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Old 10-03-2024, 10:03 AM
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Old 10-03-2024, 10:08 AM
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Yes. I just returned from Publix, and half of the toilet paper shelves were empty.

Hint - you can buy toilet paper from Amazon for a lot less money and it is way more convenient.
 
Old 10-03-2024, 10:12 AM
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Yes. I just returned from Publix, and half of the toilet paper shelves were empty.

Hint - you can buy toilet paper from Amazon for a lot less money and it is way more convenient.
I'm sure they are not panic buying. It's just the first part of the month and the beginning of Fall and they always buy three or four double-packs of toilet paper at this time of the year.
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Old 10-03-2024, 10:47 AM
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Just coffee. That is one of the items that I use (too much). Most other east coast imported items I use are perishable.

During Covid I worked for a company that made components used in the manufacturing of toilet paper, paper towels and disinfectant wipes. Those were busy times.
 
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Yes. I just returned from Publix, and half of the toilet paper shelves were empty.

Hint - you can buy toilet paper from Amazon for a lot less money and it is way more convenient.
Or Walmart or Target or Costco or Sam's. Why would anyone buy TP at Publix unless they were in a huge hurry and it was an "emergency"?
 
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Just coffee. That is one of the items that I use (too much). Most other east coast imported items I use are perishable.

During Covid I worked for a company that made components used in the manufacturing of toilet paper, paper towels and disinfectant wipes. Those were busy times.
Coffee in particular is going to be an issue due to crop problems compounding the strike.
 
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Bananas are likely to become scarce soon.
 
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So you know it’s only items that come from overseas that MIGHT be affected if the strike goes on for a few weeks.

Toilet paper is not imported. So you’re just causing a panic buy.
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Noticed slight uptick at retail/grocery on 10/1, in Gainesville. Parents with UF kids shopping, not sure if it was the routine stock dorm room, or concern over dock issues.
Zero empty shelves, at WF, TJ’s, Sam’s. On the other hand KK cases were almost empty and had to wait 20 minutes. Bonus box of dozen HOT was worth it.
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Clearly from my visit to Publix this morning, the answer is YES. IDIOTS.
 
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Or Walmart or Target or Costco or Sam's. Why would anyone buy TP at Publix unless they were in a huge hurry and it was an "emergency"?
Agreed, but I am amazed at how much money, gas, and time I save by buying everything I can from Amazon. It all comes to my front porch.
 
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Toilet paper sold in the United States is made in the United States. People who hoard toilet paper as a result of the port strike are - less intelligent than the average tree frog.
 
Old 10-03-2024, 03:14 PM
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BJ's was OUT of toilet paper as of around 10 this morning, according to the guy who checks the receipts at the exit door.

Walmart still had some, but not much. One guy came out of that aisle with NINE 8-packs in his shopping cart.

Buncha maroons.
 
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Maybe some older people tend to panic more than others. Just saying.
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