Since I am not as obsessive as my father about TP, our stash has about 2 months' worth of TP (24 of those mega-rolls that are supposed to be equivalent to 4 rolls). (I work from home, so I'm keenly aware of just how long it takes to go through a roll of TP.)

Our TP stash is like an emergency fund -- it lives in the basement in case of emergency, but while there's still TP at the store, we leave the TP stash alone and just buy more when the stuff in the bathroom is about to run out.

Historians will be fascinated by this in the future.

After a decade of living in places where a regular TP supply was not assured, I set up a subscription via Amazon. It delivered more than we used, so we had a surplus. In February when the box arrived, my DH was like "I think we have enough...can you cancel this subscription?"

WELL WHO LOOKS LIKE THE GENIUS NOW?!?!?

Also events sort of cancelled it for me.

I'm choosing to believe that people are spreading out their STPR purchasing over more weeks, so we won't get as much system shock, and that the TP companies have shifted how much "home use" they produce vs. how much "industry use" and it will be better this time.

TP companies have shifted how much "home use" they produce vs. how much "industry use" and it will be better this time.

I agree, the supply chain issues mostly sorted themselves out by early summer so HOPEFULLY we'll see less hoarding in the months coming up.

I have noticed that canned tomatoes seem to be in short supply, at least in my local supermarkets. The shelves aren't bare but there are weird gaps - I sometimes can't find diced tomatoes at all.

I still can’t get my regular subscription of paper towels from amazon.

It just seems like all the supply chains are lumpy -- one week there was no KA AP flour, the next week, the end caps were full of it.

I set up a subscription via Amazon

This is what I did as well, so just before the lockdown started we got shipment that arrives once every three months. Because we use recycled it only ships in large quantities. I looked like a genius.

It just seems like all the supply chains are lumpy

this.

Weird gaps in grocery shelves. I am trying to be smart about what I stock up on, but my planning and whatnot is FOR SHIT right now.

Weird gaps in grocery shelves. I am trying to be smart about what I stock up on, but my planning and whatnot is FOR SHIT right now.

Are there any OTC meds you wouldn't want to run out of? Tim takes Tylenol for his RA, so we've been keeping a backup bottle of Tylenol in the Covid stash ever since spring, because the Tylenol shelf tended to be empty really often. Or tampons/pads (if applicable) -- their supply wasn't affected back in the spring, but I'm slightly paranoid, so I have extras of those, too, because running out would *really* suck.

Flour and yeast if you plan on doing much baking, dried and/or canned beans, extra butter that can be stored in the freezer, canned milk or boxed nut milk with a long shelf life are some of the suggestions I have based on what I had trouble getting last time around.

Pasta was the one thing I actually wanted and had a hard time laying my hands on. And when I thought I might do a "comfort food dinner" for my brother's birthday back in March, I couldn't find Kraft Mac & Cheese to save my life. When I mentioned this idea to him, he said what he'd really like was a Rice-a-roni thing our mom used to make with beef flavor Rice-a-roni. All of a sudden, there was plenty of Kraft Mac & Cheese and Beef Rice-a-roni was more elusive than Charmin.