Panic Buying 2024au. While experts told usa today that certain imported goods, including bananas, alcohol and seafood, are likely to be impacted by the strike no mention has been made. Particularly for those more prone to feelings of insecurity and anxiety, stocking up.

That was the day australians began buying toilet paper like never before, baffling supermarket workers, retail industry insiders and the wider global. Mass panic buying of personal hygiene products, such as hand sanitizer, was common.