Shoppers say Costco stores were mobbed with customers stocking up over the weekend as panic over coronavirus heightens in the US
This Costco store in Tigard in Oregon had long lines on Saturday after Oregon's first case of coronavirus was reported in the nearby city of Lake Oswego.
By the time the photographer had visited the store, it was already out of key products such as toilet paper.
A giant line formed outside a Costco store in Honolulu in Hawaii on Saturday after the Hawaii Department of Health advised residents to stock up on food and necessities earlier in the week.
Source: Reuters
Retired telecommunications worker Duane Tanouye, who took photographs of the Honolulu Costco store that were shared by Reuters, said that the line outside the store was 200-people deep.
He told Reuters that the store was limiting how much shoppers could buy of certain products such as toilet paper.
Despite this, his photos show customers loading up their carts with giant quantities of these items.
There have been mixed messages about how to prepare for the spread of the virus. While Hawaii state advised customers to stock up, CDC director Robert Redfield told Congress on Thursday that it isn't necessary to do so.
Source: LA Times
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Panic Buying For Food!
At Costco in Sunnyvale California people are lining up for hours to get inside to buy large quantities of Food and other items for stockpile
This is fearmongering!#USA #America #US #Coronovirius #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/bfnG98t351
But shoppers don't seem to be taking Redfield's advice...
#SoMe is ahead of #coronavirus facts - only 2 deaths in WA (vs 74 from normal flu)
One @Costco is right next to the HQ in a suburb of Seattle
Sold out of TP, water, wipes, bread, fighting for rice .1400 people at the open.
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#Lunes | Comenzaron las compras de pánico en #NuevaYork después de que se detectara el primer caso de #coronavirus #Video afuera de Costco en #Brooklyn pic.twitter.com/eytQjPKvIS
— Grillo_Político (@Grillopolitics) March 2, 2020The panic around the virus has created giant spikes in sales of certain items.
Source: Business Insider
FYI. Costco out of Water, toilet paper, clorox wipes and tissue paper.#coronavirus pic.twitter.com/PwP8hyF4rL
— 𝙶𝚒𝚖𝚘 𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚏𝚏 (@GimoNasiff) March 1, 2020According to Nielsen data, sales of toilet paper were up 5.4% in the week ending January 25 this year versus last year.
Bottle water, bath tissue and rice are running fast at the Bay Area #Costco because the #coronavirus is spreading in the local communities. #COVID19 #shopping #video #中文 https://t.co/uyJ0ZA6PhI pic.twitter.com/HddvRer0Ng
— Jessie Liang (@JessieKTSF) March 2, 2020And bottled water saw a 2.4% sales increase in the same period.
So my Costco is out of toilet paper and tissue. And eggs. Rice and canned tomatoes are also low. #CoronaVirusCanada #coronavirus #covid19 pic.twitter.com/JaWesAGgxQ
— ∆ vicki ∆ (@vickilaszlo) March 1, 2020And because of the panic many of these staple items are out of stock in certain Costco stores...
In addition to a considerable lack of sliced bread, the @Costco in Carmel Mountain Ranch is also out of bottled water, Clorox wipes, flour, bagged rice, and toilet paper. @10News #coronavirus #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/vXU2ZTM3pX
— Jared Aarons (@10NewsAarons) March 2, 2020...leaving shelves in some parts of the store completely bare.
#Costco #emptyshelves in #Toronto
No bread, no potatoes, no toilet papers, no paper towels.
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