ktgrok Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 DH told me he read that the issue is that there are two supply chains. One is for commercial enterprises - so those giant rolls that fit public restroom dispensers, plus giant packages of wrapped thin stuff you see in office buildings. Then there is the supply that goes to grocery stores, etc for home use. People are not using more, and probably not hoarding that much more, but they ARE at home, so using way more of the supply for home use, and way LESS of the commercial supply. Which leads me to ask, how do I find some of that commerical supply? 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree Frog Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Our local restaurants are selling the commercial here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Loo roll and disgust https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronavirus-toilet-paper-panic-buying-covid-19-uk-australia-a9403351.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 My MIL said her local pizza joint was selling those giant rolls (as well as sourcing meat purchases). I've seen a local bakery in my area selling commercial TP (again, the giant rolls) alongside milk from local dairies and such. I'm guessing just ask around...? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 5 minutes ago, Ktgrok said: Which leads me to ask, how do I find some of that commerical supply? Staples, Office Depot. They supply to small businesses and supermarkets here.https://www.staples.com/windsoft-jumbo-roll-toilet-tissue-non-perforated-2-ply-12-rolls-ct-1000-roll/product_WIN202 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted April 3, 2020 Author Share Posted April 3, 2020 3 minutes ago, Arcadia said: Staples, Office Depot. They supply to small businesses and supermarkets here.https://www.staples.com/windsoft-jumbo-roll-toilet-tissue-non-perforated-2-ply-12-rolls-ct-1000-roll/product_WIN202 I checked, they are out of stock too. So much for DH's idea, lol. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Some restaurants are offering to sell a roll or two (though I haven't seen anyone selling the giant ones) with to-go orders. For example: Virtual Famers' Market Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 (edited) TP is stocked here in fits and spurts. The stores are limiting the amount people can buy at once. We haven't had any trouble getting our hands on it but we have been schools closed (4 weeks) and then a stay home order (1.5 weeks preceded by stay home recommendation since early/mid March) so people haven't been able to overbuy since mid March. Edited April 3, 2020 by LucyStoner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 44 minutes ago, Ktgrok said: People are not using more, and probably not hoarding that much more, but they ARE at home, so using way more of the supply for home use, and way LESS of the commercial supply. “Boss makes a dollar, while I make a dime, so that’s why I #%!& on company time.” Side note, I should tell my kids that homeschoolers are salaried, not hourly, and all they are doing by math-pooping is prolonging their school day. 1 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Familia Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Just this morning, a sign in front of a local janitorial supply store announced in BIG letters, that they had all the TP, paper towels, and garbage bags you need. As to people being at home being precisely why TP has disappeared, I disagree: it disappeared, and has not reappeared in my local stores, since a full week and a half before restaurants were closed - two and a half weeks before stay-at-home orders. TP is at the top of every good prep-er list. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 The local news had footage of bamboo toilet paper that can be ordered online and delivered. Apparently it was a start up that has really taken off right now! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 https://marker.medium.com/what-everyones-getting-wrong-about-the-toilet-paper-shortage-c812e1358fe0 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 I posted about this in another thread, yeah. It also explains for me why we were fine and already had plenty. We are already all home all the time - homeschoolers and dh works from home. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 5 minutes ago, Farrar said: I posted about this in another thread, yeah. It also explains for me why we were fine and already had plenty. We are already all home all the time - homeschoolers and dh works from home. Agree. I think all homeschoolers had a great head start in this. For us other then our outside activities that are hard to do at home (dance), life isn't much different. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mominco Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Katie check this website.Started by a 17 year old.Lists the products available and does update it. http://coronafinds.com/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 I buy mine from Costco Business. That's how I have gotten around the issue. If you have a regular Costco membership, you can shop at the Business stores or have the Business deliver (if you have a business -- we do, which is how we get business deliveries.) I usually get two deliveries per week -- one from Instacart from the regular Costco warehouse inventory and one from Costco Business via their warehouse, which has a different inventory. That's my pro-tip on how to keep not only paper in supply, but all of your disinfecting needs. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Ktgrok said: DH told me he read that the issue is that there are two supply chains. One is for commercial enterprises - so those giant rolls that fit public restroom dispensers, plus giant packages of wrapped thin stuff you see in office buildings. Then there is the supply that goes to grocery stores, etc for home use. People are not using more, and probably not hoarding that much more, but they ARE at home, so using way more of the supply for home use, and way LESS of the commercial supply. Which leads me to ask, how do I find some of that commerical supply? Locally, a restaurant that is open for take out started selling commercial tp and a few other commercial products in demand. You could call a few restaurants and see if they could start a similar service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 1 hour ago, LucyStoner said: TP is stocked here in fits and spurts. The stores are limiting the amount people can buy at once. We haven't had any trouble getting our hands on it but we have been schools closed (4 weeks) and then a stay home order (1.5 weeks proceeded by stay home recommendation since early/mid March) so people haven't been able to overbuy since mid March. Same area. And same experience. I do best if I go right after the senior hours. (Which technically I could attend because it's also for people who are immunocompromised, but I feel like since I do have a heavy duty mask that I should leave that spot for people who don't.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momto6inIN Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 2 hours ago, BarbecueMom said: “Boss makes a dollar, while I make a dime, so that’s why I #%!& on company time.” Side note, I should tell my kids that homeschoolers are salaried, not hourly, and all they are doing by math-pooping is prolonging their school day. "Math-pooping" is my official new favorite word 😂😂😂 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bootsie Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Maybe its because we are using it here to promote social distancing. It is stacked in the middle of the aisle to make sure that no one passes too closely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootAnn Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Momto6inIN said: "Math-pooping" is my official new favorite word 😂😂😂 I had to explain the must-go-right-now-might-take-awhile phenomenon to my DH. He had never heard of it & they wouldn't dare try it when he's teaching. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2scouts Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 We haven't been able to find toilet paper for weeks and I was telling dh about this post. He started laughing and told me we were OK with toilet paper now because of this. On the way back from the grocery store he went by a dumpster behind a large department store that is closing. He said the dumpster was full of chairs and partitions and desks and it was so full that stuff was stacked next to the dumpster including a few of those huge commercial rolls of toilet paper. Yes, he stopped and grabbed them. He said now we a a CYA supply.😂 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 3 hours ago, mom2scouts said: We haven't been able to find toilet paper for weeks and I was telling dh about this post. He started laughing and told me we were OK with toilet paper now because of this. On the way back from the grocery store he went by a dumpster behind a large department store that is closing. He said the dumpster was full of chairs and partitions and desks and it was so full that stuff was stacked next to the dumpster including a few of those huge commercial rolls of toilet paper. Yes, he stopped and grabbed them. He said now we a a CYA supply.😂 Oh my gosh, no way. Glad you have some! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottakee Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 4 hours ago, mom2scouts said: We haven't been able to find toilet paper for weeks and I was telling dh about this post. He started laughing and told me we were OK with toilet paper now because of this. On the way back from the grocery store he went by a dumpster behind a large department store that is closing. He said the dumpster was full of chairs and partitions and desks and it was so full that stuff was stacked next to the dumpster including a few of those huge commercial rolls of toilet paper. Yes, he stopped and grabbed them. He said now we a a CYA supply.😂 What has the world come to? Dumpster diving for TP🤣 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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