People panic buying toilet paper in anticipation of a shortage after Tuesday's port strike has caused an actual shortage.

“They cleaned out the toilet paper at my local Walmart in Virginia. Toilet paper hoarding 2.0!,” wrote one person in a post on X, along with a photo of empty shelves. “Shelves at Costco ...

Earlier this week, some 45,000 port workers located on the East and Gulf coasts went on strike, calling for an increase in compensation, as well as, protection from the possibility of automation ...

Toilet paper hoarding 2.0!” Other X users pointed out that needless panic buying can lead to shortages, while others recalled the toilet paper panic of 2020 during the Covid pandemic.

Update: The dockworkers strike was suspended Thursday as the sides came to a tentative agreement on wages. Read the latest on CBSNews.com. As the port strike continues into its third day, some ...

But that was less about hoarding and more about Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, said Scot Shuck, the store’s owner. By midday on Day 2 of the port strike, Grosvenor customers had barely made a ...

“They cleaned out the toilet paper at my local Walmart in Virginia. Toilet paper hoarding 2.0!,” wrote one person in a post on X, along with a photo of empty shelves. “Shelves at Costco & Target ...