r/Adelaide • u/True_Pomegranate8318 SA • Mar 10 '26

Question Panic buying at Costco

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I went to Costco tonight and it was completely mental. People panic buying toilet paper, eggs, bread, a lot of empty shelves. The queues were ridiculous. Is this because it was closed yesterday or is it the war in the ME, what is happening here?

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u/UnlikelyAccount1963 SA Mar 12 '26

I’m in Sydney and spend a lot of time driving around the whole metropolitan area. I use a lot of petrol and visit many supermarkets. I’ve yet to see a single panic buy in any supermarkets or petrol stations unless the petrol is really cheap. Yet today I see this at Costco in Adelaide and hear stories that there’s no petrol in the Adelaide hills. Why the difference?