Coronavirus (COVID-19) Panic Buying?

[lovetravellingoz]

Indeed, I get the impression Aussies are too busy emptying supermarket shelves to go on holiday!
cheers skip

Not at the supermarkets I frequent. And at Costco, when don't shoppers here have full trollies?

I think it is more that hand sanitiser has a run on.

 

[VPS]

 

[Tropic]

Deli manager at my local woolies offered to keep a pack of TP for my 85 year old parents if we needed it. She said that crowds of chinese people ( the manager is part Chinese) have been turning up at opening time and all grabbing TP and then again after night fill before closing. She said she recognises the same 10 or so people and thinks they are buying to sell online back in China, so all working for same diagou shop. Wonder if same happening elsewhere?

 

[oz_mark]

Deli manager at my local woolies offered to keep a pack of TP for my 85 year old parents if we needed it. She said that crowds of chinese people ( the manager is part Chinese) have been turning up at opening time and all grabbing TP and then again after night fill before closing. She said she recognises the same 10 or so people and thinks they are buying to sell online back in China, so all working for same diagou shop. Wonder if same happening elsewhere?

A sign at one of my local supermarkets makes mention that they have noticed it's the same people buying it every day.

 

[RooFlyer]

In Brussels, after we were chatting for a while, a lady on a train asked my what was it with Australians and toilet paper.

 

[Denali]

A sign at one of my local supermarkets makes mention that they have noticed it's the same people buying it every day.

A sign. Like a wanted poster for most recognisable shopper?

And Who Gives a cough sales area hoarders are botched because the average family of 5 or single homes with kids in the western suburbs aren't buying from Who Gives a cough, they're buying 24 bulk from Woolies. Which would explain the more wealthier suburbs are hoarding their products.

 

[Denali]

Five Dock ,Sydney
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This is a Coles. I thought they had a one pack rule so someone in HR needs to check rosters and talk to staff. Are they buddies or being paid off?

 

[pauly7]

This is a Coles. I thought they had a one pack rule so someone in HR needs to check rosters and talk to staff. Are they buddies or being paid off?

HR in a supermarket store?... sure thing, they barely exist in offices these days

I just hope the poor checkout staff are being supported by their supervisors / security properly.

 

[Denali]

HR in a supermarket store?... sure thing, they barely exist in offices these days

I just hope the poor checkout staff are being supported by their supervisors / security properly.

Coles is a billion dollar company, they have a HR and if this photo goes viral, they will get involved (at least to be seen).

Personally I would be asking the audit team to review POS and see how these were run through the register.

 

[amaroo]

This is a Coles. I thought they had a one pack rule so someone in HR needs to check rosters and talk to staff. Are they buddies or being paid off?

He needs to hire a flatbed truck and just load the pallet straight on

 

[blackcat20]

Often the limit is per transaction so there’s nothing stopping people making repeat purchases.

 

[MollyJones]

My son (service supervisor in a large Coles) has been yelled at, screamed at and threatened for enforcing the limits. Was bad at 4 packs worse at 1 pack.
He actually had a customer intervene and called the abuser out on her behaviour. His observation is that has been mostly Caucasian women over about 60 who have been both hoarding and rude.
Interestingly, when it first started, the people buying g hand sanitiser to send back to China were returning it once they found out that their relatives back home didn’t want or need it. I suspect they will be too embarrassed to try and return all the loo rolls and will have to find other things to do with it. Given there actually is no shortage in Australia anyway, I doubt anyone will be making massive profits from reselling.

 

[Pushka]

WTF

What chance does humanity have with FW like this.

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My son (service supervisor in a large Coles) has been yelled at, screamed at and threatened for enforcing the limits. Was bad at 4 packs worse at 1 pack.
He actually had a customer intervene and called the abuser out on her behaviour. His observation is that has been mostly Caucasian women over about 60 who have been both hoarding and rude.
Interestingly, when it first started, the people buying g hand sanitiser to send back to China were returning it once they found out that their relatives back home didn’t want or need it. I suspect they will be too embarrassed to try and return all the loo rolls and will have to find other things to do with it. Given there actually is no shortage in Australia anyway, I doubt anyone will be making massive profits from reselling.

I'd have to challenge someone. Just couldn't help myself to stop these nasty people attacking an employee. And as I fit that profile maybe I'd stand a chance against them. I wonder, our generation learnt about food and goods rationing from our parents through the depression and WW2. Doesn't excuse it but may explain that age group.

 

[SydneySwan]

We used to have about 6 months toilet paper in stock but at the start of this year decided to let it run down to free up a bit of space. In retrospect I now realise that this was my 'inner contrarian' tendencies coming to the surface. I have so far resisted the urge to restock.

 

[Denali]

 

[pauly7]

Coles is a billion dollar company, they have a HR and if this photo goes viral, they will get involved (at least to be seen).

Personally I would be asking the audit team to review POS and see how these were run through the register.

Coles do not have HR personnel in stores as per my post

Of course they have HR in their office staff, but increasingly HR is being leaned up and pushed onto people managers. It’s a dwindling area in most companies.

 

[Himeno]

Five Dock ,Sydney
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He's got at least 420 rolls there. WTF does he need 420 rolls for?

 

[Himeno]

This is a Coles. I thought they had a one pack rule so someone in HR needs to check rosters and talk to staff. Are they buddies or being paid off?

It's not a Coles, it's a Coles Express at a service station.
The staffing and management arrangements for the Coles and Woolworths express outlets at service stations are different to the full supermarkets. (even the Woolworths Metro stores, eg Melbourne Southern Cross Station, are different to the supermarkets)

Also, HR reps for the supermarkets are rare. Woolworths has 1-2 HR staff (called "People and Culture Reps") per zone. A zone covers 30-50 stores. I would assume Coles HR setup is similar.

HR isn't going to get involved over a photo like that. It would either go via loss prevention or through a support office and senior management (ie, state/zone/regional/area/group manager).

 

[burmans]

Often the limit is per transaction so there’s nothing stopping people making repeat purchases.

Agree, go to different checkouts and who would even know. The fact that they have a sign saying 1 per customer doesn't mean they have added additional people to actually police it.

 

[Tropic]

WTF does he need 420 rolls fo

He's got customers waiting. Chop chop

 

[blackcat20]

Our closest woollies is out of loo paper, paper towel, bulk bottled water, and low on nappies and milk. Almost only own brand milk available.