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Panic buying toilet roll – lesson identified or learned?

Plan B Consulting

Having excess inventory costs money, uses up warehouse space and transport capacity, which could be used for better selling items and perishable goods with short sell-by-dates, whereby the supermarket takes a loss on any of these items which are thrown away. In the UK fuel crisis of 2012, many of the issues were caused by panic buying.

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Panic buying toilet roll – lesson identified or learned?

Plan B Consulting

Having excess inventory costs money, uses up warehouse space and transport capacity, which could be used for better selling items and perishable goods with short sell-by-dates, whereby the supermarket takes a loss on any of these items which are thrown away. In the UK fuel crisis of 2012, many of the issues were caused by panic buying.