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.

 

[lahlee]

"For your milk issue, the long life milk has 2 categories, powdered milk and 'long life milk' (the stuff in the cartons).
Sounds like you tried to get 3 of the UHT carton long life milk.
You could have gotten the 2 long life milks, then a chilled soy almond milk."

Thanks @Himeno for the info! I managed to figure it all out pretty swiftly, and the lady at Woolies was really helpful. In my mind it was a different category to dairy milk - I think I had been brainwashed by that group of dairy enthusiasts who don't want almond/soy/rice/oat milk etc to be called milk anymore. Was it "mylk" that someone was suggesting?

 

[opusman]

How about "water that has had nuts soaked in it" ?

 

[lahlee]

How about "water that has had nuts soaked in it" ?

touché

 

[UP4014]

My understanding of toilet paper is most supermarkets and distribution centres don’t stock huge quantities because of its baulky nature and continuous production.

I guess the just in time efficient systems have their down side.

 

[SeatBackForward]

So if some of the boarding is organised and for nefarious reasons such as profiteering or shipping offshore, where is it? Where is it being stockpiled and sold? Surely the shipping operators would know about a surge in shipments.

I can't believe it's all just individual households hoarding under their beds...

 

[Pushka]

So if some of the boarding is organised and for nefarious reasons such as profiteering or shipping offshore, where is it? Where is it being stockpiled and sold? Surely the shipping operators would know about a surge in shipments.

I can't believe it's all just individual households hoarding under their beds...

It isn’t. Shipping operators wouldn’t blink an eye.

 

[Caversham04]

I've just seen a news report that a shop in Denmark is charging 40 kroner ($10-ish) for your first bottle of hand sanitiser and they'll sell you the second for 1,000 kroner ($250-ish). Brilliant way to stop stockpiling and ensure fair access for everyone. Now all we need is for Coles, Woolies etc. to pick this up and apply it more widely

Danish shop fights stockpiling by charging £5 for first bottle of hand sanitiser and £126 for a second

Shoppers across Europe have been stripping shelves bare of alcohol gel amid the coronavirus pandemic

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[Pushka]

I've just seen a news report that a shop in Denmark is charging 40 kroner ($10-ish) for your first bottle of hand sanitiser and they'll sell you the second for 1,000 kroner ($250-ish). Brilliant way to stop stockpiling and ensure fair access for everyone. Now all we need is for Coles, Woolies etc. to pick this up and apply it more widely (e.g. on toilet paper)

Danish shop fights stockpiling by charging £5 for first bottle of hand sanitiser and £126 for a second

Shoppers across Europe have been stripping shelves bare of alcohol gel amid the coronavirus pandemic

www.telegraph.co.uk

Yes. Someone mentioned this idea yesterday on the panic buying thread. First item normal price. Maybe even the second. After that the Sky is the limit.

 

[Caversham04]

Yes. Someone mentioned this idea yesterday on the panic buying thread. First item normal price. Maybe even the second. After that the Sky is the limit.

Thanks; hadn't noticed that thread so my apologies for the duplication!

 

[UP4014]

So if some of the boarding is organised and for nefarious reasons such as profiteering or shipping offshore, where is it? Where is it being stockpiled and sold? Surely the shipping operators would know about a surge in shipments.

I can't believe it's all just individual households hoarding under their beds...

Shipping, by ship, has also slowed and nearly stopped in some parts of the world. Containers and trains banking up for the ports and no ships to collect anything.

 

[get me outta here]

I know, no panic at all at my place and I never buy bottled water, but even I am even wondering if it's a good idea to have a few in case the water workers are all dead.

What a world. These people think the supermarkets and pharmacies are going to close, but the electricity will keep on flowing.

Spare me.

 

[Must...Fly!]

I know, no panic at all at my place and I never buy bottled water, but even I am even wondering if it's a good idea to have a few in case the water workers are all dead.

Just look at Italy.

Essential services - operating
Supermarkets - open
Pharmacies - open

And they are having a terrible time.

 

[Denali]

I think I've used 1 roll of TP this week, so in theory I would have about 18 weeks supply and that's allowing for occasional tummy issues.

My office is all "we have NO paper towels!!!" Me, we have chux, we will bleach/throw them out as required. Pretty sure growing up, we didnt use paper towels until I was much older.

Considering I know for a fact that at least 99% of the office inmates do NOT clean the ktichen or wipe up spills, no idea why theyre obsessing about paper towels.

 

[drron]

So if some of the boarding is organised and for nefarious reasons such as profiteering or shipping offshore, where is it? Where is it being stockpiled and sold? Surely the shipping operators would know about a surge in shipments.

I can't believe it's all just individual households hoarding under their beds...

There were 1500 Diagou stores in australi,NZ in 2017.These are professional Chinese shoppers getting products back to China.I doubt that they just went Oh well our business model is now defunct.I reported before a group of Chinese shoppers in Bundy 3 weeks ago when Bundy hadn't run out of anything.Stuff was being loaded in 2 vans and then they headed back inside.
Twitter has many videos of the same thing going on.

Why China is tuning in to live streams from Aussie shops

The rise of the middle class in China is fuelling a shopping phenomenon in Australia, where tens of thousands of so-called "daigou" shoppers are buying products to sell via Chinese social media platforms.

www.abc.net.au

 

[get me outta here]

Forget toilet paper - shoppers in the Netherlands are panic-buying weed :

Forget toilet paper: Shoppers in the Netherlands are panic-buying weed

Shortly after 5 pm on Sunday, the government of the Netherlands issued an urgent decree: To control the coronavirus outbreak, virtually all restaurants and bars were being ordered to shut their doors until April 6, effective less than an hour later, at 6 pm. Included in the ban were the famed...

www.traveller.com.au

 

[SeatBackForward]

There were 1500 Diagou stores in australi,NZ in 2017.These are professional Chinese shoppers getting products back to China.I doubt that they just went Oh well our business model is now defunct.I reported before a group of Chinese shoppers in Bundy 3 weeks ago when Bundy hadn't run out of anything.Stuff was being loaded in 2 vans and then they headed back inside.
Twitter has many videos of the same thing going on.

Why China is tuning in to live streams from Aussie shops

The rise of the middle class in China is fuelling a shopping phenomenon in Australia, where tens of thousands of so-called "daigou" shoppers are buying products to sell via Chinese social media platforms.

www.abc.net.au

So if this is the case, that it is a much more far organised effort...WHY? what are they doing with it all? how is it being shipped to where ever - why can't authorities simply not allow such shipments?

I just can't see how any of this hoarding makes sense.

 

[Denali]

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[Pushka]

And the last few days very few crackers left. I like Vita Wheat and none in either store. If you are from Adelaide you might know Gaganis Brothers which sells a wide variety of stuff - went in there yesterday and the queue to the check out was at least 20 metres long - I walked straight again.

Coles burnside.
@VPS

 

[SydneySwan]

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And great to see them practice social distancing as well. Full marks all round.

 

[Flying Fox]

How about everyone shows their Medicare card and you get to buy 1 product for everyone listed on your Medicare card (ie. Mum, Dad & 2 kids on 1 card gets to buy baked beans x4, pasta x4 etc) ?