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.

 

[Lawrage]

So just got back from local Coles, cant buy
- Chicken
- Soap
- Toilet paper
- Tissue Paper
- Pasta
- Pasta Sauce
- Eggs
- Panadol

Things about 90% gone
- Frozen Veg
- Frozen Pizza

 

[Lynda2475]

The coles near my office (not a residential area) pretty much only had small amount of fresh fruit and Veg and chocolate/lollies. Anything remotely remsembling real food was long gone.

 

[dajop]

So is it time for ration cards to be introduced?

 

[get me outta here]

I thought big stores should've agreed to do that weeks ago - 1 pack per person etc. I know yours is a ref to WW2. I kinda liked fried bread at my Nan's house.

So is it time for ration cards to be introduced?

 

[Lawrage]

Was speaking to someone I know at Tesco and aparently there is no actual supply shortage of all the things in the shops that are sold out so far, its just that they can't get them to the shops and onto the shelves fast enough.

Maybe give customers the address of the depots and let them buy loo paper from there.

 

[Pushka]

Absolutely disgraceful

https://twitter.com/x/status/1239055703211302912

We really need a FFS icon. This is absolute insanity. I'm ashamed.

 

[Pushka]

So just got back from local Coles, cant buy
- Chicken
- Soap
- Toilet paper
- Tissue Paper
- Pasta
- Pasta Sauce
- Eggs
- Panadol

Things about 90% gone
- Frozen Veg
- Frozen Pizza

Wow. In my locals, the pasta is looking a bit scarce as is toilet paper, and all kinds of paper. Frozen veg gone but plenty of fresh so bought some, par boiled then froze that. Looks much nicer than the packet stuff. Eggs plentiful and all kinds of Panadol although DIL mentioned about baby Panadol so I've bought that and she is going to take some to her mums group. Also some suppositories. As a GP she's fine with that.

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Was speaking to someone I know at Tesco and aparently there is no actual supply shortage of all the things in the shops that are sold out so far, its just that they can't get them to the shops and onto the shelves fast enough.

Maybe give customers the address of the depots and let them buy loo paper from there.

Yes, it's all about the distribution network. Plenty of stuff in storage.

 

[lahlee]

I hope the guy loses his stock but so much going to waste isn't a good outcome either.

From my understanding it was being donated to charity

 

[Pushka]

From my understanding it was being donated to charity

Was that after it was seized? A great outcome.

 

[lahlee]

Was that after it was seized? A great outcome.

Yes, according to The Independent: After being publicly shamed, they were obliged to give away two-thirds of his stock to a local church.

 

[jakeseven7]

Was speaking to someone I know at Tesco and aparently there is no actual supply shortage of all the things in the shops that are sold out so far, its just that they can't get them to the shops and onto the shelves fast enough.

Maybe give customers the address of the depots and let them buy loo paper from there.

Lol and bypass the supermarkets making all their money? Forget it.

Any supplier who does that would have their products deleted in the next range review

 

[DC3]

Absolutely disgraceful

https://twitter.com/x/status/1239055703211302912

... and so much for social distancing.

 

[Bodie]

Mrs Bodie and I just went out voted at pre-poll for Council election , then went to Brookside Shopping Centre. Place was ghost town. This was at 3pm. No one at Coffee Club, All other stores very quiet, nipped into Coles - good supply of vegetables and bread, no meat or disinfected soap , dairy area good supply, frozen area mixed - stuff on 1/2 price all gone - others bit lower but still supply - didnt go down tiolet paper aisle. Othe thing of note '- the amount of people coughing and no covering in coles was disgusting - unfotunately it was the older australian the worst - we had to turn around or race around them was just stupid. We then disinfected our groceries - had showers washing clothes we had on and sprayed car seats with disinfected spray. Strange times indeed.

 

[blackcat20]

My Coles has been stripped clean, even the meat, fruit and veg. Canned soup, pasta, rice, eggs, milk, butter, nappies, baby wipes, sanitary items, detergent, cleaning products, frozen fruit and veg, toilet paper, tissues, paper towel. I was lucky the banana were on the expensive side as I needed some for our little person.

 

[dajop]

And then there is this .......

Bus loads of city dwellers stripping regional shelves bare

The town of Woodend is pleading for "Coles tourists" to give them a few days' break so its own elderly residents and families can buy necessities.

www.theage.com.au

Regional towns are being swamped by bus loads of panicked "Coles tourists" who are driving from the city to strip supermarket shelves of basic supplies.

The Age has heard reports of city-dwellers rushing supermarkets in Gisborne, Kyneton, Romsey, Seymour, Woodend, Daylesford and even in towns as far away as Kerang and Deniliquin.

 

[Denali]

I was just reading a friend's post and one of his friends commented people are driving 3hrs to get to their country town stores to buy it out. What the hell are they doing with all this food and stuff?

I think on the little I have, if I stretch it out and hubby fasts 2 days, I could manage 3 weeks and haven't hoarded. What are people doing?

 

[Pushka]

My Coles has been stripped clean, even the meat, fruit and veg. Canned soup, pasta, rice, eggs, milk, butter, nappies, baby wipes, sanitary items, detergent, cleaning products, frozen fruit and veg, toilet paper, tissues, paper towel. I was lucky the banana were on the expensive side as I needed some for our little person.

is there anything you really need and we can keep an eye out and post it over?

 

[dajop]

Maybe it's time to impose very strict limits, linked to your medicare card (for residents) or passport (for foreigners) and special rules for carers. Why medicare card? It shows your dependents.

Time for the government to start acting like a government.

 

[Denali]

I just want people to wake up to themselves and realise they've spent all this money and half the stuff they won't eat in year.

I'm Italian and don't eat pasta all the time so why hoard it as it's no good without a creamy bacon carbonara or sugo...home made of course

Worse case scenario, Maccas isn't going anywhere either.

 

[drron]

No time for Australians to start acting as humans.