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Panic buying back on in Victoria

imastawka — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 06:05:01 GMT

Here we go again.

Coles and Woolworths have reintroduced limits on products in Victoria due to a spike in panic buying.

Shoppers will once again only be be restricted on how much toilet paper they can buy in supermarkets across the state.

A Woolworths spokesman said the company had reimposed a two per-person limit on another of essential items across its Victorian stores on Wednesday afternoon.

The limits apply to toilet paper, hand sanitiser, paper towel, flour, sugar, pasta, mince, UHT milk, eggs and rice. The limits will also apply to online order.

The move comes as concerned residents strip some stores of the essential items as they face the possibility of mandatory lockdown amid an outbreak of COVID-19 cases in outer-suburban Melbourne

There was an additional 20 cases confirmed on Wednesday. An 80-year-old man also died on Tuesday night from COVID-19 in Victoria.

A Coles shopper snapped a picture inside the store in Craigieburn, Melbourne, showing a sign informing customers they can only buy four packs of toilet paper.

The move is in response to 'significantly elevated demand seen over the past 24 hours in certain parts of Melbourne'.

Victorian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos said they 'won't rule out' reintroducing stay at home orders for coronavirus hotspots.

'Our government has said that if the public health advice from our experts is to reintroduce stay at home legal directions, in particular locations we will consider doing that,' Ms Mikakos told ABC Radio National Breakfast.

'Clearly some people think the pandemic is over. It's not over. We want people to remain at a heightened sense of awareness about physical distancing.'

On Tuesday, tensions were already on the rise in COVID-19 hot spots from Melbourne's west to east.

One Brimbank resident told Daily Mail Australia he had heard about people stockpiling again on morning radio and had come down to the shops to grab some rolls before they vanished.

Reports spread quickly that a local shopping centre within the same municipality had already run out of the product.

More here -

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/coles-and-woolworths-reintroduce-shopping-limits-after-coronavirus-spike-leads-to-panic-buying-in-melbourne-and-its-not-just-toilet-paper-thats-affected/ar-BB15Tyhc?ocid=spartanntp

Re: Panic buying back on in Victoria

lionrose.7 — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 06:33:42 GMT

Toilet paper hoading again, Wonder if thay guy that stock piled all the loo paper has still got it.

He may be able to sell it now

Re: Panic buying back on in Victoria

rogevibe — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 06:57:33 GMT

They should have their S.O.P's in order now

Re: Panic buying back on in Victoria

ecar3483 — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 08:18:36 GMT

Not again... Will they ever learn?

More to the point, even though the ACT's been "clear" for days, now, what do you think the chances are that when I toddle over to the shops next week, that there won't be "restriction" signs in place...

It seems the only thing that spreads faster than the virus is the hysteria whipped up by the virus...

Stay well...

🙂

Re: Panic buying back on in Victoria

davidc4430 — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 08:19:54 GMT

oh come on, toilet paper?

again??

there is no way they used up the last stock pile!

Re: Panic buying back on in Victoria

domino-710 — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 08:35:40 GMT

Re: Panic buying back on in Victoria

ecar3483 — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 08:57:01 GMT

Sorry for the bleak humour, it's a sign of the times...

I hope Crown casino's making the necessary changes to stay ahead of all of this... grim laughter...

Keep your chin up, Stawks... This too will become yesterday's news.

Maybe not tomorrow, but before too long...

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you, anyway.

🙂

Re: Panic buying back on in Victoria

11dustyattic — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 13:31:56 GMT

Omg not again. Brace yourselves for tp topics 😂

I'm just glad the Western Australian government kept our borders closed

Re: Panic buying back on in Victoria

11dustyattic — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 13:37:30 GMT

My toilet paper mountain is about half as high now lol I haven't bought any since before they reduced the limits, in a panic because I was down to my last roll, queued up outside the shopping centre an hour before it opened and bought 4 packets of 24. Shame on me but I was desperate 😎

Re: Panic buying back on in Victoria

davewil1964 — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 13:42:07 GMT

You must have been.

96 rolls would easily last me 4 years.

Re: Panic buying back on in Victoria

davewil1964 — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 13:44:14 GMT

@ecar3483 wrote:
Not again... Will they ever learn?
More to the point, even though the ACT's been "clear" for days, now, what do you think the chances are that when I toddle over to the shops next week, that there won't be "restriction" signs in place...
It seems the only thing that spreads faster than the virus is the hysteria whipped up by the virus...

Stay well...

🙂

Weeks.

I have a lot of issues with the ACT government, but they are not afaik proposing any rollback of restrictions.

The actions of the general uninformed public are a wonder to behold, though.

Re: Panic buying back on in Victoria

springyzone — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 13:48:19 GMT

I heard that too. dreary, isn't it. I was just getting to enjoy wandering the supermarket without having to worry about toilet paper & flour etc

Everyone will be on the bandwagon though because they see others doing it and from the experience last time, don't want to miss out.

I am really glad the supermarkets have jumped on it immediately but disappointed Aldi hasn't introduced limits.

Luckily for me, I foresaw this exact scenario so each time I have finished a pack, I have bought a new pack to store in the laundry. I currently have 5 packs there (I supplied the kids during March/April).

I'm good for flour and pasta too.

So with luck, we should be right.

With the toilet paper though, guess it just means I need to go back to rationing the squares rather than rolling it out with gay abandon.

Re: Panic buying back on in Victoria

lyhargr_0 — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 14:04:34 GMT

I shop every 2 -3 weeks, so wont be going near the shops until Fri, it will be interesting to see what they have left

Re: Panic buying back on in Victoria

davidc4430 — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 22:11:27 GMT

lets start a rumor the govt is going to introduce ration books

Re: Panic buying back on in Victoria

snow*jewel — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 05:34:43 GMT

I hear it's catching on other states like N.S.W now.

Re: Panic buying back on in Victoria

sandypebbles — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 05:45:07 GMT

The bog paper roll section was about half empty when I went in this morning (NSW), I saw several people walking out with literally trolley loads each too

Re: Panic buying back on in Victoria

imastawka — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 06:16:51 GMT

How are they getting trolley loads?

Coles and Woolies are rationing - or so they say.

Re: Panic buying back on in Victoria

sandypebbles — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 06:21:55 GMT

No idea, either they are too busy to notice/care or it's not been implimented up here yet

Re: Panic buying back on in Victoria

snow*jewel — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 06:25:47 GMT

@imastawka wrote:
How are they getting trolley loads?

Coles and Woolies are rationing - or so they say.

Only Victoria have implemented the limits as yet.

Won't be long until they will need to extend that to other states by the looks of it.

Re: Panic buying back on in Victoria

imastawka — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 06:38:39 GMT

Methinks they better hurry up, then.