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mbrd | 6 years ago

I've just got back from doing an HEB shop about 10 minutes ago, our first shop since the crisis full hit the USA. It was surprisingly pleasant!

There was a short queue to get in (~5 people stood 6 feet apart), but once inside there were very few customers compared to any other time I've been in the store. I got everything that was on my shopping list.

Of the things that I saw labelled as limited to a certain number per transaction, toilet paper was the only one that was completely out of stock (I didn't check hand sanitizer, but assume it was too). I got eggs, milk etc with no problems.

I spoke to the cashier and they said toilet paper sells out by 10am most days.

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starpilot|6 years ago

I'm in Seattle, and the grocery stores here are almost exactly in the same state. 90% back to normal. Just no one's posting on social media the full shelves now.

empath75|6 years ago

It wasn’t a panic. People were rationally stock piling so they would have to make fewer trips to the store later.

Now that they’ve stocked up, they’re not going to the store.

skunkworker|6 years ago

I just shopped at my local Trader Joe’s here in Utah and they had pretty much everything back in normal stock amounts. Costco though still was out of 5 or 6 staples