Costco was out of toilet paper today.

[MontanaMama]

All brands. I got their website on my phone and tried to order it because I’ve done that before...since I buy TP for home and our two businesses. The website said TP was not available to be shipped to my zip code. I went to Target and they were out of TP too as well as all hand sanitizers and bleach wipes. Shelves were empty.

We don’t get much for weather disasters up here where people clean the stores out so this was a first for me.

[USALiberal]

1. What city? Not in KC, SAMS and COSTCO had plenty. nt

[MontanaMama]

18. Missoula, MT

I’m just kinda shocked.

[panader0]

2. Another DUer suggested a janitorial supply company.

[htuttle]

3. Here's an idea

Link to tweet

?s=20

[mr_lebowski]

8. I like the Stephen King reference there (nt)

[htuttle]

14. It's been an incredibly chilling account to keep an eye on if you read the book

I honestly wouldn't recommend it, but can't stop checking back to it.

[The Genealogist]

4. The grocery store was a madhouse today.

I think people are beginning to seriously stock up in case they can't go out. The two customers in front of me both had orders of well over $200. No hand sanitizer at the store. They had a display with aloe vera gel, 91% alcohol, and the recipe to make your own.

[mr_lebowski]

5. You just need to announce to 'em who you are ...

And what you're there for ...

[hlthe2b]

6. Yes, I have a long list of things I'm going to have to locate across a zillion stores/websites

for the next couple of weeks, waiting and hoping to catch it on the "restock"....

I noted Sam's Club has just restocked (locally) some of their bulk TP, but I can't get there today. Hopefully, I'll catch it tomorrow. Fortunately, I have hand soap out the wazoo, chlorine bleach, and two bottles of 91% isopropyl alcohol on hand. But seeing dog food fly off the shelves has me concerned and I'd been conscientiously going through my soon-to-be out-of-date canned and dry goods.

I think things will be restocked, but the panic is likely only to build so, best to buy when you can.

[HarlanPepper]

9. The toilet paper thing is what I find most baffling

[MontanaMama]

19. My husband said the same thing.

The Target cashier said that a lot of it comes from China.....Don’t know if that’s true.

[matt819]

10. That's just nuts

I’m in northern new England. Not many cases yet. Loads of toilet paper in local grocery stores. Shelves not full, but it’s there.

Water seems a bit lower then usual, but not sold out. Doesn’t seem to be hoarding or panic buying.

[CanonRay]

11. They were out in Eugene on Thursday

[central scrutinizer]

12. Out in Eugene

Three days ago. May be back now, don’t know.

[procon]

13. Local grocery stores, Wal-Mart, Costco are sold out.

Bought a pack of 24 mega rolls at Amazon for $19, same price as Wal-Mart. Never used their Presto brand, but 16K reviewers rate it comp to Charmin. Arrives Wednesday.

[mitch96]

15. My local stupidmarket had plenty.. No alcohol though. Now sanitizer either

I got the last bottle of high proof everclear to make my own sanitzer.. After this is over I can throw it in the gas tank... or make a cocktail...... but I'll cut it 50% with good water..
YMMV
m

[2naSalit]

16. You can separate out a cup or two

and make herbal tincture with it too. Tinctures last a long time and you can make them with many herbs for healing purposes.

[MontanaMama]

20. I couldn't find aloe Vera gel

at any of the stores I went to today. I am goi g to make my own hand sanitizers. I’ll order some online tonight.

[2naSalit]

26. Have you been to the health food stores?

And is the Good Food Store still there?

[MontanaMama]

28. Yes! The Good Food Store is still here.

They were out of it yesterday but should have more in stock at the end of the week.

[2naSalit]

31. Funny that I even know about it

since I haven't been to Missoula in years. My mentor in Idaho and my neighbor at my last little town, a retired smokejumper, would buy things for me when he went there. I like toasted pumpkin seed oil and it's hard to find but they carry it! I might have to go for a drive in that direction when it gets warmer, it's been a really long time.

