In the “lockdown light”: “Toilet paper guarantee” from the Merkel government - supermarkets react to panic buying

In the second corona lockdown, hamster purchases are again noticeable - especially with toilet paper.

Transport Minister Scheuer spoke of a toilet paper guarantee.

• Certain

  housewares

  are

  increasingly in demand

  even in the second

  lockdown

  - and in some places customers are faced with empty shelves.

• In October, Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer announced that there would be enough

  toilet paper

  .

• Meanwhile, supermarkets and discounters respond to the

  hamster purchases

  with limited taxes.

Munich - The hoarding is going on again.

As at the beginning of the year, during the first

due to the corona pandemic, certain items in the “lockdown light” are now

scarce

nationwide in

.

Above all

there is a lack of

here and there - and kitchen rolls are also in great demand.

Here was

(CSU) in October in an interview with

, yet it later in the

will give enough toilet paper - a

.

Federal

Agriculture 

 (CDU) also spoke to the

in October

and appealed to consumers: "There is no reason to buy hamsters, the

work - that still applies."

But the

different.

Some discounters and supermarkets have already reacted and

only

sell certain

in

.

Lidl Germany appealed to its customers with a humorous but serious Instagram post: “Hamsters have to stay outside.” And its discounter competitor Aldi also reacted to the

.

Check out this post on Instagram

Against the background of the current situation 🙃 we are unfortunately forced to adjust our door policy a little.

😂 Our goal is to be there for everyone equally 😍 and we can only do that if everyone thinks of their fellow human beings ✌️ and not just of themselves.

👍 When you next visit your Lidl store, please remember to only buy what you really need.

We're not running away from you.

😂 # Hamsters have to stay outside #SorryNotSorry #BuyOnlyWhatYouUse

A post shared by Lidl Germany (@lidlde) on Nov 2, 2020 at 9:32 am PST

The

Rewe also responded to the hamster purchases and responded to a

request: "We

only

dispense

and hygiene items in standard quantities." Edeka limits the dispensing if

, it says.

So no "guarantee" after all?

The

is currently

on the "toilet paper" guarantee

.

As the

reports, the CDU politician and

minister

now

rowing

back.

In an interview with the

newspaper, he said: "I think there is now no

to kitchen rolls."

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