Hamster purchases: this is how the supermarkets are prepared

Hamster purchases are increasing again, spot on news has asked supermarkets, discounters and drugstores how the situation looks.

Here and there empty shelves open up in the supermarkets and some feel reminded of the beginning of the pandemic. Is it going to be a challenge for weeks to find toilet paper or pasta? The news agency spot on news asked the shops and markets whether a second wave of hamster purchases is on the way and how they are dealing with it.

The fact is therefore: Some articles are currently particularly in demand, the Federal Association of the German Grocery Trade confirms an increased demand for hygiene articles, foodstuffs and pasta. A spokeswoman for Lidl also announced: "In some regions and branches, we are temporarily seeing increased demand for individual items from the dry and hygiene range." However, it is also a fact: the supply is guaranteed, "there is no need to buy hamsters."

One has learned from the beginning of the pandemic, as the managing director of dm says: "We are set up differently today than we were in the spring." There are now other early warning systems and the drugstore is now "going into this second wave of pandemics in a completely different way, as far as the supply of goods is concerned". Aldi Süd has also readjusted: "Based on the experience of the past few months, we are monitoring fluctuations in demand very closely in order to avoid any delivery bottlenecks. Basically, we are prepared for increasing demand and currently do not expect any restrictions on availability."

Edeka and Rewe give the all-clear

At Edeka there is "currently no widespread change in customers' purchasing behavior", as the press team assures. At Rewe, too, they don't worry: "Even if a place on the shelf is temporarily empty, that is not automatically an indication of hamster purchases. It is simply a question of when the store team will replenish it or when the truck will be replenished . Because the supply of goods is assured. "

The already mentioned press spokesman for the Federal Association of the German Grocery Trade also assures that increased demand can be "easily" absorbed by the supply chains. "We should all always heed one important basic rule when shopping for groceries: If everyone only buys what they need, there is enough for everyone."

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