Nordt also advises people not to buy up masks in an effort to protect themselves from the virus. Stay at home, unless you are so symptomatic that you need to go to the emergency department.” “Frequent hand washing is good, and if you are sick don’t go to work or school. “We’re still in the flu season, so any precautions you might take for the flu we recommend you apply to this,” he said. Sean Nordt, chief medical officer and the Gavin Herbert Endowed Professor of Pharmacy at the Chapman University School of Pharmacy, said people should use common sense. Is all the shopping overkill or appropriate?ĭr. “Yesterday the lines were all the way to the alcohol section.” Common sense A manager who declined to give his last name at the Lakewood Costco said it was chaotic at his store as well. Shoppers at a store in Signal Hill circled an uncharacteristically barren aisle, exchanging confused glances - all the water was gone. When contacted Monday, Target declined to comment on how the coronavirus has affected its operations.Ĭostco also had resupply issues Monday. “When other competitors are increasing deliveries, it will be hard for Target to get extra deliveries on a weekly basis.”
“Target has outsourced its distribution to third-party wholesalers which tend to be very lean on inventory,” he said. “They have the working capital to re-supply their stores quickly.”īut Target, he said, will have a tougher time keeping up. “Albertsons, Vons and Kroger, which owns Ralphs, have all invested extensively in having their own trucking fleets and local warehouses that are half a million to a million square feet in all of their major markets in California and across the country,” he said. It depends on the store, according to Burt Flickinger III, managing director for the retail consulting firm Strategic Resource Group. Will these big-box stores be able to replenish all of the merchandise that’s flying off the shelves? Face masks have been selling fast over the last three weeks, she said. “I’m just re-stocking the medicine cabinet to make sure I have everything on hand in case we need to have it … and I’m going to use it at some point, anyway,” she said. “It’s just in case we get stuck in the house for two weeks.Ī manager at Target on Arlington Avenue in Riverside said her store was dealing with an ongoing shortage of masks, hand sanitizers and cough medicine.
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