How to beat Woolies' toilet paper limit: Sneaky trick allows you to order 480 rolls at once and avoid the supermarket mayhem
- Supermarkets bring in shocking four-pack limit on toilet roll amid panic buying
- Australians are stockpiling household essentials as coronavirus cases soar
- Woolworths brought in the limit, while manufacturers speed up 24/7 production
- Toilet paper hoarders have figured out a sneaky way to get around buying limit
- By purchasing toilet paper online, they can buy in bulk and avoid the queues
Toilet paper hoarders have found a way to get around Woolworths' limit on the number of packs shoppers are allowed to buy.
Australians have been rushing to stockpile loo roll over fears the coronavirus crisis will disrupt manufacturing.
About 40 per cent of Australia's supply is made in China, the epicentre of the outbreak.
In a bid to control the panic buying, Woolworths introduced a four-packet limit of toilet paper.
However, shoppers have been getting around the limit by buying their toilet paper online and turning to Coles, which is yet to introduce a limit.
From the comfort of home, shoppers can buy up to 480 rolls of the highly sought-after product by purchasing 20 packets of So Soft toilet paper.
As of Wednesday afternoon, Coles shoppers could purchase 20 packets of toilet paper in one purchase online for $170
Woolworths' four-packet limit applies for its online site too. However, it does not appear there is a limit on the amount of purchases one person can make, meaning shoppers can get multiple orders delivered
As of Wednesday afternoon, Coles shoppers could buy 20 packets of toilet paper in one purchase online for $170.
And it can be delivered to their door, meaning they avoid the queues.
Woolworths' four-packet limit applies for its online site too.
However, it does not appear there is a limit on the amount of purchases one person can make, meaning shoppers can get multiple orders delivered.
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Production of the household essential has been disrupted in China since the outbreak.
Tim Woods, the managing director of market analyst Industry Edge, told Perth Now Australia imported 40 per cent of its toilet paper from China but the rest was manufactured locally.
'There might be a one-off hit to what's on the shelves, but is that going to continue today, tomorrow and so on? I doubt it,' he said.
Australians have been rushing to stock pile the household staple over fears the coronavirus crisis will disrupt the manufacturing of toilet paper - 40 per cent of which is made in China, the epicentre of the outbreak
Shelves are bare across multiple Australian supermarkets (pictured, left) as worried families stockpile toilet roll (right)
Symptoms of the virus include fever, cough, sore throat and shortness of breath
'People will go and buy extra packs and then they'll go and look in their cupboards and go why have I got 90 rolls?'
Kimberley-Clark, the company that makes Kleenex toilet paper, said: 'Kleenex toilet paper for Australia and NZ is made at our Mill in South Australia, and our production lines are working 24/7 to address the increased, short-term demand.
'We're also working closely with our customers to replenish supermarket shelves faster.'
Solaris Paper, which manufactures toilet paper brands such as Sorbent, also said they anticipated 'no shortage of supply'.
'Concerns over the coronavirus contagion has resulted in some panic buying,' Solaris Paper's corporate affairs director Steve Nicholson said.
'Some products may have been depleted from shelves, but replenishment will catch up and there will be no shortage of supply from Sorbent's Australian production.'
The toilet paper aisle was completely empty at Coles in Gladesville on Tuesday afternoon amid coronavirus panic buying
Mr Morrison has said the Treasury was working with other government agencies to come up with a plan to boost the economy.
'It will be a targeted plan. It will be a measured plan. It will be a scalable plan,' he said.
'It will be targeted on the real diagnosis of the economic issue we are looking to confront here.'
Pictures showed empty shelves and jam packed trolleys as shoppers flocked to supermarkets and cleared the shelves of pasta, tinned food, bottled water, toilet paper and hand sanitiser.
'It's like the world is coming to an end and I'm the only one who doesn't know it,' one shopper wrote alongside a picture of a swarm of customers lining up at the checkout.
Shoppers declared the 'end of the world' on Tuesday as they desperately attempted to buy basic necessities. Empty shelves are pictured at a Coles supermarket in Canberra (pictured)
A shopper at Coles Broadway, in Sydney's inner city, shared a picture of the empty toilet paper aisle on Tuesday, saying there was also no pasta or Panadol in stock.
The panic buying comes as experts predict the number of coronavirus cases is likely to soar in the coming days, with up to 96,000 residents at risk of dying from the respiratory disease.
Seven more people tested positive to COVID-19 in Australia on Tuesday alone - including the country's second case of human-to-human transmission - bringing the total number to 40.
Former Reserve Bank of Australia board member Warwick McKibbin warned a global pandemic could wipe out 68 million people worldwide, including 96,000 Australians.
