I know a certain someone who will buy 100 hand soaps just because they are on special
hahaha I know I love to buy soap when on 1/2 price ;-) ;-)
@@TheBonellFamily oh dear haha
Greetings from Ontario,Canada..be safe :)
Hi ladies, I think you did quite well with your shopping but again no paper products lol! No point panicking over what you can or cannot get or the limit placed on things you can get as long as you can get a little right! I should imagine your sort of stocked like myself in freezer and pantry it’s just a case of keeping it topped up as once you deplete everything it does take a while to rebuild it back up. As you know my biggest problem of late was getting a delivery as I am unable to walk around a store but that was resolved lately thanks to Woolworths Priority Assist, Coles stopped deliveries, so feeling much better about things even with the limits or substitutions that are made to my orders. If we all do the right thing like you say, and just buy what we need at the time, are kind to others, remembering there is always some one worse off than ourselves, we will get through this tough period. We are stronger than we think we are and will surprise ourselves I am sure of this. Please be safe and look after each other and take care of others in need too as I know you will.❤️
We are ok at the moment. I'd like to see a fairer way of distributing the grocery item limits to families, those who live far from a store and the sick and elderly though. Hopefully everything will settle down soon
The Bonell Family yes I would like to see a better distribution system too. I am unable to get into a store when the elderly get the early hour first thing but understand those who can are getting some paper products you would think they would make sure some of these products are available for elderly shopping online or Priority Assist. It appears not though I cannot get TP at all. Hopefully when supplies start to trickle through from distribution centres things will improve. In the meantime we are getting some supplies so consider we are lucky. You guys take care of yourselves and much love from my house to yours❤️
Love your grocery hauls!
Good Monday. The stores in Lebanon Missouri, USA is kinda bare. Toilet paper is non existent. Meat is almost impossible to find. My husband and I traveled to two different cities from ours to find groceries to just get by. Everything is shut down. Faith over Fear is what I am telling my kids. God Bless!
I love that .... FAITH OVER FEAR!!!!! Amen!!
Wow I am Aussie and have never heard of cocktail franks called Cheerios! I was very confused when I heard that lol
Great to see more Aussie vlogs
Sandy and Bindi lol same here and I actually worked in the deli department of a Woolies.
Me too!
We call them "Little Smokies" in Minnesota, USA.
I’m from Texas and those look like what we call hot link sausages.
It's a Qld thing. When we moved north from NSW we were trying to figure out why they were selling cereal & chips as a kids meal at a pub lol.
Homemade hand sanitizer 2/3 cup rubbing alcohol, 1/3 cup aloe vera, 2 drops essential oil.
Why essential oils
Go to the butchers. All the butchers here have plenty of everything, even though the supermarkets have nothing. They will appreciate the business. Same as the bakeries.
Vinegar to clean the washing machine works well and way cheaper 🙂
I've actually always used natural products to clean it but I thought I might try the washing machine cleaner from the store to see if it's any better on some of the residue in the machine. I haven't tried it yet but might be straight back to using my old favourites yet. ;-)
Hi, could you do a video on how you make things last longer, (or how to bulk up your meals to make it last. Thanks from Victoria AUS. Hope you are feeling better as well 😀
great video suggestion. I'll add that to my list to make ;-)
Them: we have enough for everyone in our country.
Store: ...
Hello from Houston, TX USA 😀
I think that I saw no refunds signs at our supermarket here in the states.
I am so amazed when I watch you shop. Here in MN where. I am from I only shop 1 time each month.
How often do you shop? Really not intruding but how does one survive shopping for 18 people? I always feel crazy broke trying to shop once a month.
Hi I’m new to your channel I’m from the USA I love your big family I wish i had a lot of sister and brother but not really lol the one brother I have gets on my nerves lol but I would love to have lots of sister and brothers the plus side it looks like you never get bored and always have some one to talk to.
You can use the Epsom salts as a washing machine cleaner too rather than buying it separate.
i normally dont buy washing machine cleaner and just use natural products but it's not quite doing the job at the moment. Thought I'd give this a go but I'll definitely try the epsom salts too
You seem like a lovely family. My one critique would be that the camera did a lot of swinging around during the haul reveal. Made me dizzy. Maybe you could pan out and hold it steadier next time. Greetings from Canada.
