Loo roll shortages/panic buying

Juliet27, the person that ordered boxes instead of rolls did so before all of this whoha and it was apparently a genuine mistake. However, they have been selling it off to raise funds for a school camping trip.

Through a community noticeboard I gave something away yesterday. I was highly amused when the person I gave it to asked if I would like some toilet rolls in return. Who would have ever thought toilet rolls would become currency.

The two women in Sydney with the toilet rolls who got into the fight with another customer had 144 rolls each. Just pathetic.

I refuse to panic buy. I use...max...one roll of coop loo paper a week. I live on a narrow boat and have to empty the toilet cassette every week so am careful as I don't want it filled with paper. People use far to much loo paper each time. Folding soiled part on itself means you can wipe twice. Sorry if that is too graphic...hahaha

An assistant at Waitrose told me yesterday that customers are piling as many loo rolls into a trolley as they can. The same at Lidls. Why don't supermarkets restrict them to one pack each?
Its irresponsible and only encourages panic buying.

I had to laugh about using newspapers again like after the war. I am wondering if we could flush them down toilets these days I think it would block them and then we would be in more trouble. If everyone stopped stocking up there would be plenty for everyone.Lets try and be sensible ladies

No loo rolls in our local Morrisons on Friday, but fully stocked yesterday.

Our GP has a massive ‘No entry’ sign on the door unless you use the hand sanitiser on the wall. It is empty. When I mentioned it to the receptionist, she looked at me as if I were daft, and said there had been none for 2 weeks. I would have thought gps would be able to get hand sanitiser as a priority through the NHS? Any gps out there who know?

I looked for it on line and large refills are available on Amazon. They were yesterday any way.

I've been to our nearest Aldi today, and there were no empty shelves at all.
I was able to get everything I needed, including antibacterial surface cleaner, paracetamol and hand gel, all of which I buy regularly, and had just about run out of, so not 'panic' purchases).

Hello GagJo and also Franbern just answering the question why did I buy extra loo rolls in my local 99p shop.

Here is my answer 1 : people in my area are clearing the shelves in bigger supermarkets of loo rolls and kitchen rolls.
2 : I have constantly heard all week that government are saying there is no shortage of anything in the supermarkets and the country will be safe, in that case they should have been in my supermarkets yesterday to confirm how true that is.
3: I intend to keep to my usual hygiene standards and that includes using loo roll, at least that is for as long as I can find some available and how long this coronavirus is set to last.
4; I am also a chronic pain sufferer so having to keep going to the shops just to look for one roll of loo paper is not viable for me.
I heard on tv this morning the government are saying that those who are vulnerable will get there groceries delivered free of charge, If that promise is anything like the talk of no shortages in the shops then I think people will wait a long time for delivery of groceries.
I am pleased to see that many posters agree with me and that the supermarkets should not allow people to fill trolley loads of loo rolls and leave nothing for any one else. I did not buy lots of tins of beans, pasta, long-life milk and various tinned items yesterday as I saw many people doing however next week when I do go to the supermarket I may regret that when all those items are missing from the shelves.

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I went into my local Waitrose yesterday and the loo roll shelves were completely empty but wait before you rush to grab your share of bum cleaner.
I then went to my local Asda they had plenty as did Tesco.
It made me think that an average Waitrose customer probably has more spare cash and can buy more than they need.
Perhaps the others are restricted by cash. Either way, come on, let’s stay calm and all will turn out absolutely fine but not if you start buying everything in sight.
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Tesco, roneo corner, romford loo roll shelves fully stocked and others in the reduced/special offer aisle. I have full cupboards and freezer anyway only stockpiling cat food as my fussy little thing only eats one flavour of one brand

I predict a boom time for Plumbers as they respond to thousands of call outs to toilets/drains blocked by newspaper, kitchen roll, etc.

I suppose if you eat all those baked beans that have gone off the shelf you’d need all that loo paper!

My Ocado driver has just confirmed that people have gone crazy for loo paper and baked beans!

Our regular Ocado online shop came on Friday.
Our order came without self raising flour and RED LENTILS!

I hate shopping of any sort so my husband usually does the big food shop and always over buys because we still haven’t got used to being a smaller household. Combine that with the fact that we have lots of storage space that we usually keep filled and I think we have enough of everything we might need to withstand a siege, including toilet paper. We have four toilets in the house so when he buys toilet paper he somehow doesn’t take into account that there are only three of us regularly using them and buys the same amount for each toilet.

Having said that, I live in a town of sensible retirees and apart from hand sanitizer there haven’t been any reported shortages locally. No panic buying here yet.

Could someone tell me why there is panic buying of any sort?

I read somewhere that supermarkets aren't out of loo paper....they just can't keep up with getting it to the shelves... Oh and I still don't get the obsession with stocking up on it.

Waitrose Banbury had a fair few loo rolls, mostly their own brand. About 6 large packs of Andrex. The Home Bargains shop had some too. It might depend on what area you live in. Heavily populated areas are probably going to sell out faster as there are more bums!

Mind you, flour shelves were just about emptied, I think it was the flour for making bread.

We are a daft nation. If someone said that sprouts cured Coronavirus, the nation's allotments would be cleared out!

We are in France, Normandy, at the moment nooshortages of anything . One brand of wipes were in short supply, but as there were three or four other brands in plentiful supply. Hardly a shortage.

Caro57 It’s the ‘herd instinct.’ Many people rush to the sales and buy lots of stuff that they don’t need, and probably will never wear, because of the hype.
In the same way, they see media reports of panic buying, and supermarket trollies overflowing with toilet rolls and cleansers, and think that they had better stock up, too, ‘just in case!’

I've been to Tesco this morning and there were plenty of toilet rolls, and soap, available. I bought both, as they were on my list anyway, and there didn't seem to be any restrictions on how many you could buy.

Paracetamol section was decimated though.

Hopefully this is an indication that the toilet roll situation at least, is returning to normal

I have just spent the last week in hospital so have largely missed the media frenzy. The grandchildren have been staying and go through loo rate at a ridiculous rate. Added to this I have been given high doses of diuretics so we have no loo roll left at home, so wondering if we are going to struggle? Husband has been visiting me every day whilst in hospital and the hand sanitizers on the wards are empty because people have been stealing it. The work has officially gone mad!!!

I don't know either Caro57 .
I haven't read that having the trots is a symptom of coronavirus either.

Just read this on Yahoo news. I've copied and pasted as I don't know how to do links

Supermarkets across the UK will begin rationing food after panic buying left shelves empty following the coronavirus outbreak.

According to The Telegraph, Tesco will limit the amounts of basic food items customers are able to buy to ensure they don’t run out.

Baked beans, dry pasta and UHT milk are among the foods reportedly included in the embargo. While supplies of antibacterial gels, wipes and sprays will also be limited.

The supermarket confirmed over the weekend that shoppers would be limited to five items, adding that the new rules would apply to online orders from Sunday onwards.