[MontanaMama]

39. If you come this way, I hope you PM me.

I’ll take you out for coffee. If you need some sent, I’d be happy to do that too! Say the word. I’m at the Good Food Store several times a week.

[2naSalit]

42. Oh, I will!

Thanks.

Since I have no real plans for the warmer months this year, I might take a couple weeks and go for a tour of the state. There are a bunch of places I have not been to in decades and some I've never seen but want to.

I'm good with my supply right now but I want to go look at that place to see what else they have that I can't find anywhere else.

[mitch96]

29. Been there, done that. Works great for that too!!

[2naSalit]

32. I have about a gallon

of CBD hemp tincture that I made from our crop this year. I'm wondering if hemp products will be helpful going forward with healing after and maybe a health tonic as prophylaxis. I mean, I have half a ton of the dried plant and I use t for lots of things but I also make other tinctures. I just need to keep working out what this herb does since it's been illegal to even study it for decades.

[getagrip_already]

35. I made some cannabis tincture today I'm going to turn into hand sanitizer...

I'll add some aloe vera gel and glycerin, a little peppermint oil and put it in squeeze bottles. It's all legal in mass. I'm going to give it away since I have plenty of hand goop already.

If you have sore joints, topical cannabis/cbd can relieve the pain. We also make a suave that works very well.

This is primarily intended as hand sanitizer with a twist of healthy extracts.

You could probably sell it at a premium with just cbd oil.

[Coventina]

17. There was plenty at my Target this morning.

We went there for our usual Target run, not to stock up.

There was the usual amount of TP available.

[mr_lebowski]

22. S'cuz we're like the Honey Badger down here in AZ ...

We don't GAF!

[Coventina]

40. LOL!

[mr_lebowski]

41. hey missy

[MontanaMama]

45. Which is why I have said before

and I’ll say it again, I could party with you Lebowski.

[mr_lebowski]

46. Doors always open mama ;)

[brooklynite]

21. Why did YOU order it?

This is a respiratory infection.Nothing that calls for more toilet paper than normal.

[mr_lebowski]

23. In case you have to be quarantined or just become too paranoid to leave ...

I believe is the idea.

It also works in a pinch as much cheaper kleenex ...

[brooklynite]

27. So, order an online delivery...

[MontanaMama]

25. I was buying toilet paper at Costco

Because it was on my regular shopping list. I was surprised that it was out of stock. When I asked the cashier about it, she said they’ve been sold out for days and hope to get more mid week but wasn’t sure that would really happen. People are hoarding it because there is a fear that trucks and other delivery mechanisms will slow down or even stop and this these necessities will not be available to us in stores.

[ooky]

24. So was our Sam's Club. Shelves were wiped clean of Paper Towels and TP. nt

[mr_lebowski]

30. Seems their supplies were paper-thin ... (nt)

[milestogo]

33. There was a newspaper in Australia that printed a bunch of blank pages for this purpose.

Not that people buy newspapers much any more, but its not a bad idea.

[Laffy Kat]

34. I went to my regular grocery store and they had both toilet paper and paper towels.

It was available on the shelves and a couple of end caps. I'm in Colorado, so it hasn't been hit hard yet, not that that would stop people from panic buying. Last week at this time I was at the store and it was mayhem, although it was also snowing, so you never know the cause.

[MLAA]

36. Kleenex, maybe as a stand in?

[getagrip_already]

37. I'm in mass, no shortages here...

I shop bulk items at bj's wholesale club and groceries at wegmans, and both were fully stocked with everything but hand sanitizer. Other stores still had that though.

[eleny]

38. If you shop Amazon, they have plenty

Some Quilted Northern is back ordered to mid April. But there are many other brands including tp for businesses.

[gopiscrap]

43. wow

we bought 24 rolls today

[Blue_true]

44. If you have dollar stores, try them.

The drug store near me ran out of items like TP and alcohol, I found them at a Dollar General store. I don't know why that was, guess people don't think about them for such items.