Thanks for the constructive criticism. Always looking for ways to improve
You have enough adult kids to shop for the family and meet your needs while supplying the family adequately.
i have about 2 months worth of food and such but im 1 person for your family i hope you dont get stuck with nothing cuz your big but rice goes longer than pasta and mince goes farther than a roast hugssssss from Ontario Canada
Just got my first home delivered groceries today!! Had to apply as l have a disability, also agrophobic and been told by my doctor to stay put.
Diwondermum who delivered your groceries? I am also agoraphobic I used to be able to get to the shops now and then seeing as I only live a minute walk from them but since late November I had a major setback and have been unable to leave my unit even having trouble to throw my rubbish in the bins downstairs in my unit block 😫
cootsuni Hates You l live in Traralgon Victoria Australia. I filled out a form on Woolworths Website requesting delivery because they are now only delivering to the elderly, disabled or mandatory isolated. They then sent me a notification that they had a window for me. I went into the online store chose what wanted, altered it so l didn’t break any limit restrictions and then it was ordered. There is no meat, flours, eggs, sugar, loo paper, tissues, cleaning goods and other items are restricted. You have to become creative when ordering. So you can only have two loaves bread! However if you have one loaf bread you can then add a loaf of raisin bread, some rolls and a packet of wraps. You just have to think outside of the normal way of thinking. Hope this information helps!
Diwondermum oh wow thank you so much I did not know there was a form you can fill out. I actually worked for them for 11years had a injury to my back was on worker’s compensation for 3 years and of course they screwed me over. Haven’t been able to go back to work due to back pain anxiety depression and doc told me in 2014 I was agoraphobic . I have not left my suburb since 2013 I was still able to get to the shops and doctor and that’s about it. Had my son in 2016 and have not been able to work since then also marriage failed soon after my sons 1st birthday he does help with shopping when he does come around but if we go into lockdown don’t even know if I would be able to get the help to get my groceries
cootsuni Hates You where are you if l may ask?
Diwondermum I’m from Sydney
GOOD DAY BONNELL FAMILY WITH GOD'S BLESSINGS 🙏😇💖 & PRAYERS WE ALL WILL BE JUST FINE.. GOD BLESS FROM AMERICA INDIANA FARMLAND
Take care.
I liked your haul. You mentioned some of the items are for school lunches. Do you still have school in Australia? Schools have been closed here in Toronto, Canada since March 13th.
school here are closing now
Do you have enough space to grow a vegetable garden? Mine allows me to not having to buy any during the growing season and I'm able to can enough tomato sauce, jams, pickles as well as putting up other goodies to last to the next growing season. Of course, seeds and seedlings are now starting to fly off the shelves here, too :-(. Hopefully, the situation will quiet down soon and things will return to 'normal' rather quickly!
P.S.: Your daughter is absolutely gorgeous - inside and out
We have actually been putting a lot of thought into this. A garden sounds like a very good idea
Do you find people look at your shop and think you are hoarding? Instead of actually buying for your sized family?
I love your videos! I have 3 girls, and just buying groceries for our family of 5 is hard enough
I’m from the Uk 🇬🇧 and have 7 children, I feel people are looking at me like this when I fact I’m actually buying less because of the restrictions and will not buy more than I need.
Most locals know who we are so expect that we would buy up big. But yes, I can look like a crazy prepper from time to time hahahaha
I'm the only one in my house I have to buy a 1/2 gallon of milk a gallon usually spoils on me before I can get it all used up
I feel for you guys with the grocery store restrictions, there should be allowances for large families.
You all do an awesome job💕
We have the exact same situation here in America
baby wipes, preferably with aloe. pour in rubbing alcohol til no more can go in. and you have hand sanitizer wipes
We lucky in South Africa no one panic bought anything and we had no limits on anything. 1 year and 2 months later we still in semi lockdown. If we don't wear masks in public we get either arrest or fined.
it's going to be hard for all countries until we can get this covid under control. So many outbreaks still :-(
I’m trying to be creative with what we have in the freezer and pantry. It’s only two of us so even though it’s a small amount in storage it should last at least two weeks but it’s definitely going to be some breakfast for dinners. 😜
PS I love seeing the goodies you have different from here in the US. Jam Lemmingtons?! And thanks for keeping videos going, I’m on lock down in California and it’s a nice way to do something. 👍
Mrs. Bonell,I would like to know what brand and colour is your lipstick?Love the frosted shade.
