Toilet Paper Sales Take a Dump After a Year of Panic Buying

Americans are still working through the stockpiles of toilet paper they began hoarding at the onset of the pandemic — and now sales are tanking.  An AP Image via the New York Post.

— News covered by Quincy Quarry News with commentary added.

A toilet paper panic room
A file photo

Toilet paper sales take a dump after a year of panic buying.

In an arguable sign that many are viewing the COVID-19 pandemic is finally about to be passed, Americans appear to be drawing down their stockpiles of toilet paper hoarded at the onset of the pandemic as sales of toilet paper are now going down the toilet.

Toilet paper sales in January were 4.3 percent lower than the same month last year, before the onset of COVID-19 spurred consumers to panic buy rolls by the dozen, according to the Wall Street Journal.

February sales this year then dropped by 14 percent from February 2020 sales and were then followed by a whopping 33 percent plunge in March of this year as compared to March of last year and which reflected the explosion of panic buying that swept the nation last spring.

The MBTA’s pandemic toilet paper security system
A Quincy Quarry News file photo

Now, if only the availability of building supplies – among a large number of other things – were to improve, along with their prices coming down, given ongoing pandemic supply chain breaks.

Source: Toilet paper sales reportedly drop after a year of panic buying

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