Chain stores were accused of selling $26 thermometers and face masks at $39.95 a pair, while a convenience store offered toilet paper at $10 a roll next to a sign reading, "This is not a joke." ...

Used toilet paper may just be the fuel of the future, say Dutch researchers. “In Scandinavian countries [for example,] waste toilet paper is already sieved out of the sewage system.

Consumers have begun hoarding toilet paper and other essential items over concerns about shortages amid the dockworkers strike. Some have documented the phenomenon on social media, comparing it to ...