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Why is my favorite TP no longer available? What is happening with our distribution network? Why no Scott?

What other shortages are you all encountering?

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How Charmin workers adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic to meet demand for toilet paper

Toilet paper sales rose 845% as people started panic buying.

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the urge to panic buy comes from the psychology of scarcity, which makes more people want to buy a product at a faster rate than it can be supplied

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“If the supply chain can’t deal with that, you will see the same things happen again and again,” he said, “whether it’s on medicines, whether it’s on staple paper goods, whether it’s on a whole bunch of things that … are storable and that people think they’re going to need or they’re anticipating there’s going to be a high demand for.”

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https://abcnews.go.com/US/charmin-workers-adapted-covid-19-pandemic-meet-demand/story?id=71655705&cid=clicksource_4380645_7_heads_posts_card_hed

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Toilet paper is everywhere now. It's the cleaning wipes that have disappeared.

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Toilet Paper Giant Pivots From Scratchy Office Rolls to Battle Home Shortages

Kimberly-Clark will shift to making more of the plush stuff as coronavirus lockdowns keep consumers on the hunt

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The people who churn out oversize rolls of flimsy toilet paper for the office have a new assignment: make the good stuff.

Kimberly-Clark Corp., KMB +0.41% maker of Cottonelle and Scott toilet paper, is looking to overhaul its massive bathroom-tissue operations to meet record demand fueled by the coronavirus pandemic, executives said Wednesday....

...Even the fundamental materials used to make tissue are different. Bulk toilet paper is generally made with pulp that comes from recycled material, while bathroom tissue uses new pulp....

https://www.wsj.com/articles/kimberly-clark-to-reassign-makers-of-office-toilet-paper-to-meet-demand-for-softer-stuff-

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Fortune

May 18th

The case of the missing toilet paper: How the coronavirus exposed U.S. supply chain flaws

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Major companies are now absorbing the reality that something as mundane as toilet paper represents a uniquely complex supply-chain challenge. Paradoxically, the great strides the CPG industry has made in efficiency in recent years—especially the near-global adoption of “just in time” manufacturing and distribution—have now clogged the pipes that get TP to customers. And toilet paper is merely one of the essential items, from disinfectant wipes to baking yeast, teaching business a hard lesson about weaknesses of modern manufacturing and logistics. “The fact that we’ve been working so hard to try to make sure our systems run as efficiently as they possibly can has necessarily meant that we didn’t have weeks and weeks of supplies sitting around,” says Leslie Sarasin, CEO of FMI, a trade group that represents the grocery industry.

Big purchases from those groceries have snowballed—by orders of magnitude—at manufacturers like Procter & Gamble, maker of Charmin, and Kimberly-Clark. That means that even as production has increased, back orders are likely to last well into the Summer. Persistently bare shelves, meanwhile, perpetuate the perception that there is a true shortage; thus, the panic buying continues. “We are prepared for thousands of different events, from cybersecurity attacks to earthquakes to fire,” says Julio Nemeth, P&G’s chief product supply officer, whose earnest voice is accented by his native Argentina. “But we were not prepared for all of those happening at the same time, which is what the pandemic brought to us.”

https://fortune.com/2020/05/18/toilet-paper-sales-surge-shortage-coronavirus-pandemic-supply-chain-cpg-panic-buying/

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Backyard pools of any size and bicycles seem impossible to find now.

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It's time for the french bidet (or a garden hose?)

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1 hour ago, GLORIAmunchkin72 said:

It's time for the french bidet (or a garden hose?)

This took me out ?

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Do y'all think we should start stocking up before flu season starts? I keep thinking it will get even worse during flu season. I have to get the flu shot for school because I never usually get it but this year I'm going to make sure my children get one too. This won't be the average flu season!

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I'd stock up---just took inventory this AM of paper products, soap and detergent needs. Stocked up on some meats today too. Clorox gallon in stock but wipes MIA 3 stores.

Oldest son in survivalist mode?, buying ready to eat provisions "back order", 55 gallon drum for water storage (have public main hookup, great water) --not needed, empty in garage. Bought seeds to plant victory garden - not created as got involved with friends home repairs. My tomato plants and chef sons herbs growing nicely.

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On 7/8/2020 at 3:59 PM, CampyCamp said:

Backyard pools of any size and bicycles seem impossible to find now.

Eh, just go all out for a pelaton or NordicTrack (I got the s22i) watch an annoying iFit video and jump in the shower. I’m in FL though-right now is brutal for anything outdoors

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9 minutes ago, NRSKarenRN said:

I'd stock up---just took inventory this AM of paper products, soap and detergent needs. Stocked up on some meats today too. Clorox gallon in stock but wipes MIA 3 stores.

Oldest son in survivalist mode?, buying ready to eat provisions "back order", 55 gallon drum for water storage (have public main hookup, great water) --not needed, empty in garage. Bought seeds to plant victory garden - not created as got involved with friends home repairs. My tomato plants and chef sons herbs growing nicely.

There goes all our TP, Clorox, Tylenol, cough drops, tissues, etc. We still don’t have bleach or cleaning wipes available in local stores.

This post reminded me of that commercial that was on TV a lot after the hurricanes of 2017. It was about some deep crying freezer for seeds so that when the apocalypse came those who had it would be able to plant their on stuff or some BS. They wanted an astronomical price for it and was advertised all the time. Haven’t seen during the pandemic surprisingly....

Just now, NurseSpeedy said:

There goes all our TP, Clorox, Tylenol, cough drops, tissues, etc. We still don’t have bleach or cleaning wipes available in local stores.

This post reminded me of that commercial that was on TV a lot after the hurricanes of 2017. It was about some deep cryo freezer for seeds so that when the apocalypse came those who had it would be able to plant their on stuff or some BS. They wanted an astronomical price for it and was advertised all the time. Haven’t seen during the pandemic surprisingly....

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2 minutes ago, NurseSpeedy said:

.. It was about some deep crying freezer for seeds so that when the apocalypse came those who had it would be able to plant their on stuff or some BS. They wanted an astronomical price for it and was advertised all the time. Haven’t seen during the pandemic surprisingly....

Nah, per Seed Saving and Storage - Terroir Seeds, regular freezer will do.

https://underwoodgardens.com/seed-saving-and-storage/

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