All it takes for the Charlotte area to make a run on the grocery store during winter is a forecast of snow, no matter the amount.
We have officially nosed into the Bread and Milk range on the #snowmeter. #snOMG #cltwx #ncwx #scwx pic.twitter.com/OkplMIkVre
— Brad Panovich (@wxbrad) February 19, 2020
Perhaps that's why North Carolina was squeezed the hardest by the panic buying of gasoline following the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack. More than 70%of gas stations in the Charlotte area ran dry last week.
It evoked images of empty grocery store shelves at the start of the pandemic.
A toilet paper panic-buying stampede when Aldi store doors open in Sydney.
— Keira Savage (@KeiraSavage00) March 10, 2020
This is ridiculous..
📹: Facebook - Only in Guildford#ToiletPaperPanic pic.twitter.com/4ddlpVqI5g
What triggers our impulse to panic buy?
GUESTS
Tim Kraft, North Carolina State University, assistant professor of operations and supply chain management
Kelly Goldsmith, Vanderbilt University, associate professor of marketing (@ProfGoldsmith)
