[JimtheCoder]

"We have warehouses full of extra stock etc, and carefully-managed supply chains, and emergency services."

Did the Covid pandemic not exist to you?

[p_j_w]

Not OP, but this seems like a weird gotcha. It did exist to me and I didn't go hungry. Certain luxury items became hard to get for a while, but necessities were never a problem.

[pixl97]

I too remember people buying 3000 rolls of toilet paper, but it turns out at the end of the day I could still wipe my butt.

[JimtheCoder]

"but it turns out at the end of the day I could still wipe my butt."

As long as the important things are taken care of...

[catlover76]

None of the things mentioned in the quote collapsed during Covid, though they did experience overload and disruption.

[JR1427]

As other have said, the vast majority of necessities we unaffected by the pandemic. I don't know anyone who couldn't get their medicine, food, etc. We even had toilet roll the entire time!