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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Great. So because of the food hoarders, the rest of us won’t be able to do a normal grocery run. Thanks guys. ?[/quote]

I think real hoarding must be happening in certain areas, not all over the place.

I'm in an urban area outside of DC that now has a fair number of confirmed coronavirus cases, and lots of morbid speculation about working from home. But my stores all have everything except for hand sanitizer.

My dollar stores have plenty of hand sanitizer, and huge amounts of the ingredients you need to make your own sanitizer (alcohol, aloe vera gel).[/quote]

Maybe it's in areas where most shopping is at big box stores? I'm also in an urban area with both big grocery stores and tons of bodegas. The only shelves I've seen empty are hand sanitzer and lysol spray at my local CVS (but they still had other disinfectant sprays). All foods are still completely stocked.[/quote]

I'm the Target Falls Church poster -- I think the paranoia is the highest in the suburbs -- i.e. big box land -- and it's a lot more of just walking by things and just grabbing 10 of each thing whether you need it or not. I mean wiping out all of the Tide and feminine products and even low stocks of things like paper plates (WTF - if you're full time telework you'll have all the time in the world to wash dishes) suggests it's people with money who are just like BUY BUY BUY. These are also people who drive to the store so can pack a car (instead of carrying home bags) + don't necessarily live in apartments so they have all the room in the world + don't have an issues dropping $500 on a Thursday night for groceries/products whether they need them or whether 3 mos from now they'll end up tossing/donating most of them. I work in DC near a Giant on H street and it's NOTHING like this. I haven't been in a few days but as of Wed. the store was fully stocked. Even had wipes and Lysol -- you could tell stock was low but not too low and you could still get them. You could tell water and oatmeal were selling but still more than plenty.[/quote]

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