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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has anyone been out to the stores today/recently? Where - how did it look?

Went to Target Falls Church (Seven Corners) last night around 8 pm. Do NOT bother. The shelves were wiped clean -- no soap of any variety; no Advil or Tylenol; no TP; maybe 5% of paper towels left; no wipes or cleaners generally -- a few lingering cans of Ajax on the shelves; 80% of laundry detergent gone; 90% of feminine hygiene products gone -- apparently people plan on menstruating more than once a month or being shut in for like 6 mos.

Food was relatively ok. No bottled water. Pasta/PB/granola bars/gatorade -- you can get but likely not the brands/sizes you'd actually want. Cereals and breads were fully stocked; oatmeal was a bit low but still there.

IDK if this was after the MoCo cases were announced. It's not that the store was packed -- it actually wasn't; it was just picked over probably all day/for days on end. Doesn't seem like this particular location is handling ordering and shelf stocking all that well compared to other places I've gone which weren't THIS sold out (though that was Wed so maybe things got worse everywhere?). They had 2 employees wandering around, not restocking anything -- I'm guessing bc ordering/distribution is messed up so they have nothing to stock.
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I just went shopping this morning (Friday) at a Safeway, CVS, and Harris Teeter in NE/SE DC and there were absolutely no shortages of anything other than hand sanitizer (and I even found some of that at Dollar Tree).  Plenty of paper towels. Handsoap and disinefectant wipes a little thin, but still plenty.  [/quote]

We should map where the shelves are most bare to find where the paranoia is the deepest. [/quote]

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