Coronavirus Panic Buying

• Coronavirus: Fears of supply shortages across Quebec prompt surge in shopping

  Retail Council of Canada officials, meanwhile, insist that there are no product shortages and that suppliers have increased their stockpiles.

  Canada

  Sep 28, 2020
  
• Empty shelves send dangerous signal amid coronavirus crisis

  What will help assure the public is not more announcements about the safety of our supply chains, says Darrell Bricker, but smarter behaviours from retailers.

  Commentary

  Mar 23, 2020
  
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• ‘Get a grip’: B.C. woman appeals for calm after watching couple clean out meat section in supermarket

  "They were laughing and being quite boastful about filling up the carts and having everything."

  Health

  Mar 16, 2020
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• Market forces can help discourage coronavirus panic buying and replenish store shelves

  While the low gasoline prices are most welcome and the toilet paper situation is most frustrating, both are byproducts of the same market forces: supply and demand.

  Commentary

  Mar 14, 2020
• COVID-19: As panic-buying increases, expert says supply chain should hold up

  One expert said a virus affects deliveries and supplies much differently than a natural disaster and that there's no reason to think certain items will be hard to get.

  Consumer

  Mar 9, 2020