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I'd feel better if I could find a 9 pack this week

but, I'm not sweating it yet

If you don't use toilet paper much, you must be full of shit.

Seems like such a strange thing to hoard. Everyone has a drawer full of old t shirts or socks that they can cut up and use as a substitute. I heard that dryer sheets work pretty well also, but haven't tried it myself. 

Seems like such a strange thing to hoard. Everyone has a drawer full of old t shirts or socks that they can cut up and use as a substitute. I heard that dryer sheets work pretty well also, but haven't tried it myself.

Might smell good?

Saw a couple of weeks ago, the manufacturers of toilet paper stating they had no intentions of increasing capacity to increase supply, because there's not any actual increase in demand.  It's simply time-shifted to the left.  The people panic buying toilet paper now, won't be buying toilet paper at all in 3 months.  They just needed time for the supply chain to catch up and refill retail shelves from buffer stock.

But I have to say, here we are over 3 weeks later and there are still spot shortages around the country.

The truth is that a lot of people are working from home, so there actually IS increased demand for consumer toilet paper products.  And there are massive supplies of toilet paper sitting unused in the bathrooms of this country's empty office buildings, in their storage closets, and in their vendors' warehouses.

Once again, just like with food, we see that the lack of flexibility between the Commercial supply chain, and the Consumer supply chain, resulting in spot shortages for various items on consumer retailer shelves, when in reality there is plenty of supply, it's just in the wrong place, and also not appropriately packaged for consumer purchase.

Anyway, just the thoughts of a longtime supply chain manager, on this Friday morning.

I saw press releases by KMB and PG saying they were making as much TP as possible, and had put on extra shipping to deliver it.

But, yes, TP in buildings and hotels is probably flush.  

The truth is that a lot of people are working from home, so there actually IS increased demand for consumer toilet paper products.  And there are massive supplies of toilet paper sitting unused in the bathrooms of this country's empty office buildings, in their storage closets, and in their vendors' warehouses.

Once again, just like with food, we see that the lack of flexibility between the Commercial supply chain, and the Consumer supply chain, resulting in spot shortages for various items on consumer retailer shelves, when in reality there is plenty of supply, it's just in the wrong place, and also not appropriately packaged for consumer purchase.

Anyway, just the thoughts of a longtime supply chain manager, on this Friday morning.

I know I'm not being entirely accurate, but I feel this way about gas - when prices spike and gas stations are full on Friday afternoons - think 2008/2012 prices.  I can't help but think - this is stupid, how many millions of gallons are being squandered by NASCAR?  There's no actual shortage, we're still burning it for sport.  Even though I know it's a relative drop in the bucket, it's a different kind of fuel, and it's privately purchased anyway, my mind still goes there.