Low/no stock at your Costco/grocery store?

Toilet paper doesn’t come from China, but if we go into “social isolation” mode, stores/schools/businesses/etc. will close making shopping for toilet paper impossible.  People will be asked to stay indoors/away from other people. 

Went to Target today. They were completely sold out of masks, thermometers, Robitussin, and hand sanitizer.

I was in HI two weeks ago and one of our tour guides said the island only has enough supplies on the island to cover everyone for 7 days. You bet I would be stockpiling there...on the chance that boats would stop delivering.

Hand sanitiser and the FFP2 masks are the only thing missing in the South-East of France right now, next to the Italian epicentre. I've ordered hand santiser from my local pharmacist as I really need it (daily public transport commute). The masks are being rationed by the government and not available to civilians right now.

Plenty of rice, toilet paper and bottled water over here. The prepper attitude is very different from one culture to another.

I went today before seeing this thread. Big mistake on my part. It was a mad house. They were low on a lot of things in this thread. I overheard an employee state they are getting in trucks daily and still can’t manage the demand for items. The check out guys said it has been like this for a week. I didn’t even bother with the gas lines. It was insane even for a Saturday. Lots of conversations in the aisles. I got what I normally get and got out of dodge.

We were at the Shoreline Costco last night to get dog food. It seemed pretty normal, we actually only had one person in line in front of us and I didn’t notice stockpiling. But I didn’t even think to look and we didn’t look at or buy any of the mentioned items. 

We just did our normal type of shopping and ate in the food court. 

You cannot find masks here AT ALL! They are only sold through the pharmacies here (unopened ones that is). Hard to know if they are being held to make a higher profit once the virus hits Morocco, which is entirely plausible.

Hand sanitizer has disappeared off the shelves as well. I have not yet noticed shortages on bottled water. Fortunately we have a well that we can access water if needed.

The funny thing about toilet paper here is that many, many people use bidets. I don't even find the paper products aisle all that big here. So I am not worried about that.

People are very, very concerned about the virus hitting Morocco though. The medical system here would definitely not be able to handle outbreaks. Without doubt it would spread like a freaking wildfire here. So many do not have adequate access to keep things sanitary....talking about the a big part of the impoverished population here. Not to mention that people typically do the kissing the cheek greeting here. Not to mention that many families eat out of one large plate. Not to mention that many family members drink out of the same glass.

I feel like we are sitting on a ticking time bomb here.

I’m heading to Costco this afternoon. Pray for me. Lmao

My daughter has pneumonia and my son was home from college for the weekend; I wanted to buy her masks to protect him from getting sick from whatever underlying virus she has. I checked at 5 or 6 different places; finally the clerk at the grocery store pharmacy confessed that they've been sold out of them since December so I'm not sure the mask shortage for the general public is actually related to people stocking up for Covid-19.

The Costco I went to was not crowded or out of things on Thursday morning. There were limits on a few things (toilet paper, kitty litter & Tide Pods) but I think that was because they were on special. Walmart on Friday morning was a different matter altogether, it was a mad house and people were definitely stocking up on things. I overheard one family reading the Lysol can aloud to make sure it kills coronavirus. Spoiler alert: apparently it does!

ETA: My husband and I did go to an Aldi store in Ohio on Friday night to stock up on wine  because who wants to face a potential quarantine without wine?  Now that was a ghost town.  Conversely, Pennsylvania state stores had a flash sale yesterday for Leap Day with everything 10% off and I did see a lot of my local friends posting photos of their wine and liquor hauls but I think that was probably related to the sale more than anything else.  

I went grocery shopping at the Aldi & Tops in Niagara Falls NY this morning. 

Aldi had lots of the hand sanitizer with 70% ethyl alcohol, 8 fl oz for 99 cents, right by the register.  I bought 5.

Tops had plenty of stuff on hand there wasn't a crowd of people stocking up on stuff.  I went because the Panera soup was $3/9.00 and the Oven Cravers stuffed chicken (pkg of 2) was buy 2, get 4 free.  A savings of over $23.00.  Then, when I cashed out, there was a coupon printed for the Panera soup to get $3.00 off when you buy 3 containers of soup.  So, I put the groceries in the trunk, went back in a bought 3 more pkg of soup.

I can't get the Oven Cravers Stuffed Chicken Breast Entrees in Ontario nor do the stores carry Panera soup.  The closest store is in Oakville, which is about 45 minutes away, depending on the traffic on the highway.
I quickly popped into Walmart and there weren't any lineups at all.

The biggest issue at the cash register was that New York state has banned single use plastic bags, starting today and people were very unprepared for this.  They are charging 5cents for each paper bag.  I always have my bags with me as in Ontario, single use plastic bags are 5cents each and I am too cheap to pay for them. 

I was going to run into Costco yesterday when I was there for gas but decided against it because FRIDAY was end of month and payday. No thanks!

DH will go tomorrow after gymnastics with the youngest kiddo. He’s been instructed to get TP, tangerines, black elderberry syrup, and whatever else he wants. Lol

Our Costco has a sign up this morning stating they are out of tp and paper towels.

I just got back from Wal-Mart. Normal size crowd. I didn't look for hand sanitizer so I don't know if they were out, but there was plenty of toilet paper, bleach, clorox wipes, etc.

My sister said the water was flying out the window today.