Coles, Woolworths reinstate toilet paper limit to avoid panic buying amid Victoria lockdown
Major supermarkets have moved swiftly in an attempt to avoid panic buying amid Victoria s fifth coronavirus lockdown.
Zoe ZaczekDigital Reporter
July 16, 2021 - 9:40AM
Woolworths and Coles have been forced to bring back toilet paper purchase limits in Victoria as the state was plunged into its fifth coronavirus lockdown.
The supermarket giants reinstated a limit of two packs of toilet paper per customer in-store and online on Thursday ahead of the snap five-day shut down from 11.59pm.
The precautionary measures hope to stamp out the threat of panic buying amid the lockdown.
Victoria will enter a seven-day lockdown from midnight Thursday, in response to a worrying new outbreak of COVID-19 within the community. "Unless something drastic happens, this will become increasingly uncontrollable," Acting Premier James Merlino said.
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