Walmart Sales Surge as Coronavirus Drives Americans to Stockpile

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I unfortunately can't get behind the paywall - does the article mention or does anyone know how much of this actually has to do with the stockpile.

I would assume stockpiline would ultimately be a smaller factor compared to the issues of business shutdowns. I'd imagine, though I'd love to see data, that most of this just comes from an increase in online retail overall (with Wal-mart being just one of a few companies equipped to handle this) and the lack of money being spent at restaurants for everyday meals (Wal-mart is America's largest grocery store)

From working there part-time, I can tell you this: People are still cleaning out the rice, pasta, soup, and bottled water. Everything else is maintaining at pre-pandemic levels.

The tp and paper towels are starting to last into the next night, after being stocked the night before so people are starting to slow down. Every other product, even meat, seems to be back to normally stocked levels.

Each wave of stimulus checks have resulted in complete cleanout of our tv and game console inventory. Not even Black Friday looked like our store after those checks came.

Thank you! I appreciate the info.

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