Frantic shoppers strip shelves bare across Sydney with panic buying bringing toilet roll shortages AGAIN as supermarkets beg for calm
- Panic buying gripped supermarkets aid Covid-19 spike in Northern Beaches
- Photos emerged showing Coles and Woolworths stripped bare of toilet paper
- Supermarkets say they are well prepared and looking closely at stock level
- NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has urged for calm amid panic buying trend
Panicked Sydneysiders have stripped shelves bare forcing supermarkets to call for calm as panic buying grips the city once again.
The panic buying comes as the new Covid-19 cluster, in Sydney’s Northern Beaches, grew to 68 cases on Sunday.
New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian announced a raft of new restrictions to combat the spread, which has led thousands of shoppers to head to the supermarkets – worried they could soon be forced to isolate.
Photos have emerged showing toilet paper shelves completely stripped in Woolworths and Coles supermarkets from the north to the south of the city.
Frantic shoppers have stripped shelves bare forcing supermarkets to call for calm as panic buying grips Sydney once again (pictured, Coles at Clemton Park)
New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian announced a raft of new restrictions to combat the spread, which has led thousands of shoppers to head to the supermarkets (pictured, stripped shelves at Mosman)
Woolworths has admitted it has experienced an ‘uptick in demand in some of our Northern Beaches stores’ (pictured)
Coles in Earlwood, in south-western Sydney, and Redlands, in Sydney’s north shore, were completely cleared of the sanitary product.
In Clemton Park, south-western Sydney, there were but a handful of toilet paper packets left on the shelves.
The scenes are reminiscent of panic buying that gripped the city, and the rest of Australia, back in March.
Woolworths has admitted it has experienced an ‘uptick in demand in some of our Northern Beaches stores.’
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‘We’ll continue to keep a close eye on demand and our stock levels,’ a spokesperson said.
Coles Chief Operations Officer Matt Swindells added the supermarket was well prepared.
‘We have well-established safety protocols based on what we have learned from COVID restrictions implemented in other states.’
Ms Berejiklian urged shoppers to be responsible and reassured the public there is no need for this kind of frantic behaviour.
‘There is absolutely no need to panic buy,’ she said.
Photos have emerged showing toilet paper shelves completely stripped in Woolworths and Coles supermarkets across Sydney (pictured, a supermarket in Crows Nest on Sunday)
A photo was shared to a Mosman Facebook group that showed shelves had been stripped bare at a local Woolworths
As the Northern Beaches cluster swelled to 68, Premier Berejiklian tightened restrictions for Greater Sydney – prompting some people to panic buy
‘Supermarkets in places where you need to pick up essential things will continue to remain open no matter what, whether it is the Northern Beaches or outside the Northern Beaches.’
As the Northern Beaches cluster swelled over the weekend, Premier Berejiklian tightened restrictions for Greater Sydney.
From 11.59pm on Sunday until 11.59pm on Wednesday all Greater Sydney residents will be allowed a maximum of 10 people in their homes.
There are also new restrictions for venues including a 300 person cap, a one person per four square metre rule and a ban on singing and dancing.
Health Minister Brad Hazzard said singing and dancing were ‘one of the most dangerous exercises you can do’.
Premier Berejiklian urged residents to wear masks on public transport and in spaces where social distancing is not possible such as shops and supermarkets.
As the Northern Beaches cluster swelled to 68, Premier Berejiklian tightened restrictions for Greater Sydney (pictured, this map shows the spread of disease with confirmed cases visiting venues in Cronulla, Riverwood and Homebush
Premier Berejiklian urged residents to wear masks on public transport and in spaces where social distancing is not possible such as shops and supermarkets (pictured, testing at Bondi Beach on Sunday)
