(03-27-2020, 07:07 PM)mal234 Wrote:

(03-27-2020, 07:01 PM)Byron LeftTown Wrote: Everything I normally buy is "currently unavailable".
I can't imagine the situation will improve when $300 billion hits America's pockets all at once.

I live in NC and it's the same thing here where I live. Meat, Eggs, Toilet Paper, etc. And I tell you I think it's a lot of the same people in different places that keep hoarding. I think that there are quite a bit of people out there that keep hoarding over and over again. Though, they can only use so much toilet paper and even food.  I wonder where a lot of them are getting all of this money to keep hoarding like this. Especially with people losing their jobs. And it will happen again, once the stimulus checks hit. However, I do think that at some point, some of these people are going to be low on funds and not be able to keep hoarding like this. Especially if the economy continues on the track it's on during this virus. 

I'm not a hoarder. I don't take more than what I need. The last two times, I've been shopping I did do closer to two weeks worth of groceries. And I didn't even like doing that. I usually shop once a week for groceries. I love to cook, though I don't want to buy two much food at a time, I think that could lead to waste.

The meat and eggs makes sense. People are not eating out as much, and most people are not used to cooking three meals a day at home. Grocery stores are not used to having that many trucks come through with the meat and eggs. But the restaurants aren't buying as much and those meat and eggs will eventually be diverted into the grocery store supply chain. The grocery stores will adjust the rate that they buy that stuff at.

I'll never understand the toilet paper though. There's no rational reason to buy extra toilet paper in this type of crisis. Nor bottled water.  Just takes a couple of really dumb people to ruin it for everybody...

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