Originally Posted by hillbillybear
I went in the grocery store this morning to buy drinks to take to work this coming week. Plenty of sodas, water, etc. but the eggs and milk were wiped out.

There was a lady ( wearing a surgical mask too) in  the check out line in front of me bought 27 dozen eggs and 10 gallons of milk.  I guess she got all they had left in stock.  Why try to stockpile/hoard eggs and milk?  They won't keep long term.

This grab/hoard behavior beats anything I have ever seen.

Grocery stores need to implement strict limits per person during this emergency. The time to stock up was BEFORE the emergency. During the emergency, the main danger is stores with empty shelves because people who didn't already maintain a back supply of essentials are hoarding during the emergency.