Current Events > Paper towel shortage nigh. Major manufacturer warns

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https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/is-a-paper-towel-shortage-nigh-major-canadian-manufacturer-warns-inventory-very-tight-1.5113891

The head of Canada's largest manufacturer of tissue products says he's concerned about the industry's supply of paper towels ahead of a potential second wave of COVID-19. Kruger Products CEO Dino Bianco said demand for paper towels has soared as people stay at home and clean more frequently. "Toilet paper was the highlight of the COVID stay-at-home mandates but now we're seeing the big use of paper towels," he said in an interview. "COVID doesn't make you go to the bathroom more, but it does make you clean more." Bianco said the industry's paper towel inventory is "very tight" across North America, despite efforts to build up supply. "Paper towel is the big watch out for us," he added. "We're trying to build our inventory but we're very tight."

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Again?
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The hoarders are the problem. You don't need to buy the whole shelf. If people would just buy what they need, things would be fine.

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I'm sorry guys, my cat threw up everywhere and it took almost half a roll to clean it up.

Im not kidding we really need to take her to the vet.
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powerman1426 posted...

The hoarders are the problem

hoarding?.... TP time.
screw the paper towels.
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First wave started with a dozen people, second wave is going to start with 200,000 people. We. Are.Fucked.

As someone who couldn't find paper towels last weekend at 7 different stores...yep.

powerman1426 posted...

The hoarders are the problem. You don't need to buy the whole shelf. If people would just buy what they need, things would be fine.

And the confirmation bias too

"Thank God I hoarded, I would've been in deep shit if I didn't" mentality when everyone else is in deep shit because you did

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awesome999 posted...

And the confirmation bias too

"Thank God I hoarded, I would've been in deep shit if I didn't" mentality when everyone else is in deep shit because you did

I've gotten to the point of buying a pack of each when I'm shopping just because of this tbh. Only one of each, because I don't need to fill up an extra bedroom but the fact stores are rationing them out is sad. This pandemic has been so poorly managed it's embarrassing

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Genius marketing strategy on their part, imo.

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Yup, theres still not enough PPE either even though Trump says the shortage is over. Were back to wearing n95 masks at my work and we can still only get 1 per week

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thronedfire2 posted...

Yup, theres still not enough PPE either even though Trump says the shortage is over. Were back to wearing n95 masks at my work and we can still only get 1 per week

Aren't surgical masks good enough?

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bump

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Kinda figured this would happen. We're coming into cold and flu season again people are going to start hoarding again and I expect it to be worse than what we saw earlier this year too.

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