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Toilet paper buying panic recommences as dockworkers strike

If anything, the strike could result in a glut of toilet paper"

Rob Beschizza
Oct 02, 2024
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We are doing what we do best when something threatens the consumer supply chain: rushing to buy mountains of toilet paper. Experts say the dockworkers' strike won't result in shortages, but the panic-buying might so long as the panic-buying lasts.

"They cleaned out the toilet paper at my local Walmart in Virginia. Toilet paper hoard…

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