SYDNEY, June 26 — Australia's supermarket chains today reintroduced purchase limits on toilet paper and other household items as a spike in coronavirus cases in the state of Victoria set off a fresh round of panic-buying over fears of a new stay-at-home order. Woolworths Group Ltd and Coles Group...
Empty shelves left in March in a grocery store in Sydney, Australia after customers stocked up on toilet paper during swirling fears around the coronavirus, March 6, 2020. — Reuters pic
Woolworths Group Ltd and Coles Group Ltd, which together account for two-thirds of Australian grocery sales, said they were once again limiting purchases of toilet paper and paper towels to one or two packs per person after photos circulated on social media showing empty shelves in stores. With only 7,500 cases in total and 104 deaths, Australia has been easing restrictions on movement, but a string of double-digit increases in cases in the second-most populous state, Victoria, led to a pause in the reopening there — and prompted shoppers to hoard.“We've regrettably started to see elevated demand for toilet roll move outside Victoria in the past 24 hours,” said Woolworths managing director of supermarkets, Claire Peters, in a statement.
The company had ordered an extra 650,000 additional packs of toilet paper, 30 per cent over its usual amount.
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