PHOTO GALLERY: Empty shelves, crowded checkouts as COVID-19 impacts Metro Vancouver
Posted March 13, 2020 5:50 pm.
Last Updated March 13, 2020 6:53 pm.
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — With mounting concerns amid the COVID-19 outbreak, many people around Metro Vancouver are stockpiling goods leading to empty shelves and crowded checkouts.
When it comes to hoard-type shopping, B.C. Premier John Horgan encouraged people to be mindful of their purchases.
“People should be measured in their responses, and they should make sure they’re prepared. But let’s not be ridiculous about this,” he said. “Let’s be thoughtful and reflect on the consequences of us buying everything. What does that mean for the next person in line that desperately needs that product.”
However, people have still been stocking up around the Lower Mainland.
My brother @vancitycj took this at Save On at UBC. I can’t even believe it. @NEWS1130 pic.twitter.com/bIhi5D4efy
— Charmaine de Silva (@char_des) March 13, 2020
This line up at a Vancouver Save On Foods is so long you don’t see the end….. pic.twitter.com/WAtekGyj6a
— Renee Bernard (@Renee1130) March 13, 2020
…..this is the second part of that line and I still don’t see the end (notice the empty shelves). Shoppers tell me it’s the ‘panic’ @NEWS1130 pic.twitter.com/SdxHnkaMrs
— Renee Bernard (@Renee1130) March 13, 2020
Surrey- Delta superstore. Mar12,2020 10 pm. pic.twitter.com/Q4V9FM8z5f
— mohit moudgil (@moudgilmohit) March 13, 2020
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Grandview Superstore an hour ago. Gf sent me this. Looks like I’ll survive the apocalypse since no one seems to be buying Charmin. Costco Still Creek was sold out of toilet paper earlier today. The madness continues… @jarmstrongbc @NEWS1130 @BC1 pic.twitter.com/gx8s47Wmto
— Brad Atchison (@Brad604) March 10, 2020
57 minutes in line to pay for groceries at Superstore I’m North Vancouver. @NEWS1130 @BT_Vancouver @GlobalBC @CTVVancouver pic.twitter.com/fJOPvCfdja
— Nick K (@MrNickK32) March 13, 2020
I don’t even know where the line ends… @NEWS1130 pic.twitter.com/z5hLSAAWDt
— tiffany (@tiffjoyen) March 13, 2020
This is normal though dude. Safeway is the same. I’m all for shaming the madness. I do it myself. But I strongly disagree with how you are presenting this. There is always an initial rush. This was Costco at opening on March 2nd. Still normal! pic.twitter.com/duovNIMuma
— Brad Atchison (@Brad604) March 13, 2020
Saw that too pic.twitter.com/0B7EvDYbLP
— NorthVanGuy (@kapiets) March 13, 2020
The store opened just before 7am. Facial tissue already wiped out. @BT_Vancouver @CityNewsVAN @NEWS1130 pic.twitter.com/25aCys8IIY
— Greg Harper (@GS_Harper) March 13, 2020
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