It's actually a really cheap brand that you can find at the grocery store (Woolworths) the brand is MUD - Make-Up Design and the colours I use are "pure passion" and "barely blushing"
Thank you so much for the lipstick brand and colours.Im from Canada and will start looking for it once the virus crisis is over.Take care to your family,stay safe to all.
vinegar and water or peroxide and water both are good cleaners
Do you use the cheerios as a snack or a meal?
We actually use them as a meal. either just a bowl of them with some tomato sauce or we put salad or veg on the side. makes a quick cheap meal
For rice or noodles I would definitely try indian or Asian stores! 😊
In Puerto Rico the meat is very expensive
Cheerios = little boys. Is what we call them in Tassie!
lol same in Victoria
I'm having to go to the shops every day with only a family of 5 because we can't hv dairy.. but milk is only 2 each per visit... Seems ridiculous when you can buy 6ltrs of dairy milk as to only 2ltrs of Rice milk.
here in New Zealand its the same 2 of everything at the supermarket its worst today as we are going into lockdown 2mrw
Here in the USA from March till July the shelves were bare, dairy, meat, paper, canned goods. They put limits on stuff and people still hoarded. From Dec of 18 till June of 2020 I had no vehicle. I live alone and 40 miles from town. I could only get rides once a month. Here in Michigan we have a .10 deposit on every pop, beer containers. Till August we weren't allowed to return them. Our Governor disgraced us in handling this. It's now Jan 2021 and we are still locked down. Well technically for the 3rd time. Shes opened the state up long enough that people spread the virus, them locked us down again.
And yesterday we learned that the President to be is the man whose party caused massive voter fraud and NO ONE, NOT EVEN THE SUPREME COURT would void it.
Do you ever fix fish like salmon, is that available for you
What is it with people and toilet paper? It is the same here in Arizona!
I work at a grocery store and that how I feel every day I go in our we going have anything left. Most people our nice about limits and some people are really mean. I have a feeling soon we will have to hire police that not working for the saftey of the staff
Oh gosh I hope it doesn't get to bad for you workers . I retired out that work totally understand the stress from it . God bless hun
Stay safe
@@TheBonellFamily thanks
Went on the 22nd and most of the shop was empty
Hope you've managed to find your supplies since then
What do you do with the tinned peas, compared to using frozen?
We normally use them in cold salads or they are also amazing with meat pies.
@@TheBonellFamily cool. Good to know
It’s not great here in the UK as there’s literally no pantry goods like flour, sugar, rice,pasta or cleaning supplies and even pet food is getting sparse. Also, there’s no deliveries available for weeks at the stores and the one I managed to order 2 weeks ago got cancelled 5 minutes before arrival so I got nothing! I’m agoraphobic and have other health/mental health problems, but the worst is my mum has dementia and lives in a care home and it’s closed to everyone, no one in my family can see mum for months (if she makes it past the virus) touch wood! 💔😓😷🌎
This is so new and uncertain times for all of us. Praying we all find strength to face this and come out the other side
Hope you're OK Sam ♥
Sophie Gist Thank you, I’m doing the best I can. Hope you and your loved ones are ok❤️
Wow!, this is my first time watching your video. Great family-friendly CZcams video.
Thanks for joining us. Hope you continue to enjoy the videos
Here in the United States there call jello cups
Loving your hauls. Stay safe and look forward to the next one
Yip we add canned drained lentils into our beef mince to stretch it.
Canned lentils touch yeach... dried ones are more tasty
No meat to be found where we are. Only my hubby and myself. We can do without. Just concerned about my kids and their families.
alex jones warned everybody thats why they shut him down
Ive got an idea. Regardless of your race, religion/ creed, what about we now practice saying Grace before each meal, something that has gone by the wayside in society as well life changes.
As we gather for a meal in our homes or even alone a few words of how grateful we are for this meal even if it is a toasted sandwich. Just a thought.🙏
My daughter and I always say grace before we eat dinner
I always thank the lord
Good finds hun hope ya'll have a blessed day