Are people acting all crazy and hoarding things at the grocery store?

HardyGirl

I've seen some of it on the news and thought, well, that won't happen here. I go to the store today and things are bare in some parts. People are buying up stuff like there's going to be a bomb dropped or something.

Bengal

I have not noticed that -----yet.

LiveWithCancer

I was at the grocery store yesterday and the shelves were still full. It might depend on where you live. I bet the shelves in Washington where people have died from the virus are emptier than the ones here in Texas (though we have a bunch of people quarantined here in San Antonio).

I have a friend in one of my Bible studies whose son was deployed to help take care of the ones who are quarantined in San Antonio. She said that when he finally gets to go back home to Alaska, he will himself have to be quarantined.

BoiseB

I live in Washington State, ground zero for the coronavirus. I do not go to the supermarket because I can't physically make it through the aisles. So I have my groceries delivered. I would have my groceries delivered even it I were mobile during this crisis. My son says the only things that seem to be in short supply are hand sanitizers and wet wipes. I did stockpile them.

meyati

I am doing some stock piling. We normally by 16 rolls of TP to a bag. We're an extra bag earlier.

We sort of buy like hoarders anyway- #1 paid once a month #2 large freezer because we buy once a month. #3--we lived on top of a mountain and were snow bound, and the roads were sometimes impassible with a good 4 Wheel drive. So we had a standard shopping list and shopped every 3 or 4 months. So, we're getting some canned meats, pine oil soap coffee and toilet paper. The news I saw tonight had people filling up with TP and empty TP shelves--I think that was Back East -maybe in DC. I think that if I lived there, I'd be nervous and bonkers anyway-

PaulineJ

Bengal It's all over fb also.

Dawsonsmom

I was at the grocery store on sat and there weren’t empty shelves but a friend told me yesterday that Target had no hand sanitizer and her local CVS only had 4 pocket sized sanitizers. We live near a large military base that has people in and out of South Korea, Iran and Italy and that has some alarm value to people. I have allergies and have daily sneezing fits.....this happened to me while I was in the cold & flu section of the drug store and people looked at me suspiciously. I assured them it was just my daily “ritual”.

meyati

Dawson---I posted a recipe for cheap and very easy homemade sanitizer- and it is 5% stronger than the commercial sanitizers.

Dawsonsmom

Thanks, meyati! Looks easy! I’ll share w friends.

meyati

Back to groceries---At the base-plenty of meat--all small rolls of TP gonesold out, only giant packs there, We got the last bottle of PineSol-most other all purpose cleaners gone-we needed PineSol anyway, lots of water, No pumpkin-lots of people feed that to their dogs like me. 2 bags of 15 lbs of rice are on the shelf-we have the third bag of rice- no 5 lb-10 lb or 20 lb or more--low supplies of dry dog food on the shelves. .

gertie22

no hoarding here-yet -except for hand sanitizer/ I'm trying to time grocery visits when fewest people there . but not really sure when to stay away entirely. done w treatment but immune system not great yet

BuckeyeShelby

I'm sure it's much worse in some of the hot spots, like Seattle than here in Ohio. I've heard rumors that we have 1 case, but I've not seen any confirmations.

meyati

I noticed those pictures are at Costcos. I think most were taken at a Washington state Costco.

PaulineJ

The world is living in fear.

gertie22

just at local grocery suburban chicago NOBODY there! its usually really busy. staff said they are all staying away due to virus fear-- sort of the opposite of hoarding???

meyati

Albertson, Smith-Kroger, and some other stores put a limit on TP, sanitizer, and other stuff. The grocery stores here are pretty much deserted.