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Shelves are bare after shoppers rush to ‘stock up’

by Marilyn Thomas on March 22, 2020

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Shoppers denied being panicked by the COVID-19 pandemic, but they were interested in stocking up on certain items after the virus was declared to be a pandemic on March 11.

Some shelves are still laden with goods but others have been cleaned out by shoppers stocking up on toilet paper and other products Friday afternoon, March 13, at Target in Homewood. (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle)

Shelves are mostly empty now.

Looking for flour? There is none.

Shelves are bare after shoppers rush to ‘stock up’

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