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Coles, Woolworths shelves stripped as lockdown panic-buying returns – Yahoo News Australia
As Victoria prepares for lockdown, Woolworths and Coles have allayed fears of short supply, urging people to not panic-buy. More details here.
In what’s been described by many online as a bad case of déjà vu, Melbourne supermarkets have seen their shelves stripped of toilet paper ahead of Victoria’s 7-day Covid lockdown starting at midnight.
Minor panic buying has broken out in Melbourne and surrounding regions. Pictures posted on social media show shelves stripped bare at Woolworths and Coles stores in the city.
“It’s begun,” 7News journalist Paul Dowsley noted, sharing a picture of empty shelves in Melbourne’s north on Thursday morning.
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