![]() ![]() She also stocked up months ago on paper products, so that wasn’t a concern. She said she does a lot of cooking from scratch and already had a good supply of necessary ingredients. They bought more cereal than usual, more milk, and a 30-pack of eggs. “Knowing that we are shut down for next two weeks, we thought we should come stock up on the essentials,” Giammatteo said. A third-grader teacher at West Hartford’s Charter Oak International Academy, she said she was stocking up for the two weeks she and her girls will be home while school is closed because of the coronavirus. And if her parents need some toilet paper, she can help them out, she said.īack at Big Y, Adrianne Giammatteo of West Hartford and her daughters Alessandra, 11, and Gia, 9, were doing a larger-than-normal shop. “I’m like, ‘I’ll just get some,'” she said. She snuck to the store on her lunch break and was pleased to find toilet paper in stock. ![]() “What am I going to do in two weeks when I need it?” she said. Pam Campbell of West Hartford was rolling several packages of toilet paper out the front door and admitted she wasn’t sure why there had been such a rush on it, but since she saw others stocking up she figured she should too. Additional deliveries of other products are expected too.Īcross Albany Avenue at Whole Foods, toilet paper was in stock, but it was going fast. The store ran out of toilet paper Thursday night, but a truck is expected sometime Friday evening or early Saturday. There were also runs on ketchup and mayonnaise. The store’s stock of canned soups was also way down. Major retailers, including Target, Stop & Shop and ShopRite, have limited the number of in-demand items each customer can buy.īusiness was brisk at the Big Y supermarket and Whole Foods Market in the Bishops Corner section of West Hartford.īig Y was denuded of toilet paper and other paper products, such as facial tissues, paper towels and napkins. “But when you have an economic downturn brewing, when you have product shortages … and then on top of that have people take advantage of others by price gouging or profiteering off the crisis.” “It’s always wrong to take advantage of your neighbors and your community,” Tong said. Online shoppers found more extreme cases, with prices hiked for shipping as well. Another complained that hand sanitizer at a local gas station cost $29.99. At one Connecticut wholesaler, a package of 30 large toilet paper rolls sold for $39.99, reported one customer. “This is a very real concern,” he said, noting the state was aware of the possibility that the issue might arise before the public health emergency began.Ĭonsumers complained of high prices for items including masks, hand sanitizers and toilet paper. Photo by Brad Horrigan | of Friday morning, Attorney General William Tong’s office had received nearly 30 complaints of price gouging, which is prohibited under the state of emergency Gov. A Dollar General store in Storrs sold out of hand sanitizer, rubbing alcohol and other disinfectant products. ![]()
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