NSTworld Americans engage in orgy of panic-buying
As shoppers swarmed stores, President Donald Trump on Friday afternoon declared a national emergency aimed at slowing the spread of the Covid-19 virus, which has killed at least 47 people in the United States.
“Hand sanitiser is going to be very difficult to have 100 per cent in stock for some time,” McMillon said. “We’re still replenishing it ... but as soon as it hits the stores it’s going. The same thing is true for the other categories I mentioned.” At a Fairway Market on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, shelves normally full of pasta, Oreo cookies, pasta sauce, crackers and toilet paper were depleted on Thursday evening. On the West Coast, grocery stores including Ralphs, Pavilions and Trader Joe’s had sold out of products ranging from eggs to Lysol cleaning wipes.Johnson & Johnson is accelerating production of over-the-counter pain killer Tylenol to ease any spot inventory crunches.
Kroger, the largest US grocery store operator, limited the number of cold, flu and sanitary products per visit, while Walgreens said it was limiting disinfectant wipes and cleaners, face masks, hand sanitisers, thermometers and gloves to four per customer.
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