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Panic shoppers clearing North Okanagan grocery shelves

Non-perishables, eggs, chicken, beef, pasta and rice added to the list of sold out items
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Shelves are bare at Walmart Sunday, March 15 as panic shoppers scoop up non-perishables and other products. (Caitlin Clow - Morning Star)

First it was toilet paper, now store shelves are being wiped of an array of food.

A trip down the Walmart aisles Sunday afternoon was less than fruitful for shoppers.

Flour, most canned goods, pastas, rice, sauces, eggs, chicken and beef were nowhere to be found.

ѻýWe had to buy organic macaroni and cheese because there was no KD left,ѻý one shopper said.

ѻýI scored myself some perogies,ѻý said shopper Caitlin Clow. ѻýEverything was pretty picked over.ѻý

There was limited milk, pork, fish, tuna, canned vegetables and frozen vegetables.

ѻýThere was virtually nothing,ѻý said mother of two Chelsey Langlois, who was just trying to pick up a few things on her weekly grocery shop.

Some call it panic shopping, but Langlois says itѻýs just stupid.

ѻýDo you understand what thatѻýs like for people who live paycheque to paycheque? Thereѻýs parents who literally have to wait until their next paycheque to get groceries and the stupid people are taking it all.ѻý

Even laundry soap is getting low.

With a sick son at home, Langlois couldnѻýt even find Tylenol as she said all pharmaceutical products were gone.

The situation was similar at Save-On-Foods.

ѻýThey still had turkey and the stuff thatѻýs not as popular,ѻý said Langlois.

Walmart President and CEO Haio Barbeito said there is a lot of pressure on the system, including a very high demand for pickup and delivery services.

ѻýWe are doing our very best to stock our stores and Walmart.ca as quickly as possible with the products customers are asking for right now ѻý ex: hand sanitizer, paper products, cleaning supplies and nonperishables etc.ѻý

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