This panic buying is frustrating

[Rev. Rye]

I went to Jewel today. And Dad actually talked with someone who worked there about the TP situation. I think I mentioned before that they actually had signs stating a hard limit of TP and paper towels for people to buy and you can see them in the picture below. They were still deserted last week. Admittedly, today, the paper towels were better stocked, but the TP was still off the shelves. Apparently, after talking with the guy, it turns out that they're actually restocking TP more than usual. And with that in mind, they still run out quickly.

And just for reference, here’s a picture of the paper towel aisle last week:


I remember that they had a similar set of signs for the TP aisle (and still do, because they're still up in both aisles), but did not take a picture there.

Like it or not, this isn't an issue of people only caring about the bottom line this time around. On a store-to-store level (not on the manufacturing level, mind), it's a case of demand FAR outstripping the supply. This demand might be for very stupid reasons, but it's there.