Supply chain disruptions

[StevieG72]

International Longshoremen’s Association workers are going on strike. This impacts ports from Maine to Texas.

I was at Sam’s club and there is panic buying of toilet paper and paper towels. I am having a covid 19 flashback in regards to toilet paper shortages. There was literally not a roll to be found in the store. I stopped at Walmart on my way home and the shelves were light, I anticipate they will be empty by the end of the day. I was able to order a couple of cases online from Sam’s for my business.

Hopefully this will be over sooner vs. later.

[Silk McCue]

An idiotic response from our fellow citizens.

Cheers

[Watty]

An idiotic response from our fellow citizens.

Especially since most(all ?) of the toilet paper and paper towels used in the US are made in the US or Canada.

[bobn60014]

....I was at Sam’s club and there is panic buying of toilet paper and paper towels. I am having a covid 19 flashback in regards to toilet paper shortages. There was literally not a roll to be found in the store. I stopped at Walmart on my way home and the shelves were light, I anticipate they will be empty by the end of the day. .....

Insane, especially as most TP is made in the U.S. or imported from Canada. Transported by rail or truck!

[runner3081]

The media leads their news programs, paper headlines, etc., with this clickbait crap.

People are like sheep and see COVID happening again.

Rush to store to stockpile.

All so predictable.

[volstagg]

International Longshoremen’s Association workers are going on strike. This impacts ports from Maine to Texas.

I was at Sam’s club and there is panic buying of toilet paper and paper towels. I am having a covid 19 flashback in regards to toilet paper shortages. There was literally not a roll to be found in the store. I stopped at Walmart on my way home and the shelves were light, I anticipate they will be empty by the end of the day. I was able to order a couple of cases online from Sam’s for my business.

Hopefully this will be over sooner vs. later.

Where are you located? A lot of stores in my area (eastern North Carolina) are out of stock of those staple items because they are being bought and donated because of the hurricane that pretty much destroyed eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina.

[arcticpineapplecorp.]

An idiotic response from our fellow citizens.

Cheers

predictably irrational

thanks to the smart members on this site I learned two new things today:
1. our TP comes from Canada (so US longshoreman strikers aren't affecting toilet paper supply)
2. our TP comes by truck/rail, not by ship (so US longshoreman strikers aren't affecting toilet paper supply)

but to be honest, i knew neither of these facts beforehand, as I'm sure very few of our fellow citizens do. What they do know is that when there's panic buying, they'll be right out there trying to get goods before they get sold out. Just like inflation (which some articles say supply chain issues may "reignite inflation") causes people to spend today in advance of higher prices tomorrow.

[ScubaHogg]

Is there a question?

[OrangeKiwi]

An idiotic response from our fellow citizens.

Cheers

As is not having a bidet. $30 and 20min to install one, and you can cut down toilet paper use by 90%.

[Silk McCue]

An idiotic response from our fellow citizens.

Cheers

As is not having a bidet. $30 and 20min to install one, and you can cut down toilet paper use by 90%.

We love ours. Heated seat and all. Certainly a much better clean.

Cheers

[LadyGeek]

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[YeahBuddy]

[Merged into existing Locked Thread on the same topic by Moderator Misenplace]

I just saw a post that my local Costco is completely sold out of toilet paper. Apparently people are stocking up in large quantities, thinking the Long Shoremen strike will cause all supplies to dry up. At first I laughed and said that's ridiculous. However, I'm seeing news that many products will become harder to find. See story below.

Besides what's mentioned in the story below, what items do we think will become hard to find? What's the game plan here?


https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/20 ... 481932007/

[steadyosmosis]

What's the game plan here?

To avoid stoking panic fears, I won't post my 'game plan' on the internet.

[livesoft]

"Besides ...."

The story was very thorough. And toilet paper was not mentioned.

[Doctor Rhythm]

The game plan (as always) is:

Don't Panic
&
Carry On

[Misenplace]

Another topic speculating on supply chain disruptions has been merged into this topic. Thanks to the member who reported the thread and supplied a link to this topic.

The topic will remain locked for the reasons LadyGeek specified above.

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[KellyInBaconville]

[Thread merged into here --admin LadyGeek]

Don’t look now. There’s a mad dash to get TP.
Unbelievable,

[stan1]

Why, is the Charmin plant in Eastern North Carolina?

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[LadyGeek]

I merged KellyInBaconville's thread into the ongoing discussion.

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