I stopped by the Roseville Target yesterday morning on my way back from another errand. It was 7:50 AM.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t need toilet paper \u2013 a 12 pack tides me over for good long while,\u00a0 now that I have no kids at home – but I took a stroll past the paper products aisle. There were maybe a couple dozen packages of toilet paper scattered about the place.\u00a0 Call it 95% empty.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
I thought \u201cmust\u2019ve been a busy night\u201c.<\/p>\n
Then I talked to one of the girls at the coffee stand. She said trucks came in mid-evening last night and completely restocked the toilet paper (and the produce, which was picked pretty clean last night). And they sold out again before closing at midnight.<\/span><\/p>\n And then, more trucks came in, and restocked the paper products overnight \u2013 and what I saw was what had gone out the door between opening and 8 AM. \ufffc\ufffc\ufffc she chuckled recalling that they were 50 people in line to get in when the store opened at 7 AM.\ufffc<\/p>\n So the good news is, apparently, the supply chain is working as well as it can. And if you own Target stock, you are going to be very happy next quarter.\ufffc<\/p>\n In fact, I noticed a few tweets like this from young “socialist” fops over the past few days:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n But but but but there would be shortages in a socialist economy pic.twitter.com\/vnYEFUaIVq<\/a><\/p>— Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) March 14, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>