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.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1233870486670495745

All the toilet paper was sold out

 

[leadman]

The upside of this is we might see a "surge" in newspapers. I could never truly understand the saying that "today's headlines are tomorrow's fish wrappers". Growing up in the country ours were torn into strips and hung on a nail in the toilet, which was of course outside down the path.

And really!! some papers contain so much s@#$, what difference is it going to make.

 

[Denali]

Pretty sure I have a Jan 1st 2000 newspaper at home that Ive been trying to get rid of... might have found a use for it.

Ahhhh, remember the good old days of Y2K and the world was ending?

 

[Denali]

Im just sitting here, shaking my head. Its toilet paper, what the hell is wrong with people (look at the photos, people are nuts)

Aussie retailers have limited how many toilet paper packs you can buy

Panicked shoppers have been caught on video pushing and shoving one another to get their hands on toilet paper packs.

www.news.com.au

 

[Katie]

One advantage of this thread was I learned Who gives a cough has premium loo paper
And now ordered to try

I rate the Premium as good as Sorbent Hypoallergenic loo paper, which is what I used to buy.

I haven't found their tissues to match Kleenex Aloe Vera, though.

 

[Katie]

I've been wondering if some of the people buying SO much toilet paper actually have no clue how quickly their household goes through loo paper?? Mr Katie wouldn't have a clue about how much we use - and I order through Who Give a cough, adn 48 double rolls last us about six months.

It makes me think of whoever at NASA preparing to send Sally Ride on a one-week mission, and asked her if 100 tampons would be enough for the week.

 

[jakeseven7]

The annoying thing is that Woolworths and Coles and their suppliers hold such small stock cover amounts these days - how much inconvenience the non dooms day preppers will face!

 

[Denali]

According to my mummy bloggers I need an oximeter.

 

[Pushka]

Went shopping today as I tend to shop daily or every couple of days. The only thing I saw was pretty much every trolley had toilet paper but just one pack, which might actually normal! Plenty of everything else - the milks, the tea, the rice, cat food, the Panadols, no hand gels though.

 

[Batterytraveller]

I finally succumbed and panic bought some TP today, but only to get me over a free delivery threshold.

 

[tgh]

Wed is shopping day .
Primed for action , swmbo upon entering Coles , made a bee line for dunny paper rack
There were just two packs of our usual left ( there are normally dozens).
She simply could not believe it..every shopping trolley she saw in the complex was loaded with toilet paper.
Stocks of general stuff were depleted but not bare.

I really have to wonder about humanity….

 

[Himeno]

The annoying thing is that Woolworths and Coles and their suppliers hold such small stock cover amounts these days - how much inconvenience the non dooms day preppers will face!

It is all "just in time" delivery. No one has enough warehouse space to store excess stock. What 'spare' space they have is used to stock up for the next major holiday (this is part of why you see stores start to get get easter stock right after xmas).

The entire toilet paper thing makes no sense at all. I'm thinking some nut case is spreading stories on farcebook, etc that COVID-19 causes diarrhea.

 

[Denali]

My niece reminded me of the time she ran out of TP and was a state away from us... so I sent her some.

She said today she wishes she kept it

 

[p--and--t]

It is all "just in time" delivery. No one has enough warehouse space to store excess stock. What 'spare' space they have is used to stock up for the next major holiday (this is part of why you see stores start to get get easter stock right after xmas).

The entire toilet paper thing makes no sense at all. I'm thinking some nut case is spreading stories on farcebook, etc that COVID-19 causes diarrhea.

A complicating factor in many of the supply chains is that Coles and Woollies sell a percentage of their shelf space via a lease arrangement direct to the suppliers. (Well they used to and haven't seen anything to say the practice has changed) . Similar to Myers and DJs selling floor space to "labels" who fitout, stock, staff, and operate the floor space separately to the main department store.

The suppliers have to stock their rented shelves themselves. The supermarkets are not involved in supplying, warehousing, delivery, stocking shelves, stock turnover, merely handling the sale. I presume the suppliers get an electronic update nowadays overnight or some other period to tell them what was sold. They then make an independent decision on when to send stock and a staff member to each store to do the shelving independently.

Edit: Ignore, ill informed rubbish I wrote.

 

[get me outta here]

Altercation at western Sydney Woolworths as hoarding continues
By Sally Rawsthorne
3.04 pm : NSW police have confirmed they attended Woolworths in Parramatta on Wednesday afternoon in relation to “a disturbance in an aisle”.
2GB reports that the toilet paper aisle was taped off by the six police officers in attendance.

 

[get me outta here]

'Not normal times': Paramedics offer coronavirus home visits
By Kate Aubusson
"NSW paramedics have offered to make home visits to help diagnose coronavirus and ease the strain on emergency departments, urging the NSW government to release additional funding.
The Health Services Union – representing paramedics – is asking the NSW Treasurer for at least $100 million to boost the capacity of NSW Ambulance and hospitals before the start of the flu season."

 

[Himeno]

A complicating factor in many of the supply chains is that Coles and Woollies sell a percentage of their shelf space via a lease arrangement direct to the suppliers. (Well they used to and haven't seen anything to say the practice has changed) . Similar to Myers and DJs selling floor space to "labels" who fitout, stock, staff, and operate the floor space separately to the main department store.

The suppliers have to stock their rented shelves themselves. The supermarkets are not involved in supplying, warehousing, delivery, stocking shelves, stock turnover, merely handling the sale. I presume the suppliers get an electronic update nowadays overnight or some other period to tell them what was sold. They then make an independent decision on when to send stock and a staff member to each store to do the shelving independently.

That's not the case. Suppliers pay for x% of space in a planogram and certain promo ends and off location display bins. They send reps into stores to check for compliance with end tie up, build the flat pack display bins, add additional ticketing to displays and assist stores with planogram implementation. They are not required to order or fill stock.
The only thing that is even close to what you suggest is the Tip Top and Buttercup bread.

Woolworths has new stock of hand sanitiser coming in. There will be a limit of 2 items per transaction.

 

[Denali]

A complicating factor in many of the supply chains is that Coles and Woollies sell a percentage of their shelf space via a lease arrangement direct to the suppliers. (Well they used to and haven't seen anything to say the practice has changed) . Similar to Myers and DJs selling floor space to "labels" who fitout, stock, staff, and operate the floor space separately to the main department store.

The suppliers have to stock their rented shelves themselves. The supermarkets are not involved in supplying, warehousing, delivery, stocking shelves, stock turnover, merely handling the sale. I presume the suppliers get an electronic update nowadays overnight or some other period to tell them what was sold. They then make an independent decision on when to send stock and a staff member to each store to do the shelving independently.

Cant comment on all suppliers but for some (most), Coles will have a cross dock order so once the supplier ships goods to a distrubution centre, its then distributed to individual stores as per the store needs/ordered. So each store may order $ to $$$$ worth of product but the entire order to the cross dock ends up being $$,$$$K. Not all suppliers provide staff to place on shelf

 

[Denali]

And got confirmation that my Coles order has been picked, they even sent me a photo.... That's it in the background

 

[DC3]

... massive buying of toilet paper over a 1/2 day frenzy is just stupid, and moreso when in Australia Covid 19 is not even really here yet ..

Preppers coming out of the woodwork?

Edit: Spelling