There's now limits on rice and hand sanitiser at Woolies too

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The boss of Woolies has admitted facing “unusual and challenging times” and hinted at further shopping limits as people scramble to buy toilet paper.

Brad Banducci, chief executive of Woolworths Group, put a statement out to customers this evening, updating them on the mass shortages being faced across the country as peopleMr Banducci outlined new limits on other items, after a four pack limit was introduced on toilet paper.

“We know it can be frustrating when we don’t have the products you need, or when delivery or pick-up windows are filled more than usual. The makers of Quilton have tripled their normal production across their factories in Queensland, NSW and WA. “But to make sure everyone has access to essential items, we’ve introduced some commonsense limits to a few products.

 

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Well we all witnessed how the baby formula limits succeeded.

Good luck to even finding hand sanitiser, everywhere I've looked has been out of stock for weeks.

4 still seems fairly excessive.

It must be serious when you get an email titled “a message from the CEO” about the toilet paper epidemic....

Yep empty shelfs and sell them online? How about limit selling them based on family members? Singles get one for a week 😂

its SImple people smashing it up on Bidets now. ToiletPaperEmergency

I don’t think this will work. People will just go to another store and get more there 🤔

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