Went to Costco to get a few things at 10:30. We were low on paper towels and TP. Noticed parking lot was full. Saw people walking out with carts full of paper goods. I went in with the intent of getting one pack of towels and one of TP. Nay nay Nasty Butt! The aisle was empty. Associate told me people were waiting in line when they opened. She said some people had 10 packs of TP! Costco sized packs!!!!! All because of a strike that started at midnight.
Panic buying has started!
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OccamsRazor
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Does this mean we are going to see a new generation of "internet entrepreneurs" opening their pop-up TP and hand towel sites? 
I would think it would be rediculously expensive to ship toilet paper and paper towels, very cheap, light weight, large volume products, around the world to the US. How can that be profitable?
My bet would have been they were still domestic products.
Is there any ####ing thing that doesn' come from China now?
My bet would have been they were still domestic products.
Is there any ####ing thing that doesn' come from China now?
Sneakers
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Just checked my 2020 stock. Made in USA.
But the roads are washed out and trucks can't get thru (so they will say....).
Clem72
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I'll sell you a bushel of corn husks for $10. $5 for ones only used on one side.Does this mean we are going to see a new generation of "internet entrepreneurs" opening their pop-up TP and hand towel sites?
I posted on this earlier
ALL Paper Products are DOMESTICALLY PRODUCED and 85 % of our food products
Aldi may take a hit 75% of their stuff is imports
frequentflier
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My husband loaded up on Puffs and paper towels at BJ's today. We are finally running out of covid paper goodsJust got back from BJs. I'd say 95% of the people had at least one paper product in their cart. Many had both TP and paper towels.
Dang! I'm out of Puff's! Only box left is open on my coffee table. I haven't bought them in years, because I haven't been sick! Two rolls of paper towels left in the same closet. I use a lot of dish towels (12) and wash and reuse them. But no question about having TP. Last I checked, there is 1.5 rolls upstairs.My husband loaded up on Puffs and paper towels at BJ's today. We are finally running out of covid paper goods
BadGirlwould be having a freakout just about now over TP.
BSGalSorry.
Psh, she had enough toilet paper for everyone she knows for their lifetime. She was about TP the way Kwilly is about ketchup.
Clem72
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Do we still get like 90% of pet food from China?
Sneakers
Just sneakin' around....
Why Panic-Buying Toilet Paper During the Port Strike is Unnecessary
In fact, more than 90% of the toilet paper consumed in the U.S. is produced domestically, and the rest comes primarily from Canada and Mexico — countries where shipments arrive via rail or truck, not through the ports affected by the strike. So why are people hoarding it again?
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