Melbourne panic buyers travel to the regions to stock up on supplies amid coronavirus pandemic
4 years, 9 months ago

Melbourne panic buyers travel to the regions to stock up on supplies amid coronavirus pandemic

ABC  

Dora Kordos saw it happening in Melbourne but never thought the spread of panic buying would reach her. "We've pulled all our specials because people were hoarding it," Ms Kordos said. Ms Kordos said her staff had been verbally abused by customers, including one woman calling a staff member a "f**king bitch" for not letting her have more pasta. But people had tried to fool her; a three-month supply of toilet paper sold in two days last weekend so a man she had never seen before asked if there was any out the back "for locals". "We have enough product in Australia to feed all of our customers," he told ABC Radio Melbourne's Mornings program.

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LA Times  

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