READ ALSO: How prepared is Germany in the event of a military attack?Įvery storage cupboard should also have enough candles, torches and batteries in case the power supply fails, as well as any medicines needed.īack in her small grocery shop in Mainz-Gonsenheim, owner Schwarz wants to continue to supply her regular customers with everything they need. Therefore, experts advise that people have 14 litres of liquid for each person in the household, as well as enough food for 10 days – and food that can be kept without refrigeration. It says: “A person can possibly go three weeks without food, but only four days without liquid.” So what should we have extra supplies of?Ī guide from Germany’s Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance describes what a sensible emergency supply looks like. Photo: picture alliance/dpa | Axel Heimken “And if it came to that, it would certainly make more sense to stock other things than just cooking oil.”Ī woman in Hamburg buying lots of toilet roll at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020. “After all, we are far from being in a real emergency situation,” he said. “What toilet paper was at the beginning of the corona pandemic is cooking oil or flour in the current crisis,” said Nassehi. READ ALSO: Will Germany see a mustard shortage? And if everyone suddenly buys cooking oil, then I think: ‘I have to do the same'”.Įxperts say that this collective behaviour can lead to an artificial shortage of certain goods. And with the ‘hoarding purchases’ we simulate the ability to act. “Exceptional situations overwhelm us, make us afraid,” he said. So what’s behind the phenomenon of hoarding food, which is known as Hamsterkäufe in German because it depicts hamsters filling their cheeks with their food?Īrmin Nassehi, professor of sociology at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, told Tagesschau why people react to crises by panic buying. The most affected product is sunflower oil – a consequence of the Russia-Ukraine war, because Ukraine is one of the world’s most important exporters of sunflower oil.Įxperts say that production and delivery logistics of the food chain are geared towards this.
The supply of cooking oils in supermarkets across the country is currently “lower than usual”, according to Christian Böttcher, spokesman of the Federal Association of the German Food Trade (BVLH). Hier, kommt der eigentliche Charakter vieler Menschen zum Vorschein – und der ist meistens stark egoistisch ausgestaltet! 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️ /UdQzGZ4i02 #Hamsterkäufe! Leeres Öl-Regal: Nürnberger Supermarkt rügt seine Kunden – und geht damit viral. Haven’t we learned anything from the past two years?” The note says: “Are you buying oil because you need it? Or are you buying oil because everyone is doing it? If everyone buys normally, bottlenecks don’t occur. The tweet below shows a Nuremberg supermarket telling off customers for buying oil when they don’t need it. Schwarz said she has not received any cooking oil from her wholesaler this week – and that’s why she has placed a handwritten cardboard sign on the empty shelf that reads: “No, there is no more oil!” Germany's Defence Minister said earlier this month the country lay in the "crosshairs of terrorism" and pressed for plans for the military to train more closely with police in preparing for potential large-scale militant attacks.“I don’t understand people – they buy cooking oil and flour like crazy,” she said. It also mentions the necessity of a reliable alarm system, better structural protection of buildings and more capacity in the health system, the paper said.Ī further priority should be more support of the armed forces by civilians, it added. However, the precautionary measures demand that people "prepare appropriately for a development that could threaten our existence and cannot be categorically ruled out in the future," the paper cited the report as saying. The 69-page report does not see an attack on Germany's territory, which would require a conventional style of national defence, as likely. People will be required to stockpile enough drinking water to last for five days, according to the plan, the paper said. He declined to give any details on the content. * Munich gunman planned attack for one year - investigatorsĪ spokesman for the Interior Ministry said the plan would be discussed by the cabinet on Wednesday and presented by the minister that afternoon. * Munich shooting: Deadly mall attack suspect identified as teen, found dead * One person injured in axe and shooting attack in Cologne
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